Basketball Training

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Basketball and Leadership Part 1 – What is a Leader?

What is a Leader?  What Traits / Characteristics Do Leaders Have? Basketball and all other sports love leaders.  We look at guys like Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Chris Paul, Isiah […]

Basketball Nutrition – Sugar-free Steve Nash

  You can never overlook the impact of nutrition on the level of your play and on your basketball training. Steve Nash is one of the MANY players who realize […]

What Kind of Teammate are You?

Are you happy when someone else on your team has a big game or are you upset that you didn’t get as many points as you wanted? Do you do […]

Easy ways to get more playing time

Here are some simple ways you can get your coach’s attention and get more playing time.  If you aren’t doing all these things, don’t complain about how much time you […]

Competition at Practice

If you spend time on this website then you know how important the team concept is. Think for a second about how you become a better basketball player…yes you put […]

What to do when you lose your dribble

Stay calm once the dribble is picked up: I see a lot of younger, less experienced basketball players’ panic once they have picked up their dribble and the defender crowds […]

Basketball Post Moves – The Jump Hook

The Jump Hook is more than just a post move. It can be used by post players as a post-up move and it can be used by guards and smaller […]

Basketball Finishing – Layup / Dunk Series

Most basketball teams start out practices or warm-up for games with layup lines.  Most players will start these drills and just go through the motions.  Some players see how high […]

Kobe Bryant Moves – Kobes mid-range footwork

As we mentioned in our LeBron James moves tutorial, all basketball players borrow moves from other players. So this new breakdown of a few Kobe Bryant Moves should become a […]

LeBron James Moves Tutorial | LeBron’s go-to moves

Working on offensive moves in your basketball training is very important.  So where do you get those moves?  As far back as you go in basketball, players have been borrowing […]