Shooting

• Basic, Intermediate
• Advanced
  • Slide 3
  • Spin move
  • Misdirection pull-ups
  • Stepback
    • Regular, Crossover, Wrap, Between the legs, Extended, Touch, Lift (hesi), Punch
  • Fadeaway
    • Controlled, Transition, Back leg, Front leg,
      Spin, Dirk, Shimmy series
  • Freeze pull-up
  • Stop separation
    • Speed stop, Speed stop exchange, Drag pullback, Inverted drag, Punch drag

See Skills Checklists - Footwork.

Basic

• BEEEF
  • balance, eyes, elbow, extension, follow-through
• Spot-up, on the move (towards the basket, lateral), off the dribble
  • use a hop
• Free throws

Intermediate

• 1-2 footwork
• Moving away from the basket
  • cheat step
• 3-point shot, bank shot
• One-dribble pull-up
• Crossover jumpers
  • crossover, between the legs, behind the back

Advanced

• Anchor foot, stride stop, reverse pivot

Slide 3

• see Blog post - Slide 3s
• DJ Sackmann
  • shot fake side-step, side-step hop, cross-step (cross-step hop, side-step cross-step)
• Reid Ouse - easier to square the other elbow with a cross-step
• step-out (off the dribble)
• left-right step-in (for a rightie)
  • see Shooting - Rick Carlisle

Spin move

• pull-up (big drop step, spin)
  • shot fake, step thru
  • see Shooting - Spin-move challenge
• half spin (fake spin)
• behind the back to a spin

Misdirection pull-ups

• crossover, between the legs or behind the back dribble, cross-step opposite, square up, shoot

Stepback

• see Blog post - Stepbacks
• Regular (inside foot)
  • plant inside foot, push off on a diagonal, land on two (jump stop) or outside-inside, shooting elbow squared up
  • to get squared up going strong-side
    • step-out (sideways, not on a 45)
    • land on two (jump stop)
    • shoot and turn in the air at the same time
  • counters
    • hesi (show shot) and go
    • thru the legs
    • crossover
  • triple threat
    • cross-step and pound
    • jab cross-step
    • jab step
    • drop step (tuck back)
    • blast step (two steps, step back)
  • dribble jab
    • dribble jab, step back
• Crossover stepback
  • crossover dribble with cross-step
    • step back, no extra dribble
      • with an extra dribble
    • motion steps, dribble stepback
    • see Shooting - Snake pull-ups
• Wrap-dribble stepback
  • with or without an extra dribble
  • between wrap stepback
  • in-and-out wrap stepback
• Between the legs stepback
  • a misdirection stepback, go between the legs,
    • step back opposite
      • or push off the front and back foot to a hop
    • Lebron move
• Extended stepback
  • push off the inside foot to the outside foot, cross-step into an inside-outside shot, no extra dribble
    • with extra dribble
    • see Shooting - Angled pull-up
• Touch stepback
  • pull the lead foot back and push off it (toe tap)
    • under drag
    • cross pullback
    • stop exchange
    • hesi stepback
• Lift stepback
  • between the legs lift hesi, e.g. right to left, lift off the left foot,
    • for a righty, land and push back (or sideways) off the right foot into left-right 1-2, shoot
      • land on two to avoid a travel, heels up
    • for a lefty, lift, land right-left, push back off the left foot, land right-left, shoot
      • can be a touch stepback (lift, land left, push back)
• Punch stepback - see Punch drag below

Fadeaway

• see Blog post - Fadeaway Jumpers
• Controlled fade
  • shoot off two, rock from front to back
  • use a speed stop or jump stop
  • for a rightie going right, twist in the air to square up
• Transition fade
  • skip step, land inside-outside
  • create separation
• Back leg
  • dribble step, push out to back foot (Nash one-legged)
• Front leg
  • controlled fade off the inside foot
• Spin
  • Nash spin fade
    • drop step and spin
    • half (fake) spin
      • step-thru counter
  • Kobe spin
    • spin on the back foot (no drop step)
• Dirk
  • fade off left foot, extend right knee
    • attacking right, drop step and spin
• Shimmy series
  • jump stop (in the post, or off a spin move), back to the basket
    • front pivot away from defender, fade
    • head and shoulder fake opposite
    • double fake (shimmy)

Freeze pull-up

• see Blog post - Freeze Pull-ups
• outside-inside footwork
  • get to a drop stance (outside foot ahead), sell a drive, step in with the back foot to shoot
• hesitation pull (skip hesi)
• pound and stab
• drop move, step in (drop pull)
  • double move to a drop
• inside-outside move
• between the legs
• between the legs glide
• crossover glide
• turn-out lateral glide; throw crossover

Stop separation

• see Blog post - Stop Separation
• create space for a shot by stopping faster than your defender
  • speed stop, speed-stop exchange, inverted drag, punch drag
    • see Shooting - Multi-stop challenge
  • drag pullback
  • between the legs ("hockey stop")
• Speed stop
  • inside-outside stop, shot
  • counters
    • show shot (rise up, simulate pickup), turn dribble, attack
    • push crossover
• Speed stop exchange
  • speed stop, go behind the back, replace feet, shoot
    • stepback (push off outside foot)
    • touch stepback
  • counters
    • turn dribble (bounce out)
      • see Dribbling - Relph 3-cone series.
    • drop stance
• Drag pullback
  • inside-outside stride stop (plant outside foot, drag back foot)
    • crossover, under (the outside leg), behind the back
    • foot replacement, shoot
    • stepback
    • touch stepback
  • counters
    • cross-step, shoot
    • foot switch to a drop stance, step-up shot (hesi pull) or attack
    • hesitate (show shot), crossover, shoot or attack
• Inverted drag
  • punch cross step, plant the inside foot, drag then anchor the outside (back) foot, bring the ball back between the legs, ready to shoot
  • or attack opposite
    • drop and go
    • turn dribble
    • pivot to change the angle
• Punch drag
  • a stop on the outside foot
  • punch dribble (ball and outside foot), replace feet, shoot
    • hop back (stepback)
    • touch stepback
  • counters
    • turn dribble, thru the legs
    • push cross
    • inside-out
    • punch drag to under drag, or behind drag