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|  | Fundamentals WABC Coaches Manuals The World Association of Basketball Coaches (WABC) has online coaches manuals and other resources: The manuals can be downloaded, e.g. see Player Skills The Level 1-2-3 manuals have Coach, Player and Team sections, and include numerous short videos. The player skills are summarized below, by level: Skills in italics are linked to a corresponding YouTube video. I created three YouTube playlists - WABC Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3. Level 1 1. Defensive Skills - Footwork
- Basic
- balanced stance (nose behind toes), defensive slide (big to bigger), changing direction (drop step), slide-run-slide
- Closing out
- sprint, chop steps, two hands high, call "ball"
- Defending the player with the ball
- containment, turning the dribbler (nose on the ball), channelling the dribbler (forcing)
- Defending a perimeter player away from the ball
- denial stance, open stance.
- hedge and recover
- Defending in the low post
- on either side (baseline or top), one foot behind; fronting the post
- defend behind the post player
- Blocking out an offensive rebounder
- turn and face your check, forearm contact, pivot to keep contact and face the basket, hands up, jump, catch, protect the ball (elbows out)
- a help defender on the split line should get to the edge of the key
- for young players, find your check, get between them and the basket
2. Offensive Skills - Basic movement skills
- Basic stance
Balance - Footwork
- small steps, long steps
- tag
- Running
- forwards
- chin to shoulder to see the ball
- sideways
- backwards
- Speed
- fast, slow, change of speed
- Changing direction
- Stopping
- Pivoting
- Pivoting
- pivot foot
- forward, backward pivot (drop step)
- zero step or gather step
- Getting open for the ball
- Fundamentals
- change of pace, direction
- straight cut (towards the ball)
- back-door cut
- Getting open
- Basic catching
- show hands to the ball, watch the ball until it is in your hands
- Protecting the ball
- two hands on the ball, head up, use fakes, pivot away, dribble backwards
- Triple threat
- face the basket, ball about hip height, be strong with the ball
Basic passing - chest pass, push pass, bounce pass, overhead pass
- pass fakes
- Fun activities
- Basic dribbling
- right hand, left hand, crossover, hesitation (stop and lift up), speed (alternating hands), retreat, behind the back (wrap, v), fake crossover (inside-out), double moves
- attack the legs (get past your defender)
- Shooting
- Introduction
- balance, layup footwork, shooting technique
- Layup footwork
- one step, two steps
- dribbling
- catch, two steps
- Foundation for a shot
- balanced stance, power from the legs
- Grip
- shooting hand, other hand
- push up
- Releasing the ball
- Shooting off the dribble
- Jump shot
- Offensive moves
- First step
- Getting post position
- passing angle, reverse pivot if fronted, lob pass, hold the seal
- Drop step
- drop step or front pivot
- face up
- Drop step counter moves
- Basics of perimeter offence
- square up
- crossover-step dribble (left foot step to go right), onside-step dribble (right foot to go right)
- shot fake, drive fake
- Drive fake moves
- jab step and cross, go, or shoot
- Shot fake moves
- dribble, shoot, side-step 3
- Catch and shoot
- ball in the air, feet in the air
- Penetrating off the dribble
- attack hips, keep the dribble alive
- layup, shot, pass
- Activities to practice offence in the low post
- Activities to practice perimeter offence
Level 2 1. Defensive Skills - Advanced close-outs
- on a driver (short), on a shooter (one hand up, may run by)
- Front the post
- Double-team the ball
- Pressure defence
- anticipate the offence
2. Offensive Skills - Getting open
- Horizontal cuts
- Turn-out cuts
- straight cut, curl cut, flare cut using a pin-down screen.
- Catching
- Shooter's catch
- shooting hand behind the ball
- Post catch
- one hand behind the ball, bring the other hand to the ball
- Passing
- One-hand curl pass
- one-hand bounce pass into the post
- Dribbling
- Reverse spin dribble
- Snake dribble
- crossover to get behind a ballscreen and cut off your defender
- Throw-down dribble
- for an onside drive opposite the ball, instead of sweeping the ball from one side to the other, throw the ball into the floor so that it bounces to the other side (avoiding a travel)
- Step-back move
- jump to shoot as you land on the back foot, or lift head and shoulders (hesitate) and drive
- Horizontal dribble
- move sideways facing the basket (or face the direction you are moving)
- Push dribble
- to open space, usually a push crossover, e.g. splitting a ballscreen
- Shooting
- Advanced layups
- Euro-step, outside-inside power layup, floater (tear drop), wrong foot (same hand and foot), hook shot (jump stop or running hook), scoop
- Reverse layup
- Advanced shooting footwork
- jump stop or stride stop (two count)
- on an onside drive you should be able to shoot with one dribble, ball and outside foot hit at the same time, then stride stop or jump stop to shoot
- you may need a second dribble on a cross-step drive
- Inside shooting
- Correcting shooting technique
- Flat shot
- Offline shot
- Side spin
- Shooting short
- Offensive moves
- Post moves
- Backing in
- dribble between your feet
- Back-in post move
- jump hook, up and under, drop step and spin
- Forward spin move
- pivot 180 degrees on the heel of the baseline foot
- Beating opponents
- foot advantage, attack the hips, combination moves, changing pace, changing direction (move backwards to go forwards), contact, read the defence
Level 3 1. Offensive Skills - Creative passing
- Behind the back - hand on the side of the ball (not under)
- Pocket pass - thrown from the hip in traffic, e.g. to a ball-screener, or a post drop pass to a cutter.
- Pass fakes on the move, e.g., while taking layup steps
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