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Skills Checklists

Post Play

Getting open

  • Blog post - Getting Open as a Post
  • Fast break
    • rim run, sprint the floor
    • seal a trailing defender, swim move, pin and spin (leg whip)
  • Duck in (step-over)
  • Reverse pivot if fronted (seal out)
  • Seal for a lob pass
  • V-cut high or low
  • Flash from weakside - block-to-block, middle, elbow
  • Seal in on a skip passup

Posting up

Drop step

  • Drop step, no dribble, finish off one foot
  • Power layup - drop step and power dribble, square up, shoot off both feet
    • catch in a drop step, square up (no dribble)
    • drop and hop - one-dribble drop step, hop to a jump stop
    • counter - shot-fake step-thru (can finish on the other side)
    • option - shot fake, shot
  • Drop step with one dribble

Turnaround jump shot

Hook shots

Back-in series (middle)

  • Your defender is smaller
  • Crab dribble
    • jump hook (inside-outside or jump stop)
    • turn the corner
    • back-foot fadeaway
      • fade off the left foot (Dirk)
    • dribble drop (drop step and spin baseline)
      • power layup, jump hook
        • Jared Dudley - left-hand dribble drop to a right-hand hook shot off the glass (on the other side, crab middle for a right-hand jump hook)
      • baseline fade
        • Dirk - right-hand dribble drop to a baseline fade off the left foot
        • shimmy baseline fade
          • dribble drop, shimmy baseline-middle, baseline shot
      • step thru (can finish on the other side, or spin back)
    • half spin (fake drop step, dream shake)
      • jumper
      • fadeaway
        • Dudley - counter a left-hand dribble-drop with a half-spin fade off the left foot (then a strong-hand up and under)
      • hook shot
        • on the other side, counter a right-hand crab middle with a half spin to get back to a right-hand hook shot
      • step thru, step aroundup

Face-up series

 Baseline spin move

Step-out fade

  • On a catch (or live dribble), reach out with the baseline foot, front pivot, baseline fade shot
    • counters - step around (baseline), step thru (middle), reverse pivot (middle), fake reverse
  • A step-out off the dribble is an exaggerated spin fade.up

Short corner (dunker spot)

High post

  • Inside-foot front pivot
    • cheat step option (brake with the outside foot)
  • Inside-foot reverse pivot
    • Paul Pierce drop step on overplay
  • Outside-foot reverse pivot
  • Permanent pivot footup

Spacing on a drive

  • Ballside post
    • baseline drive - create space up the lane line
    • middle drive - clean-up position or slide baseline
  • Weakside post
    • baseline drive - curl to the middle
    • middle drive - fade to the baseline, or slide under to the other side (relocate)
  • DHO and ballscreen options if the post has no play
  • Drive from the top - relocate or drop to short cornerup

Screening


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