5 Keys to a Solid Basketball Post Play

5 Keys to a Solid Basketball Post Play

5 Keys to a Solid Basketball Post Play

Having a strong inside game is an essential piece to a winning basketball team. This article highlights the 5 areas of play that power forwards and centers need to key in on if they want to become dominant inside players.

Posting Up

This is the number one weapon a big man has on offense. Bigger players are much better playing inside because they can use their size as an advantage. Strength plays a major role in this because it's very tight inside and you need to use your body to battle for position. But you don't just use strength when you post-up. There are some big men who lack size and still succeed because they learn the fundamentals of posting-up. An important thing to remember when posting-up is that size isn't the only advantage. You can also speed and quickness as your advantage. The most important thing to master is how to seal your defender so your teammate can get the ball to you.

Rebounding

This should be one of the main responsibilities of forwards and centers. Every time a shot is thrown up, you must put yourself in a position where you have a chance of getting the ball. You need to box-out the nearest opponent to prevent them from getting the ball. It's been proven time and time again that you don't necessarily have to be the tallest and biggest person on the floor in order to be the best rebounder. Rebounding is a state of mind. If you're aggressive and proactive about boxing off and going to the basket when a shot goes up, you'll become a dominant rebounder.

Scoring

Because inside players are near the basket so often it's important that they are able to take advantage of the many scoring opportunities they will have. It's crucial for a post player to have at least two go-to moves that they feel very confident they can score with. It should also be noted that inside play can be very rough. Post players will get fouled a lot and so it's important that they can hit their free throws. A common trait a lot of post players have in common is that their free-throw shooting is very poor. Those that can knock down most of their free throws stand out a great deal.

Setting Screens

There are two things post players should remember about screens. One is that because they are bigger in size coaches love to have them set screens. Their screens can really be effective at opening up shots for teammates. If a post player isn't effective at setting screens the whole offense can and usually does implode because no open looks are being created. The second thing that needs to be remembered is that when you set a good solid screen and then roll to the basket you are usually wide open because you have sealed your defender off. Post players that know this and take advantage of this score lots of points.

Dribbling

Don't get me wrong here, post players shouldn't be expected to handle the ball as well as their point guard can. They should have the ability though to at least dribble effectively with both hands. If they can only dribble in one direction it's easy for the defense to catch on to this and completely shut them down by forcing them to their weak side. Post players that don't ever work on their dribbling skills are on borrowed time if they are still producing on offense.

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