Skills Checklists

3. Finishing

See YouTube skills playlists (Finishing).

• Basic
  • Regular layup off one foot - dominant hand (overhand)
  • Jump stop (shoot off two feet in traffic)
  • Primary move, secondary move
  • Give and go, backdoor cut
• Intermediate
  • Regular layup off one foot - non-dominant hand
  • Underhand (scoop, finger roll)
  • Reverse layup
    • outside drive, inside-hand finish, Euro finish (outside hand)
    • middle drive, finish on the other side - baby hook or tight scoop (outside hand), half reverse (inside hand)
  • Power finish
    • outside-inside stride stop (skip off inside foot), outside-hand finish
      • inside-hand finish
      • floater
    • back pivot (spin away), e.g.  baby hook, jump hook, fadeaway
      • variation - step back
    • back pivot, step-thru
      • counter - spin back
    • back pivot, step-thru taken away
      • step middle to finish goofy-foot, can step back
      • reverse pivot (lose vision), can spin back
    • back pivot, fake reverse pivot (half spin)
  • Split move (Dave Smart)
    • Dave Smart - attack middle, skip off the inside foot, push off top foot toward the basket, finish with inside hand off inside foot (outside-inside footwork)
    • DJ Sackmann - same footwork attacking baseline
  • Inside hand
    • off the outside foot
  • Pro hop
    • hard last dribble, jump off two feet, land on two
    • take the ball overhead, or behind the back
    • counters - step thru, reverse pivot, step across
    • Drew Hanlen - pound dribble then hop two feet to two feet, pick up the ball after the hop
  • Euro-step
    • 45-degree out-in or in-out, pound the ball on the 3rd last step
    • outside-inside - take the ball across high or low, regular finish, over the front of the rim, floater or runner (off one foot), half reverse, goofy-foot (other hand)
    • inside-outside (inverted) - outside hand (goofy-foot), inside hand
    • Drop-cross Euro-step - dribble-jab move into a Euro-step or other finish
  • Foot-cross move (swing step)
    • defender beats you to a spot, punch the last dribble, go across your body with the outside foot, one more step to finish (too far away to Euro-step)
    • take the ball overhead or behind the back
  • Fake a pass
  • One-hand pickup
    • underhand - high off the glass, protect with the off arm
    • side-arm
  • Running hook
  • Baseline drive from the corner
    • glide - finish over the front of the rim with the other hand
    • reverse layup
    • slide - jump off the inside foot into a jump stop facing the baseline, finish with the hand furthest from the defender
  • Rocker - pullback dribble, head fake, blow by (or cross or between, blow by)
• Advanced
  • Reverse layup off two feet
  • Spin pullback
    • front or other side of the rim
    • counter - upfake, step thru
    • half spin (fake)
      • fake spin middle, spin back, goofy-foot floater high off the backboard
  • Tony Parker cross spin, also between spin
  • Floater
    • tear-drop off one foot or a hop or stride stop, dribble hand or strong-hand finish
  • Runner
    • Steve Nash one-legged shot
  • Goofy-foot
    • outside hand and foot (Steve Nash, Tony Parker)
    • inside hand and foot (Rajon Rondo)
  • Extension finish
    • inside-outside stride stop, outside-hand finish
  • Rondo move
    • stride stop (outside-inside), fake goofy-foot half reverse, spin to a baby hook, jump hook, or shot
    • counters - step-thru, goofy-foot step-across
  • Cradle
    • show the ball, bring it down, finish with either hand
  • Double-pump reverse
    • go up for a regular layup, switch hands, under for a reverse layup
    • Dr. J - same-hand finish
  • Jamal Crawford
    • shake and bake - behind, between or crossover dribble, hop the other way, take the ball behind the back, in front, or over the top to finish (see scissors stepback, Crawford shift cross)
  • Veer move
    • on your last step (inside), cut off or step into your defender
    • veer dribble to cut off your defender early