Basketball Skills and Drills

One on One Moves

At some point in every game you are required to create space between you and an opponent. Creating space provides you with a high percentage opportunity to score. Space is created by the efforts of a teammate who screens you, by your own movement without the ball or by utilizing a fake to draw a defender out of defensive position. The basics of creating space are:

Understanding how to use a screen.

Understanding how to read the defender in relation to the screen.

Movement without the ball.

The fundamentals of the fake with the ball.

The alignment of your body and your feet when receiving the ball.

Utilizing the pivot in your fake.

Selling the fake with your wrist.

Maintaining a low, balanced body position.

Using the fake to create a seal position.

One on One Moves Facing The Hoop

Jab and go.

Jab, shot fake and go.

Jab, shot fake and cross

Jab, jab, shot fake and cross.

Bird move, step back.

Fake step back.

Swing step.

Pivot and throw bounce.

Pivot, throw and cross.

Catch, pivot and cross.

Catch and spin out.

Catch, pivot and wrap.

Catch, pivot and go.

Step, hop.

One on One Moves That Begin With Your Back To The Basket

Drop step.

Reverse pivot and step through.

Reverse pivot and step hop.

Step back.

Fake step back.

A variety of effective moves have been listed in the categories of both facing the hoop and receiving the ball with your back to the basket. The key, however, to having an effective one on one game is to master two moves, a move and a counter move. You do not need ten different offensive moves only a couple of very good ones and the ability to sell the fake.

Effective One on One Drills

Play one on one, every day, from a variety of angles to the hoop. Start the drill with the ball and sometimes without the ball. Practice pivoting into the move and limit the time or number of dribbles allowed.

Allow the offensive player a screener to get him/her open. Add a defender on the screener.

Play one on one games for a minute at every hoop and have the losers rotate. The goal is to stay at one hoop while playing against opponents of different size.

Play one on one cutthroat. Line up 4 – 5 players one behind the other at the top of the key. The first player in line is on defense and the second player on offense. If the offensive player scores, he/she stays on offense and a new defender rotates to the front of the line to try and make a stop. The first defender, that was scored on, goes to the back of the line. If a defender makes a stop, he/she becomes the offensive player and a new defender rotates forward. The offensive player that did not score goes to the back of the line. The only way you get to play offense is by first making a stop. Play a game for three mintes.

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