| | Skills Checklists 1. Footwork - Motor skills, Dribble stops, Getting open, Pivoting, Triple threat, Dribble triple-threat, Shooting, One-dribble pull-up See YouTube skills playlists (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 Triple threat - Basic
- Square up, ball in pocket (option - other hip)
- Protect the ball - sweep (low), rip (high), space (shield) pivot
- shield options - go, spin back (front pivot), sweep (reverse pivot), sweep and cross
- Read your defender
- Crossover step, blast step (direct drive)
- Intermediate
- First step - advantage (separation), ball and foot hit floor at same time; second step - angle to the rim
- Jab step (create space)
- options - cross, go, shoot
- jab sideways - move defender laterally, crossover attack
- jab at - defender backs up, shoot
- counter - side jab and cross
- Reid Ouse - side jab, front jab, middle jab (closed stance), cross jab (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
- Sweep (low), rip (high), pass fake, step-off (long jab), cross-jab
- Advanced
- Shimmy - a double fake with the ball (can also be done on the dribble)
- Attack the top foot if it splits you, otherwise go at the bottom foot
- Sell opposite
- Read the help
- Catch to shoot before triple threat
Dribble triple-threat - Open stance, closed stance (against pressure)
- Inside foot - side jab, jab-at (rotate hips, closed stance)
- Front jab - outside (dribble) foot
Drop stance Shooting footwork - Spot-up
- Silent feet - no hop or steps
- Foot replacement - bunny hop
- Hop - off the permanent pivot foot, or either foot
- Anchor foot - anchor the permanent pivot foot, step with the shooting foot
- 1-2 - step left-right (for a rightie)
- Stride stop or rhythm step - right-left-right
- Split catch - shoot (step-in) or attack
- Wide base - catch in a wide stance, move one foot in to a shooting stance
- On the move
- Off the dribble
One-dribble pull-up - Basic
- Hop stop (three-step)
- crossover step, e.g. going right, L-R-hop
- blast step (R-L-hop going right)
- permanent pivot foot
- Intermediate
- Hop stop (two-step)
- crossover-hop (L-hop going right)
- Three-step 1-2 (create separation, gain space)
- Advanced
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