When I’m on the left wing and drive towards the middle/right side and use my right hand to dribble since I’m going right but I want to finish back on the left side because there is a defender on the right what is the correct footwork to go up on the left with my left hand
Would it be left right finish or right left finish
See the diagram if you are confused
I'm a beginner; I spend 20–25 minutes a day practicing my shooting to get better, but my ratio is low. I started four days ago—how long does it take?
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While I was walking on the sidewalk, I decided to mess around with my basketball for a bit. Unfortunately, the spot I was bouncing it on had a slightly raised edge, and the ball hit it. It bounced into the road, and a few cars drove over it, so it popped.
Is there any way to repair it enough to use for training? I only need it to last for a month.
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I feel I’m doing everything on d for my team. I can’t score worth a lick so I give it my all on d. My pickup teammates will have a shot go off in their faces and not even put an arm up. I’m the only one who rebounds and goes for loose balls. I will switch with them if they guarding someone with ball cuz again they can’t defend worth a lick. And when we do switch they like lightly jog over. Idk how I can get them to play hard d and have hustle.
Strong core is a reason why players like MJ could do such a dynamic movement mid air. Js simply training your vert can get you dunking but to do more diverse move in air core is essential
People who used to look down and now have a confidend dribble, how did you get through this learning curve? Its a lot easier said than done. I have very good offensive capabilities but i cant do anything if i automatically look down!
How to fix my biomechanics to make my dribbling look more athletic while maintaining/increasing the speed I already have now
Is there anything else i need to improve in my form?
I’ve been having a problem with dunking consistently I recently just came off a bad ankle injury and have been doing my own rehab and exercises to strengthen it again I’m wondering if you guys have any tips on what I can do to improve my approach to the rim as well as my overall technique I just would like to consistently dunk again as well as get two hand slams.
Long story short I played 5v5 pickup today with some friends and randoms and realized Im weak as shit.
I was matched up against someone who was pretty similar to me in terms of skill and speed. Im 5’11 and he was around 6’1 everytime i tried gurding him he would just bump me off and get an easy layup. had to deal with that basically the entire game and he scored 13 of their 21 points on me.
Then I played another game against a different team and the same shit happened. I kept getting bodied by whoever I was guarding.
Thats when I realized that im pretty weak for the people im playing against. Obviously I want to get stronger but the closest gym is pretty far from my house.
So how would you recommend I improve my strength for basketball without having access to a gym?
Put together a compilation of every point I scored this season for my men's league and would genuinely appreciate some honest critique on my game (the competition is sub college level). I'm #14 for the yellow/lakers jerseys. Before anyone says it — yeah, this is just a scoring reel, so there's no passing/assist highlights in here, that wasn't the point of the video, I know I'm capable of passing lol. I'm mainly trying to get a read on my shot selection, footwork, finishing at the rim, and athleticism — anything that stands out as a weakness or bad habit, lay it on me. I'm looking to get stronger in the weight room to boost my dominance. I can take constructive criticism, just actually break down what you're seeing instead of one-liners (posting on this sub can be a death wish).
Im 5’11(180cm) and turned 15 today with a 6’2.5 wingspan and 7’9 standing reach. Without training i can already touch barely below halfway net on a 10ft rim. I wanna be able to dunk by December so do u think its possible and are these exercises good enough:
Seated jumps: 3x15
Split lunge hops: 3x15
Jumping lunges: 3x15
I wanna start doing these Monday Wednesday and Friday maybe alongside some pushups, squats and crunches. Im not sure about my vertical jump
I noticed that during things like changing direction and some other movements, I look pretty uncoordinated and not very ”fluid”. I‘m 16 years old and kinda skinny as I had a lot of growth spurts recently. I’m trying to get bigger and stronger in the gym but how can I improve my movement quality to look more coordinated?
I am a streaky shooter and there are times where I just hit backrim 3-8 times in a row and its annoying as if I judt adjust a little bit,it would have swish. May I ask how do I combat/fix that. I also have a issue with shooting free throws,I am not a bad three point shooter but my free throw sucks. Its kinda weird,its either I score 5-7 free throws in a row,or just hit/miss/hit/miss/miss.
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