Every fan enjoys watching the creativity of a great ball handler. Few plays in basketball are as athletic and graceful as a well-executed spin move, an ankle-breaking cross over, or a behind the back dribble to avoid a defender. The purpose of these dribbling moves, however, is quite simple: to change direction. When you are dribbling the basketball and your defender alters your path, you must have at least one of these moves ready.Assuming that...more
Do you know you can become a better point guard? Maybe not even a better point guard maybe just a better dribbler? I have found a system that works! Are you a perfectionist at driving and dishing? I learned step by step on when to take the shot and when to pass. Can you cross over your optician at will? Can you dribble equally as good with both hands? Some basic tips I learned - Dribble with your fingers not your hand. - Dribble on...more
If youre a basketball fan in Austin, Texas, youre in luck. The Austin Toros are a minor league basketball team located in Austin. They play their home games at the Austin Convention Center. Although theyve only been located in Austin for the past four years, this team has quickly become one of the best forms of entertainment in the city.The Austin Toros originally started as the Columbus Riverdragons from Columbus, Georgia. The franchise was awarded to Austin in mid 2005. By August, the new name of the Toros was revealed along with the official colors red, blue and gold. Recently the team was acquired by the San Antonio Spurs and the team colors were changed to silver and black to mimic the Spurs colors. They became the second Development League team to be purchased by an NBA team.On February 22, 2007, the Toros head coach Dennis Johnson had a heart attack and died shortly after a work out with the players. An interim coach was used for the rest of the season and then Quin Synder became the head coach for the following 2007-2008 season.The Toros are part of the NBA Development League also known as the NBA D-League. This league is the NBAs official minor league system. It is used...more
Though it may seem like one of the least exciting offensive aspects of the game of basketball, free throw shooting is every bit as important as making lay ups, knocking down open jump shots, or hitting the three. It is not a basketball clich that games are won and lost at the free throw line. It is a fact.The game's greatest free throw shooters...more
Few things can swing the momentum of a basketball game like the fast break. Transition basketball is designed to get easy and quick offensive opportunities before the defense can get into place. In fact, some teams make the fast break their dominant style of play. Your youth team will be able to accomplish its defensive goals and increase its...more
It doesn't matter if you are just learning basketball or if your on a college team, I have found a program that works extremely well! I have living proof, Although I do play college basketball for Bradley University this program helped me go from 4 turnovers per game to just over 1 per game. You aren't going to become Allen Iverson over night it the process takes some time. 0 weeks of sure-fire ball-handling workouts and programs (so direct and simple to follow, while using advanced training secrets that actually FORCE you to never hit an annoying plateau) Deloading weeks of training, where you get up to 9.6x better, while doing ALMOST nothing Testing Days at the end of each 4-week program to provide you with progress checkpoints (so you know exactly how much you’ve just improved in the last 4 weeks and tell you exactly what you need to do and where you need to go to continue exploding your game) A comprehensive video library of every drill, move or combination (with yours truly demonstrating everything, so there is actually no concern or confusion about how to perform ANY of the moves or drills) An injury-preventing dynamic warm-up designed specifically for...more
A well-run fast break is one of basketball's most thrilling plays. Most fans of the game love to see a fast-paced tempo with plenty of running and scoring. Strategically, the basketball fast break makes sense in the simple fact that the goal is to...more
They say no man is an island, but that is exactly what it can feel like when you are defending the player with the ball. At its core, though, it is the essence of good defensive basketball. At some point in the game, every player on the floor will...more
March Madness is a event that grips the national sports awareness from the first week of March through the first week of April. March Madness is the concentrated hype of 65 teams vying for college basketball's biggest prize, a national title. 2.5...more
As the head of a basketball team, or as a member; there are certain extra pieces of putting together a team that are important to remember. The game of basketball is more than preparing for a game or going to shoot some extra hoops....more
Basketball is a fast paced game played on a 94-by-50 foot court (NBA) with 1 basket on opposite sides. The game starts when the official tosses the ball between two players, one from each team, in the middle of the court. This is also...more
It all started with a child's game that the inventor, Dr. James Naismith used to play outside his schoolhouse when he was younger. This game was called duck-on-a-rock, it aimed to knock the duck off the rock by tossing another rock...more