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When you first read the "Shoot. I know that I did. After using it for over a decade, I would not teach any other way now. My player's are just better. They're more confident and more assertive. This is an example of how you can introduce it to your players and it also helps clear up some misunderstandings if you have any:. After introducing the new triple threat, you can ask them, "What happens to your feet when you think shot?

After a few player responses, you can say, "Yeah. You aggressively face the basket. You turn as fast as you can under control. This is usually where you might lose them. If you're lucky, you might have a few bright players that figure it out.

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So if they don't answer in a 5 seconds, you can say to them, "If you turn slowly, it allows the defense to get set and you lose your initial advantage. If they do NOT sprint out to defend and it is a good shot for you, you can shoot the ball. Shot' and getting into your shooting position as quickly as possible, the defense has to cover more ground to contest your shot.

Now the defense has to rush out and defend you. If the defense is flying at you at a fast speed, you have the advantage because their momentum is coming towards you and it will make it difficult for them to guard the drive. And when they're looking at the hoop, this does a couple of things for you. Eyes are one of the greatest weapons for fakes and the defense might jump and create a driving or passing lane for you.

Even if you would never shoot the ball because it is a poor shot for you, just by looking like you are going to shoot the ball will put more pressure on the defense and pull them out of position. As you can see, this mentality can be a great tool to instantly make your team better at offense. The most overused, needlessly exercised and mismanaged skill in basketball is the dribble.

It has become something to do while you have the ball. It doesn't need to have a purpose; it doesn't need to have a direction.

Just catch it and put it on the floor. That is why the American game has become so ugly and why our kids don't have a firm concept of quality offense. I believe the purpose for putting the ball on the floor is to get closer to the basket. Just like the "Shoot, Shoot Shoot," mentality that helps you be aggressive on the catch, when you put the ball on the floor you should think one thought, "LAYUP!

By thinking lay-up, your dribble becomes aggressive and purposeful. Never do in 2 dribbles what you can do in 1. When you put the ball on the floor, your dribble should be long, hard and to the basket. Separation from your defense is accomplished with the ball and if you can't separate with the first dribble you won't separate at all. Your line should be straight at the basket. Getting your defense to step backward is key to any offensive move. And, just like shooting, you can't recover to a shot.

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How many turnovers have you seen created because your player goes on the dribble, looks to pass, and the defender plays the pass? If it is not a turnover it becomes an off balance, poor attempt at the basket. If your player intended to take a lay-up and the lay-up is defended, he can always pass off. However, it doesn't work the other way. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

The more he deviates from a straight line, the more of an advantage the defense gains. If "North" and "South" indicate direct lines to the basket, then it stands to reason that any time you make an "East — West" move, you should recapture "North — South" as quickly as possible. That is a very obvious concept in football. A running back runs parallel to the line of scrimmage looking for a hole. Once he finds the hole, he turns his shoulders and hips up the field and goes. In other words, if you make a crossover move, get pointed directly back to the front of the rim as quickly as possible.

Teaching players that you beat the defense with your feet and you separate with the ball will help keep your dribble efficient and effective. Putting yourself in position to score means starting and finishing your move to get the ball in your range. Whether you V cut, L cut, come off a screen, etc. Players must mentally condition themselves that they are working to get the ball in their scoring area, not just get the ball.

By getting the ball in your scoring area you immediately put your defense at risk. He must now react to what you do. If you are aggressive, he will always be a count behind your move. On your catch think "Shot! The next time you get the ball, think "Shot! As he comes up, put the ball on the floor think, "Lay-up! The effectiveness of any basketball move starts and ends with the immediate possibility of a score. If you are not in a position to score or don't have the mentality that makes you strong and aggressive, any offensive moves will not create what you want.

