Skills Checklists

Post Play

• Getting open, Posting up
• Drop step, Turnaround shot, Hook shot, Back-in series, Face-up series, Baseline spin, Step-out fade
• Short corner, High post, Spacing, Screening

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 pass

Posting up

• Blog post - Post Play
• Low post, mid post, high post (pinch post), short corner
• Line of deployment (post line)
  • between the ball and the basket
• Low and wide base, shoulder to chest, hold your defender off with one arm (arm bar), call for the ball with the other hand (low for a bounce pass)
• Win the foot fight (step over the lead foot)
• Meet a pass, catch, chin and check (middle)
• Look to attack middle first
• Finish off two feet in the paint
• Kick-out and re-post
• Handle a double-team

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
  • spin back fadeaway
  • back-foot fadeaway
  • Kiki move - step-back shot
    • rocker - step back, drive

Turnaround jump shot

• Strong-shoulder front pivot
  • step-thru counter (dribble option)
• Strong-side front pivot
• Baseline shot
• Bank shot
• Shoulder fake, shimmy (double fake)
• Turnaround fadeaway
  • pivot away from the defender
  • counter - shot fake, step thru

Hook shots

• Jump hook
  • jump stop
  • inside-outside stop
    • drop step
    • crab dribble
  • outside-inside stop
  • strong hand (middle, baseline)
  • pound hook (front pivot, no dribble)
  • can open up to finish
• Baby (running) hook off one foot
• Sky hook (no dribble)

Back-in series (middle)

• Your defender is smaller
• Crab dribble
  • jump hook (inside-outside or jump stop)
    • shot fake, hook shot
    • up and under or reverse pivot
      • spin away
  • 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 around

Face-up series

• A reverse pivot allows you to see the floor and take up space as you pivot
• Your defender is bigger or slower
• Reverse pivot on the outside foot (inside pivot, Sikma)
  • jump shot
  • bank shot
  • sweep and attack baseline
    • finish on either side
    • shimmy and go (ball fake baseline-middle)
    • stepback
    • spin middle (two dribbles or one dribble)
  • one-leg fade
    • sweep and jab baseline, rock back to shoot off the pivot foot
  • jab step-back
    • jab baseline, step-back (inside-hand dribble)
  • sweep and jab, cross-step, attack middle
    • pull-up jump shot
    • step-back jumper
    • running hook
    • jump hook, step thru, dribble drop, half spin
• Permanent pivot foot

 Baseline spin move

• Front pivot on the baseline foot
  • reverse layup (either hand, depending on footwork)
    • spin back, spin away
  • misdirection - glance over one shoulder, spin opposite
  • spin to a step-back
• Can also spin middle

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.

Short corner (dunker spot)

• "21" position, butt to the baseline
• Outside-foot reverse pivot
• Inside-foot front pivot

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 foot

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 corner

Screening

• Ballscreens
  • pop, roll
  • dive, stretch roll (pop then roll)
  • short roll
  • flip the angle, step-up screen
  • slip, re-screen
• Dribble hand-off
• Cross-screen, backscreen