Finishing and getting fouled like Monta Ellis

On all the drills do you recommend doing a 1-2 step into the shot off the dribble or jumping behind it like it says.

You want to learn this drill going both ways so you are strong with both hands... they are adding a few things here... Reverse this for your dominant hand... (left)

Start with the ball at the left box outside the lane, your back to the basket.

Pass to your self by tossing the ball high so it bounces high at the left elbow of the court.

Run to the left elbow and catch the ball, your back to the basket, using a one-two stop, landing on your inside (left) foot first.

Pivot on your inside (left) foot, using a front turn toward the middle and face the basket.

Make a jab step with your right foot, while making a shot fake, showing the ball high.

Be in triple-threat stance and in position to shoot first. Create space by dribbling once with your right hand toward the middle of the free throw line.

Jump behind the ball. Pick up the ball in front of your shooting knee with your shooting hand on top and your balance hand under the ball.

Jump straight up and shoot a jump shot. Land in balance.

By separating this does it help? It helped me to understand it better because we can look at it one step at a time. yes? No?

yes but when he says jump behind the ball is it a jump stop or do you rcommend doing a 1-2 step into the shot.

I would say to do what is most comfortable for you Ben..... right now it might be the 1-2 and as you grow the jump stop might be fine... try them both out and see which one you like best.. and the one that gives you the best results.

I always liked the 1-2 myself and later in my coaching career we taught the jump stop in the lane, keeps you from charging.. keeps you from making rushed decisions. But this is just me.

Have you tried this out yet? Remember what I said about shooting at game speed... but THAT is for the moves you know and can do well... the new moves you are learning... slow and easy at first... good luck.

How about the arc on your shots now? Did that tip help you at all?
IF it messes your shot up... go back to what you do best. We can work on this slowly.

Ken

I have tried these drills out and they are great. When I did the shooting drills I did half jumping behind the ball like Monta Ellis and Half 1-2 step like Steve Nash. The arc has been working but still working on it. Thamks for the drills.

Coach Sar where did you get all those drills?

You're welcome Ben.

These came from a site where I have some stuff on... Coaches Clipboard.....let me know what you think....... I am sure that Jeff and Joe have some too... but I didn't find what I was looking for there...

The arc is a work in progress..... once you get it down... you won't even have to think about it... keep up the good work. I think that you are going to be a good leader with your work ethic.... all the guys you play with should work as hard as you do.

Ken

Coach Sar,
In practice we were working on the halfcourt trap.
How do you get out of a halfcourt trap on offence.

Are they trapping just as you come across half court OR after you make the first pass?

One thing for sure.. DO NOT dribble across half court IF they are going to trap you right away... reverse the ball and try to get the ball into the middle of the floor.

How about a video of you shooting free throws where we can see the arc on the ball now?

Yes I can give you a video of my free throws and the halfcourt trap is when I cross halfcourt.

Make sure I can see the arc in your shot? Is your shot getting better now that you are working on the arc?

I never wanted my players to dribble across half court vs that trap... we wanted to pass it across... now IF the time is running out.. we told our players to attack the gap between the defenders and look for a safe pass. The LAST thing you want to do is to dribble across and pick up your dribble.

OK, as for the half court trap... there should be a player opposite and behind you BEFORE you cross half court - bring the ball up strong and SELL the fact that you are going to dribble it across.. then stop and reverse the ball and that player should try to enter the ball to the middle or sideline (middle is the first look) once in the middle all that player has to do is to pivot and face the basket and look for both wings cutting to the basket.

You are pretty much looking at a 2 - 1- 2 set.

Once you pass (reverse the ball) you should step behind him so he can reverse it back to you IF he cant enter the ball...... 10 seconds is a long time so don't panic. You can always play defense if you get called for that.... but its hard to play D on a steal and breakaway lay up.

As for all those drills.. I think that there are videos that you can view on that site.

Here's a thought Ben...

Set up a couple of chairs / cones etc and if you can get your dad or someone to pass the ball then you can do a drill like this....

Set up away from the object ... make a good V CUT and come off the object with a good hand target..... catching the ball on your inside foot, square up and shoot - do this going both ways.

Once you get comfortable doing this... do it at game speed.

Okay, thanks.

I have a game today so I'll post the stats summary after the game.

Good luck!!

Here they are:

3-5, 2-2 on 3s and one 15 foot corner shot. I had eight points.

On the first miss I tried to take into the defenders body on a fasbreak and the guy slapped me, but they didnt call the foul so I ended up taking a wild shot, it was not pretty:(

The second miss was I was trying to make a reverse layup but I got to far under the basket and too far away.

We lost on a last second desperation 3 right over our center. 52-49.

Those are GREAT numbers Ben! You should be proud of that kind of shooting.... so you had a pretty ugly shot eh? I would have loved to see that one.

Sorry to hear that you lost but sometimes you can learn from losing just as well as winning... of course, I always liked the lessons we got from WINNING :-)

You keep up the good work, you're going to be a nice player.

Did you face the half court trap today?

I did face the halfcourt, but I wasnt the point guard I was a wing.

Do you have any advice of how to help the point guard in the trap.

Well, not being able to see the situation... did he dribble over half court? Or was it off a pass?

Never dribble into a trap situation for one... pass the ball before you get trapped... look back at what I said about reversing the ball BEFORE half court.... its a little easier because the zone will have already shifted... reversing the ball gives you some time to either attack the gaps or pass to the center. Tell your center to make himself available.. work hard to be open for a pass....

The wings have to be in a passing lane IF possible.. that way you can help the guy with the ball.

Some of my teams were very small and if teams went to trap us high... I told my players to attack the inside shoulder of the player coming to trap... get a piece of his shoulder and force the ref to make a call.

Too much information or does that help?

By the way, nice shooting from the arc Ben!! :-)

Ken

The only thing is that the refs in NJB(National Junior Basketball) never call a foul. They only call fouls if you slap the person. No body fouls unless you push out at the person.

I also forgot to mention about NJB is that there is 5 periods and each player gets to play 1 quarter each half 2 quarters the 1st half and 3 quarters the 2nd. The 5th period is like regular basketball, you can sub whenever you want. The first 4 periods are 8 min running clock and stops on shooting fouls and the 5th period it stops on fouls, violations and out of bounds.