subject: Skills You Must Learn In Basketball [print this page] If you want to be able to play a popular sport that is enjoyed by people around the world, consider basketball. People from all lands love this game. If you learn a few basic skills, and master them, you'll be able to play the game efficiently yourself.
Here are some skills for you to master. There are only a few.
1. Boxing Out: This is really simple. You get in position between the player trying to shoot the ball and the basket. This way, if they miss the shot and it bounces back, you get a rebound shot. You can also sometimes block their shot directly from this position.
2. Dribbling: this is the very basic and essential skill of bouncing the ball on the ground and running with it. You use your fingertips to bounce the ball on the ground and back up into your hand.
Use your fingers to direct the ball to bounce against the ground or floor and back up so that you keep control of the ball and it isn't taken from you. You then can run while doing this and the ball moves with you. You can't pick up a basketball and run more than a few steps. Dribbling is the only way to move any distance with a ball.
3. Shooting and pivoting: When you throw the ball and try to make a basket and get points, this is shooting. Pivoting is a type of shooting where you take a step, pivot on the bottom foot planted, then take another step and shoot.
4. Fouls: You need to know what causes a foul and what the result of a foul is. When someone fouls they wrongly interfere with another player. The penalty is that the player who was fouled gets one or more free throws, or chances to make a basket without anyone countering them. An example of impeding a player and fouling them would be to blocks someone coming your way by moving your arms out horizontally to block them.
You can also foul a player by charging. This is very common, and it is when you run with the ball toward a player who is not moving. If they are stationary, don't run toward them with the ball. You also should not hit at the arms of someone who has the ball, this is called hacking and is another foul.
If you want to play basketball, you have to do a few things. Start with learning your dribbling and shooting, and also reduce your fouls. You can then go from there.