A shot fake is a shot not taken. Everything is the same as a shot, the ball is in your shooting pocket, your body is in a shooting crouch, and you are square and facing the basket. You just don't let it go. Shot fakes are very effective in the realm of individual offense. One of the aspects of effective offense is controlling the defense, putting the defense at risk and forcing it to react to your offense. Within your "Shot, Shot, Shot" mentality, shot fakes do a great job of forcing the defense to play in an uncertain manner and as a reactor, thereby putting the defender a step behind the offense.

This is another reason why whenever you catch the ball, it immediately goes into shooting position. When you are a threat to score, and do it immediately on the catch, your defense must play the shot right away leaves him vulnerable to anything else that you throw at him. This is not to be confused with a pump fake. I am not a fan of pump fakes. First, I don't believe that you can fool a defense at least a good one. Unless your pump is exactly the same as your shot, in form and rhythm, the defense is not going to bite.

But more importantly, a pump fake takes you out of your good shooting position. As you move the ball and your body through the pump fake, you add moving parts to your shot that will hurt its consistency. It also forces you to take more time, due to the recovery from the pump, to get your shot off.

These things will have a negative effect the quality of your attempt. I have found it much more effective to sell your defender that you will shoot if he gives you the chance and then let him try to adjust to stopping your shot. This, again, is done by your "Shot, Shot, Shot" mentality and the appropriate attack when you get the ball. Again you have been a big help. Such a great help!. I like the triple threat concept and the shot fake passage.

Peter, For practice programs, read the answer to this question scroll down to the comments towards the bottom of this page: Hi TJ, When practicing dribble moves, you want to have a few strong moves and counter moves. For instance, if you have a great crossover, you may want to practice and inside out dribble. That way, if you do a couple good crossover moves, the defense may be expecting the crossover move the next time down and you hit them with an inside out move. After you do this, the defense will constantly be on their heels and they won't know what to expect next which is exactly what you want.

To work on being able to handle under pressure, always practice dribbling with your eyes focused on the rim or looking up the court. Dribbling should become second nature. That way seeing the floor and getting to where you need to go is so much easier! Also, practice running as fast as you can while dribbling or practicing the dribbling moves.

That way, it'll take you out of your comfort zone and force you to adjust and get better. Also, practice stopping on a dime. If you dribble full speed, stop, then go full speed again without losing your dribble, you'll be impossible to guard. You can also check out ball handling and other player fundamentals at this link: Thanks for the drills cause they are really helping me.

Help me with more drills concerning drive ins and the strength. Jeremy, Check out our link about layups here: I'm pretty new to the coaching scene and would like to learn more plays and scoring tips to improve my coaching. Joseph, You can find plays in our free ebook, go here to sign up: I need basketball air alert drills, the pics of the exercises. It is great to discover about the myths of triple threat. A short jab but in the position of shooting is a good move. Dribbling is just a way of getting your shot off. Passing is just a quicker more efficient way of someone else shooting.

The most fundamental part of basketball is shooting, so actually it makes perfect sense. I think your work is great. I believe that i came across this at the right time. I coach girl basketball. My offense in the half court was just run offense. Mainly motion and pass to the post. I just started trying to teach individual offense. My players came from junior high with no skills. So i gave up on trying to teach ind.

Your breakthrough on how to Improve Basketball moves help me to get juiced again!!!!! Thank you so much for writing this article. It's really given me new perspective and helped my offense. I now have the shoot, shoot, shoot mentality and know how to stay one step ahead of the defense to force them react. Ella, This article is not disparaging the jab fake, or the pump fake and saying that they do not work.

What it is talking about is the thought process behind it. A pump fake if done without purpose does nothing except distort and destroy shooting rhythm. It is sometimes done with the mind already being made up as to what a player is going to do: Except the defender closed out under control, maybe a little slower than you thought. Now your open look is gone, you've pump faked, your rhythm is gone, and you have no open shot and you are up against a defender in good position and he will be in a good position to defend you.

