HoopHandbook #44 - Post Moves #3
Creating & Scoring In The Post For Players Of All Sizes
Dre Baldwin
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Description
Scoring in the post is not just for the “bigs” in basketball -- any player benefits from a strong post game. Some players feel they are playing more “like a guard” by avoiding the post by all means. Wrong -- Gary Payton, Michael Jordan, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant, and even Tim Hardaway all used their posting skills when necessary to create opportunities on offense. The ability to create in the post only increases the ways in which you can attack the opponent and help your team. Why wouldʼt you want that in your bag of tricks?
Creating from the post moves you closer to the basket on offense, which is, theoretically, easier than scoring from the perimeter since you are initiating your attack from closer to the basket. The further you are from the hoop in basketball, the higher degree of difficulty is converting a made basket. Use post skills to your advantage.
This program, along with the Post Moves #1 program, will make you familiar with scoring options and techniques you will drill into your muscle memory for use in competition. You will attack from both sides of the lane/basket, and utilize both hands in both handling the ball and finishing shots.
While going through this program, it is very important to remember that the moves and drills you go through in practicing are not, necessarily, the moves youʼll do in the games. Understand what a drill is: a skill executed repeatedly, to be ingrained into your muscle memory. The purpose of doing basketball drills is so your body memorizes the movement, which then can be called upon instinctively and unconsciously when needed. You are not consciously memorizing these moves for doing versus a defender. In a live game, things happen too fast for any human being to think of how to react -- by the time the thought comes to you, the moment to do what you thought of has passed. And with the endless possibilities and situations in the game of basketball, memorizing moves is not a viable strategy; every single play is a unique situation. What you want to be able to do in games is to react without thinking: whatever happens, you react instinctively and decisively. This ability is developed through two combined methods: skill practice and game experience. You have taken a proactive step in the skill practice area by getting this program; go to work. Then go use these skills in games to fine-tune your reactive, instinctive abilities.

- $7.99
- Category: Basketball
- Published: Nov 01, 2011
- Publisher: Dre Baldwin
- Seller: Dre Baldwin
- Print Length: 11 Pages
- Language: English
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