Fakes

Coach Rob · **Posts:** 900

briansass wrote:

If you are making a series of dribble moves and fakes trying to get the defender to buy a fake, you will be stagnating the ball movement and your teams offense. My whole thought on beating your defender is if you are moving without the ball, using screens well, and catching ready to shoot, an opportunity to take advantage of the defender and the defense should happen naturally and be there on the catch.

That's some solid advice right there. ^

You're basically asking how to create separation from your defender. Look up: basketball creating separation videos, Ganon Baker has some great concepts. Brain is correct though, you don't want to get too caught up in ankle breaker moves, it's more about good fundamental basketball when creating separation.

On the guide hand, trying just using your shooting hand when you're practicing. A good drill to see if your shot is straight is using your shooting hand and hitting the side of the basket in a gym. If you're doing it correctly, the ball should come straight back at you. Also practicing your shot from short distances with just your shooting hand.

It could be your thumb on the guide hand, hard to say without seeing the shot. Here's a link to some common shooting errors and how to fix them: http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/fundamentals/shooting/5-shooting-mistakes.html

officemanager3514 · **Posts:** 62

Lots of great advise to pass on to my team here.