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Footwork

Motor skills

Dribble stops

  • Jump stop - off the inside foot
  • Stride stop - 1-2 outside-inside, protect the ball
  • Speed stop - 1-2 inside-outside stop
    • Speed stop exchange - behind the back dribble

Getting open

Pivoting

  • Forward and reverse pivot
    • permanent pivot foot
    • either foot
  • 360 pivot
    • step thru
      • options - shot fake, jab and cross
      • reverse pivot (Kobe)
    • spin back
    • step out (around)up.

Triple threat

  • Square up, ball in shot pocket
    • progression - protect ball on opposite hip or ear
    • inside pivot foot, either pivot foot (ball in the air, feet in the air), or permanent pivot foot
  • Dave Smart
    • figure out where there is the most light going directly to the rim, sell opposite with a jab step and/or a hard sweep to the other leg if the defender is bodied up, or an upfake if he is backing off
    • if he is straddling with his top foot in the middle of your stance, he is not forcing, attack the top foot, forcing him to open up [first sell opposite]
  • Sweeping - rip the ball from one side to the other, lead with the elbow, sweep low or high (short circle)
    • rips and sweeps - the ball travels below your knees or above your head (protect it on hips or shoulders)
  • Jab step
    • see Blog post - Jab Steps
    • get the defender to move
    • Jr. NBA - dictate what the defence does, squash the bug
    • check step - short jab, see what the defender does, can cross step, shoot, go
    • Augie Johnston - jab at an angle (at the defender's top foot forcing one direction), use the ball to help sell the fake (chop down a tree)
    • jab step (ball inside knee), shimmy the ball (knee-knee) and go
    • DJ Sackmann - jab step and shimmy, inside your frame
    • Collin Castellaw - use a jab step to drop the top foot, cross opposite to attack or separate for a shot
  • Reid Ouse - Purpose behind jabs
    • Side jab - defender has a cushion, look to shift them laterally
      • PGC - jab sideways to get a defender off your line of attack, then cross
      • don't jab back (loading up)
    • Front jab - defender up tight, threaten their foot
      • jab right at a defender, get them to move backwards, create space for a shot, or side jab and cross (PGC)
    • Middle jab - closed stance
      • defender playing tight
      • Augie Johnston - "crotch watch"
        • you're getting a lot of pressure, can't really jab step, have to get your defender off
        • turn sideways from triple threat, take a big step between his legs, push him back, step back, now you have space, but have to be quick, e.g., attack, shoot
      • middle jab to side jab
    • DJ Sackmann - middle jab, bring it back behind you for leverage (split stance)
    • Cross jab - cross step, quick or slow, can spin out
  • Shot fake (get a defender out of stance, or to close in) - go, cross, shoot
  • Combination
    • rocker step - jab step, shot fake, blow by
    • back-up move (create space) - shot fake, jab step, shoot
    • shoulder shimmy
  • First step - advantage (separation), ball and foot hit floor at same time; second dribble - cut him off, angle to the rim
  • Read the help
  • Catch to shoot before triple threatup

Dribble triple-threat

  • Open stance, closed stance (against pressure)
  • Inside foot - side jab, jab-at (rotate hips, closed stance)
  • Front jab - outside (dribble) footup

Drop stance

Stampede catch

Lateral separation

Shooting footwork

One-dribble pull-up

  • Footwork is usually inside-outside, L-R (for a righty), or a hop.
  • Permanent pivot foot (for a righty)
  • Cross-step both ways (protect the ball, avoid a travel)
    • See above going left
    • Going right,
    • Two-step crossover - 1-2 both ways, quick
    • DJ Sackmann
      • Four steps, hang the ball (or two dribbles)
      • R-L-R-L going left, L-R-L-R going right. up


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