4 Quick Post Moves To Use Against Bigger Or Slower Defenders

Joe Haefner: Hey, this is Coach Joe Haefner. In this next video, Breakthrough Camps instructor Jim Huber is going to take you through four quick post moves that you can use against bigger or slower defenders to score more points.

Jim Huber: Say I'm bigger than RJ. He's small, I'm bigger, right? You got big Shaq guarding him. So in that mindset, that same thing he's going to do, he's going to catch it, chin and check. He knows that, and say I'm playing behind him. Now you can very easily do the old Tim Duncan, man, he can back pivot, rip the ball, right face up, and he ought to be thinking shot. The key thing to make this effective, as he back pivots, it's got to be a violent rip, he's got to be violent with his feet and ripping the ball in the position to shoot it because the quicker he does that, as a defender, I'm going to be backing off. Be quick into it, I'm going to back off to create space into it.

Jim Huber: The other thing like RJ's doing, he turns he's ready to shoot the basketball. He wants to have the same footwork every time. He doesn't want to turn, go ahead turn, and over turn to where he's got to, now step back. He doesn't want to under turn, he turned under turn, where he's got to restep, gather himself and shoot it. You want to step, same footwork, so you're ready to shoot the basketball.

Jim Huber: So he's right here... you're going to catch it, chin, check, back pivot, shot. He's at a forty five degree angle, he's using the glass, wide hands, showing hands, ball, ball, ball, catching it, ready to shoot it, turn, right? Now if he does that, and he shoots a couple, he makes it, then my mind said, hands wide. My mind said he catches it, chin, check, he back moves. I take it away now because I'm tired of getting beat. Now what he's going to do is he's gonna step, sweep baseline, rip the ball across knee V, step to the rim, hard smash one.

Jim Huber: A couple of things you can think about is this; if he catches it and he does that, he back pivots, stop there, and he steps and goes and I'm a defender, I'm on the inside and he starts to attack, and he sees me, feels me here. He can veer me and bump me out and then create space to go. What will happen if you don't do that sometimes, go ahead, back pivot or sweep and attack, they'll push you out, right, outside the baseline. You have no angles. You step out of bounds. The other thing that can happen is; if you back pivot, sweep and go, I might be here, you might see me, you might go to the opposite side and finish and go to reverse, right? Okay?

Jim Huber: So we'll work on that right now. So you got your counter, wide hands, ball, ball, catch it, rip, attack, goes up, dunks and finishes, alright? Do it again. Catch it, you can have him read me so he's here. Right? Like that I pushed him, I would love for him to feel me and now I want you to veer me in that situation. Hands wide, catch, rip, pan me, good, veer me, create space and go. So again that's another one.

Jim Huber: Now what he could also do on the counter is this, he catches it, he faces up, rips, during this I take it away. Say I take it away this time RJ. You rip and go. I take it away. Now he's coming back to the middle. We call this a lot of times a double rip but in the post you'll see even guys do this; RJ's here I might catch it and I might know he's slower and stronger, I might just bait him to go this way so I can step and get back middle to my hook. A lot of people call it the probe in the game of basketball. So he's here catching it, back p, grips, comes back middle, finish then, right? That's if you have a smaller person or a bigger person guarding you that's slower that you can use your quickness against them.

Jim Huber: One more thing I just want to show you in the post, another thing you can think about is this; if he catches the basketball, go ahead give it to him, and he feels somebody like butting up against him, butting up against him now we can do the old Shaq. Just give him a quick spin. He can turn off of me, my pressure, just a quick spin and turn and go, right? We're going to show this real quick. What he's doing is just a four pivot. He's going to turn, spin, he's going to take that person's momentum away from them. Defend our body ball on this side and attack. You're not fighting the pressure you're using it against them. Back up and as soon as you feel me, he's going to turn, spin, attack and go. Alright?

Jim Huber: It can be this side too. Do it again. Say I'm butting you from this side. He can turn, spin and go middle. Again in the post if you notice in some of the of footwork, a lot of it's the same you do on the perimeter, different parts in the game of basketball. Think about it if you have somebody smaller than you, attack them. Take them further to the basket. Get close, dunk on them. Jump hook them. Do whatever. If they're big or stronger, then face up, shoot it. Use your quickness against them in attacking them in the post.

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