Category: Skills and Techniques
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Tips and Tricks for Shooting Like Curry
If any of you watched the spring NCAA basketball tournament, your answer will be an unequivocal “yes.” He basically torched the nets throughout the entire tournament as he led the Wildcats to become a part of the Elite 8. If you were to have watched the tournament, one of the things that you would have taken notice…
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Get Open! How to Move Without the Basketball
As a youth basketball coach, your main goal will always be one thing… to help your players to score as many points as possible, and hopefully, bring home a win for your team. Now, to score more points, your goal is really simple. You will want to use a variety of different movements to be…
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Basketball Training: 10 Ways To Improve Your Game
Basketball, like any other sport or musical instrument for that matter, is a progression of skill that is achieved through two primary elements: time and effort. There is no shortcut around skill development, regardless of natural ability–which can help a great deal, but drilling and practice are still essential to improve one’s performance in-game with a…
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20 Tips for Improving Your Basketball Shooting Skills
Playing basketball requires you to be skilled in shooting. The skill of shooting is the most critical skill in basketball as this is where players earn points for their teams. However, it is also a lost art and is declining on every level. Nowadays, there are only a few great shooters. This is because it…
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Top 10 Basketball Drills To Improve Your Game
We are all familiar with the famous proverb, “Practice makes perfect.” The more you practice, the better you become at something. No professional in any sport has ever attained greatness by merely knowing how a sport works or by simply learning about what to do in theory. If you take a good look at all the…
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20 Basketball Tips for Dribbling to Improve Your Ball Handling
Every player needs basketball tips for dribbling. Dribbling in basketball is defined as the legal method of advancing the ball by oneself as opposed to passing it to another player or shooting for the basket. Players bounce the ball on the floor while walking or running down the court. Dribbling is the most fundamental element…
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20 Basketball Defense Drills for Motivated Beginners
When you think about winning basketball games, what you think about first? Most of us would assume that you win games by scoring points. Therefore, shooting, passing and ball handling would be the top skills your motivated beginner should work on to improve their game. But according to some of the best coaches, mastering your…