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New Article: Bo Ryan’s Secret To Better Passing and Reducing Turnovers

I couldn’t believe it when I saw it. My brother Jeff wrote about this key to better passing back in 2007! However, we don’t know if it’s been mentioned more than once or twice since.

And this key to better passing is extremely important because it reduces your team’s turnovers. And fewer turnovers has a tremendous correlation to more wins!

In the book, Basketball on Paper (which is basketball's version of Moneyball and an excellent book), Dean Oliver identified what he called the "Four Factors of Basketball Success".

Turnovers is #2 on the list!!!

First off, this..

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Video: 3 Beginner Drills To Develop An Effective Crossover Move

In the video, Breakthrough Camps instructor Jim Huber covered foundational drills for developing an effective crossover move.

The low crossover move taught in the video is a great way to change directions in tight spaces to evade the defense.

These three crossover drills are great to use for...

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Best of Luck!

- Joe Haefner
Breakthrough Basketball

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New Article: This Simple NBA Defense Tactic Rattles the Offense

Here is a concept used at the NBA and professional levels that you can easily adapt for your teams at the youth, high school, and college levels.

This is a great way to rattle the offense. This can mess with the psyche of your opponent and cause them to overthink as they are not sure what to expect. This can result in some unforced turnovers with errant passes and poor decisions.

You simply...

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Video: 4 Quick Post Moves Against Bigger Or Slower Defenders

Here are four great post moves that you can use against bigger or slower defenders. Even small guards can be effective in the post if they utilize their strengths!

4 Quick Post Moves Against Bigger Or Slower Defenders

Social Media - Where Have We Been!?! And You Might Want to Do This...

You might’ve noticed that besides new articles, videos, and announcements, we’ve been relatively quiet on social media over the past couple of years.

However, Jeff (my brother and co-founder) and I were recently talking about the enormous amount of information we have on our website that you will never see.

And we thought one simple solution was to start posting this on social media. That way, we can send you one or two articles a day without bothering you with even more emails.

If you take 10 minutes every day and read an article or two, you can literally build your knowledge tremendously in a short amount of time!

We’re most active on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

So be sure to Like, Follow, and Subscribe on those channels.

Be sure to like, comment, and share our posts too. This helps us continue to develop free information for you.

Do this so you don’t miss our Facebook posts!

1 - Click the “Like” button.

2 - Next to the “Like button, click the “Following” button then select “See First”.

Default is the default setting, but you won’t likely see our post if you select that. This is due to Facebook prioritizing paid advertising from businesses.

Do this so you don’t miss our YouTube videos!

1 - Click the “Subscribe” button.

2 - After that, click the button that looks like a bell. It’s to the right of the subscribe button. You should see two lines appear outside of the bell. This turns on notifications and lets you know about our new videos.

Here are the channels again:

Facebook (Like and Follow)

Twitter (Follow Us!)

YouTube (Subscribe and click the Bell)

Well, we hope this helps. Let us know if you need anything or if we can be of any help.

Best of Luck!

- Joe Haefner
Breakthrough Basketball