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Friday, October 21, 2011

How to Instantly Improve Your Game

1) Develop you non-dominant foot

You already know that it is important to develop your non-dominant
hand, so you can dribble better with it. But, what most players
don't realize is that developing your non-dominant/week FOOT is
JUST as important as developing your weak hand...

Why? Simple, because if you don't develop your non-dominant foot
properly, you limit the number of angles and explosive moves you
can make.

A player that can plant both his right or left foot and explode is
MUCH more difficult to guard than a player who prefers one foot
over the other...

An easy way to develop your non-dominant foot is with
sprinting...do 1 sprint while planting & taking off with your right
foot, rest, and do another sprint while planting & taking off with
your left foot. Alternate your "take off" feet when doing sprints.

There are many more ways to develop your non-dominant foot, which
you'll learn about a little later.

2) Stay in "catch ready" position to shoot

When you're playing off the ball, its very important to stay in a
"catch ready" position so you can catch the ball and immediately
launch a good shot. If you're not in proper position and balance,
your shooting will be negatively affected.

The key here is to stay low, keep you hands up, and plant yourself
in a comfortable position from which you can shoot from.

This will instantly improve your shooting percentage.

3) Work on the "side-step" move

Many players have a tendency to commit charges, get their shot
blocked, or turn the ball over because they don't know how to deal
with a defender who steps in front of them when they are driving
strong...

Basically, if you're driving strong to the hoop, and a help
defender steps in front to cut off your drive, what do you do?

In this situation, it is very helpful to develop a Side-Step, where
you can suddenly step directly to your left or to your right as you
meet the defender, and then pull-up for a shot.

Many players are aware of the step-back move, but a very useful
move to use on a cut-off defender is to "side step" them and pull
up for a jumper...

Don't confuse this move with the Euro-Step, which is more of a
finishing move.

The Side-Step is more of a space creating move that is especially
useful for avoiding charges and creating enough space to get a shot
off.

So start to use those "Tricks" today and keep working HARD until you reach your GOALS!
I wish you the best of luck. . .

Amir

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