Now, instead, say you catch with this thought: I'm going to shoot. I'm going to shoot". The defender is slow to close out, and you are still in your mind-set, still going to shoot. You get the shot off. Say they close out quickly, you pull the ball back down as a counter, out of your shooting tuck and motion, and put drive past.

This is the difference. I've taught Morgan Wootten's jab step series, and I loved it. I understand the philosophy behind it. But I understand Don's ideas too and they may be easier for a coach to communicate and a player to understand. Think in terms of the word "unless". It is still being used. It is only the thought process behind it is stream-lined. Many coaches here, including the coach who has written this article have more years experience than you and I combined probably. You don't have to agree with what is being taught, or the opinions expressed.

But keep an open mind. I don't like everything that every coach does, but I at least respect the minds behind the opinions and advice being expressed. I love your website thanks.

Its about time I found a true useful site. All the other sites gives crap and bad tips.

I now have this site as my homepage. Only other piece of tripple threat that you may want to mention is to keep the ball on the oposite of your jab stab. Lets say your a righty, you want to keep the ball on your left hip, you can still go straight up into your shot, dribble, your jab step is that much more violent, and the ball is much more protected.

This is the biggest difference I saw between high school and college outside of the size and speed because defense is much more aggresive at the next level and they will stip the ball if its exposed on your right when your jabing. Also do not undermine the value of knowing where everyone is before you touch the ball.

Also just reiterating your point on dribbling, even though your a point gaurd it does not mean you have the right to dribble times. The greatest point gaurds dribble very minimally - don't believe me watch Nash or Paul play. Only thing I would say I may disagree with is not using pump fakes.

I've been gaurded by all americans and if your hitting your shots even moving your eyes up may get them offbalance and then your gone. However, if your not a shooter, a crappy headfake with never work on a good defender, only thing it will do is strain your neck. Anyway great site for youngsters to learn the basics but maybe introduce some more advanced ideas as well.

The lay up section should be working, Brenell. Here is the link: Hey, just wanted to say I loved the article regardless of how old it may be. Marc - It depends.. I have played basketball, at many levels, for 50 years, and, at age 62, I am about to play in the New Zealand Masters Games for the 1st time. All of my lead-up to this competition has been 1-on-1 against young guys at the local gym, whom I usually destroy, because I am probably the best shooter they will ever see. Team basketball is very different.

I always wondered why I wasn't more effective in a 5-on-5 team situation. I always felt like a chicken running around with its head cut off! Believe it or not, this is stuff I was never taught and am going to apply it with enthusiasm, in Dunedin NZ, starting Friday. Okay, so where's the blog on shot selection?

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I coach middle schoolers in a fairly competitive environment. NOT recipe for success. I think I'd prefer that the new triple threat be Drive, Drive, Drive. Coach - I coached varsity boys and our rule was very simple DON'T take a shot you cant make unless time is running out. IF you don't practice it and make any shots with a good degree of accuracy from any spot on the floor, you should think about what your strenghts are and play to them.

I didn't have to tell my players whether or not they could shoot a three ball IF they werent shooting them in practice, they didn't shoot them in games. Everybody is NOT an equal opportunity shooter, Johnny might be a 3 point shooter, Joe might be able to shoot from feet, Bob, maybe and the rest can take any good lay up they can get. Here is something that worked for me, If my players weren't making perimeter shots I told them to take the ball to the basket and get to the free throw line so they could work on their form.

You will have to sell them on this if it is going to work for the team. Coach Pack, I definitely feel what you're saying. I can attest for the mentality of shot, shot, shot. Sometimes, it's hard to convey the exact meaning in writing. The point of shot, shot, shot isn't that you should not teach shot selection.

It's to make you quicker, create advantages against the defense, and create more confidence in your shooting. For shot selection, my mantra is pretty simple, if you can't make a high percentage, don't shoot it. Do what you're good at. Even if you're not going to shoot the ball so many so many good things happen for your game when you think shot, shot, shot.

Less travels and other violations occur, because there is less indecision.