Post moves and shots
 | 1 Post moves from the low post, extended post and short corner, high post. See Skills checklist - Post play & rebounding, YouTube playlist Post play, Post play - Ganon Baker big fella moves. 1) Low post a) Drop step - post shot - drop step (baseline, middle), baby hook - power move - one-dribble baseline drop step, front pivot, shoot off both feet - drop and hop - one-dribble drop step, hop to a jump stop - wheel move - power move then post shot - Kiki move - drop step, one-dribble, step back, shoot - Kiki and go - step back, drive See Post play - Pete Newell post moves, 5star inside shots, 5star post moves. b) Jump hook - pound hook - no dribble, front pivot baseline or middle (option - catch in a drop step, front pivot) - power move - one-dribble middle drop step (a one-two stop) - drop and hop - counters - step through (up and under), reverse pivot (post shot), step across (Kevin McCleery) - third move - forward pivot back. See Post play - Ganon Baker form hook shots, Danny Manning (no-dribble jump hook). c) Turnaround shot - strong side, strong shoulder - fake opposite - shoulder fake, drop-step fake - bank shot - pivot baseline - step-through counter (option - one dribble). See Post play - 5star post flash, Duke low-post moves, Danny Manning (right-shoulder turnaround). d) Sikma - reverse pivot on the baseline foot, shoot, sweep to attack baseline, jab and crossover to attack middle. See Post play - Kevin McCleery, Pasquali moves and shots. e) Spin move - forward pivot on the baseline foot (option - no dribble) See Post play - Dino Radja, Pasquali moves and shots, Hanlen. Don Kelbick - every pivot has a counter, a) front pivot - counter is a step through [step-across is a step-through counter], b) drop step - counter is an inside (reverse) pivot; c) inside pivot - counter is a sweep move [crossover is a sweep move counter].  |
 | 2) Extended post (off the block) a) Back-in dribble - attack middle with the baseline hand into a running hook, jump hook (one-two or jump stop), jump shot, drop step & spin, half spin (with counters). See Post play - Post dribble moves, Ganon Baker lane dribbling, Hanlen. b) Sikma series - see above, and Post play - Duke extended post shots, Florida off the block, Danny Manning (off the block). 3) Short corner - 21 position, butt to the baseline - Sikma series - outside-foot reverse pivot - inside-foot front pivot - shoot, attack with the baseline hand, Nash pivot - another front pivot into a fadeaway. See Post play - Calipari close crab score, Ganon Baker big fella moves, Hanlen. |
 | 4) High post a) Drop step series - reverse pivot on the inside (baseline) foot, drop step (jab) with the other foot - Paul Pierce - spin on the jab foot, attack the basket (defender is overextended) - square up (reverse pivot), shoot - sweep - jab and crossover - drop and hop - spin (counter) - drop-step or shoulder fake, spin on the other foot. See Post play - Pete Newell post moves, Ganon Baker big fella moves, Shooting - Mike Procopio wing. b) Front pivot on the inside (baseline) foot - shoot, jab and go, jab and crossover - cheat step option- inside pivot foot, but step out with the other foot for balance, then forward pivot to square up.See Post play - Danny Manning (flash high), Sweep from flash, Shooting - Bill Self perimeter, Pull-thru. Ettore Messina - catching the ball in the high post facing away from the basket, reverse pivot to see the entire floor, front pivoting does not allow you to see as much. |
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