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? Do You Shoot From Your Brain Down Or Your Toes Up ?

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BASKETBALL PASSING

Always look to simplify; “Occam's Razor: one should not increase, beyond what is [absolutely] necessary, the number of entities [or movements] required to explain [or do] anything.”

basketball passingPass the basketball more and dribble the basketball less. 

Imagine a game situation where the offense is running a half-court play.  The end result of this play is for the center to receive a pass from the point guard, turn to the outside while taking one step back toward the basket, and shoot an uncontested lay-up.  A simple enough plan.  The first thing that needs to happen is for the center to get his defender positioned on his inside shoulder, or the shoulder closest to the free-throw line.  If by chance the defender is already there, the point guard simply tosses a bounce pass to the center’s outside hand.  As the center is receiving the pass he starts his turn to the baseline and steps back towards the basket, his outside hand is completely undefended for an uncontested lay-up.  If the defender is not where the offense needs him to be, the point guard tosses a regular pass to the center’s inside hand, the center feigns to the inside, the defender moves to defend the inside and ends up on the center’s inside shoulder.  The center pops the ball back out and the point guard immediately slips him a bounce pass back to his open outside hand.  The point I’m making here is the point guard is using the bounce pass as the “clue” for the center to know that no one is defending the hand the shooting guard is passing to.  If a defender was in position to guard the outside hand, the point guard would not give the center a bounce pass, he would deliver a chest pass.  Automatically the center knows if he gets a bounce pass to either hand, that side is open for him to turn and shoot. A play like this makes a 'simple' bounce pass a very powerful communication tool between two offensive players, and the defense is completely unable to read the eyes or body language of the offense.  This basketball training aid is only one example of using the pass for something other than getting a basketball from one point on the court to another.  Brainstorm with your team to open up other possibilites.  Get creative.  Think outside the rim!

The bounce pass in basketball is so easy to see and catch, is usually beyond the reach of defenders, and it can come right off the dribble momentarily catching the defense off guard.  As a pass receiver, almost all of the time, you want to step out and go get the pass, make yourself open, as opposed to letting the pass come to you.  By letting the pass come to you, you allow the defense as much time to get to the basketball as you have.  When the offense fails to keep a step ahead of the defense, the defense will become the offense.

Passing, rather than dribbling the basketball, is a faster way to develop basketball plays and move the basketball around the court.  So what?  Defenders cannot keep up with 3 or 4 or 5 quick consecutive passes.  That extra pass is so important.  In Southern California, the Marines at Camp Pendleton Marine Base play basketball on the beach, in the sand.  They're unable to dribble the basketball in the sand so passing is their only option.  Now, when these Marines play a basketball game on a regular basketball court it's extremely difficult to keep up with their basketball passing skills. 

Work on your basketball passing game.  When you run a basketball passing drill, like a pick and roll, over and over again with different players on your team, you'll find basketball passing skills take your game to another level.  Assists are not only the the realm of the point guard.  A great pass leading to a basket is frequently more exciting than the basketball shot and can often kick a team's momentum into gear, sometimes turning a game around.  A beautiful bounce pass in basketball is a lethal weapon that is largely undefendable, practice it and use it as often as possible.  Do you want to know how to get better at basketball?  Do you want to know how to play better basketball?  Learn to play all positions in basketball.  Once you know how to play a position you normally do not play, you will understand more fully what a player in that position expects from you.  This is how to get better at basketball.  You want to learn how to play basketball better?  Learn how to pass.  Understand, a dribble is a pass to yourself, a shot is a pass to the basket.  Great passers are also great dribblers and great shooters.  You want to learn how to get better at basketball?  Pass.  Pass.  Pass.

Learn to take responsibility for your actions and your education.  Others can guide you, but only you can be you.  Basketball players are made, they are not born; great basketball players are self made, not only by working on their
basketball skills level but by studying the game, learning the game, and remembering “Occam's Razor.”

READ AN EXCERPT FROM THE E-BOOK "THE 'MENTAL KEY' TO BASKETBALL SHOOTING."

The Following Books Are Recommended Reading For All Coaches and Players (you can find them in your library):

Beginner Players / Coaches:
Baffled Parents Guide to Great Basketball Drills by Jim Garland
Basketball Skills and Drills by Krouse, Meyer, Meyer
Teach'In Basketball by Bob Swope
Coaching Youth Basketball by American Sports Education
Drills and Skills For Youth Basketball by Grainer, Rains

All Players / Coaches:
Basketball Handbbook by, Lee H. Rose
Coaching HighSchool Basketball by Bill Kuchar
Basketball Tip-Ins by Nick Sortal
WBCA's Defensive Basketball Drills by Women's Basketball Coaching Association
WBCA's Offensive Basketball Drills by Women's Basketball Coaching Association
Attacking Zone Defenses by Kresse, Jablonski
101 Offensive Basketball Drills by Karl, Stotts, Johnson
101 Defensive Basketball Drills by Karl, Stotts, Johnson
101 Rebounding Basketball Drills by Karl, Stotts, Johnson
Coaching Fast Break Basketball by Ellis
Zone Offenses For Mens and Womens Basketball by Harkins, Krause
All Purpose Offenses For Mens and Womens Basketball by Harkins, Krause


This web page, basketball passing, is devoted to basketball passing and basketball guards.  Some of the content on this web page, basketball passing, can be used by athletes and coaches in conjunction with most sports, but this web page is a basketball training aid devoted to basketball guards basketball passing and the basketball shot.  This is an online basketball training camp for basketball guards and basketball players of all positions in basketball, and basketball coaches about basketball skills, basketball practices no matter which basketball uniform you wear or what size basketball shoes you lace up.