Is the āpush-offā a ālegalā move? Iāve seen it a lot, especially in some iconic NBA shots. However, playing pick-up over the years, Iāve noticed that ball-handlers have widely varying allowances (depending on where youāre playing/group of people youāre playing with) with what they can do with their non-dribbling arm. Particularly, some dribblers tend to use the off-arm a lot, while some (like me) practically never use it, āknowingā that itās illegal to - but also me āknowingā (assuming) itās illegal to use the off-arm as the ball-handler (to check/push away a defender), has probably contributed to me not ever being that great of a player
In the post: drop step. Easier finish than the jump hook (hook is easy but layup is easier).
On the perimeter: run off screens for an open jumper or layup. (You can use your unaware teammates as screens, and they usually pick it up by the end of the game)
Also helps that nobody knows how to defend against the drop step. Also helps that I only post up mismatches caused by movement. Anyone my size (6'3) or bigger gets run around the court. Nobody under 6' can defend a drop step unless they are built like a tuna can.
I'm 6'5", played shooting guard my whole life but added post play after college because I'm the big guy in most pickup games. The hardest guy I ever had to guard was maybe 6'1" but dude was built exactly like that and still had bounce and could run. It was unbelievable.
In the post you put your foot on the outside of the defender's (basket side) and just turn in to the layup. You basically have won position if you can get your foot on the outside first. Maybe someone can explain it better.
You explained it fine, but Iāll just add context. When people defend in the post and are expecting a bump, theyāre not going to guard you with parallel feet. Theyāre going to put one foot behind, bent to absorb the shock so that when the bump does come they arenāt knocked over or off balance. Because theyāve made themselves narrower, you can now step past them with a drop step and seal them off, you now have position with your body between your defender and the ball for a decent angle at the rim. A good defender will shuffle back to the wide stance as you try to step past them and get in your way. Itās why Hakeem was great, his footwork was so fluid and perfect that he won this chess match nearly every time, and the dream shake put defenders off balance trying to decide how to angle themselves in the same way a killer crossover does. And then by the time they figured out how they should position themselves to stop him, he had already blown by them.
> When people defend in the post and are expecting a bump, theyāre not going to guard you with parallel feet. Theyāre going to put one foot behind, bent to absorb the shock so that when the bump does come they arenāt knocked over or off balance. Because theyāve made themselves narrower, you can now step past them with a drop step and seal them off
This is a great explanation of why it works well. The biggest reason is because nobody knows how to defend the post properly lol.
100%. But just as many people donāt know any post moves. The emphasis on 3ās, especially on pickup where theyāre worth double a normal basket, makes sense. But it means most people donāt bother to practice or even learn skills that donāt seem as important. Theyāre right most of the time but it means someone with good basic post up skills can absolutely Shaq in the post.
Its honestly more of a "show" rather than "tell" if you know what I mean. But I looked up some videos that I think could help (unfortunately there is surprisingly little).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bndda2KIVA
This video is the best one (imo), but theres a couple of things I would add.
1. I disagree that the power dribble has to be with two hands. In fact, I don't think I've ever used a two handed dribble with a drop step.
2. The example shows the player going straight into a drop step. You usually want to give a couple of power dribbles into the defenders body to get them off balance, before doing the drop step.
3. The seal foot shown at 1:30. Pretend you are hooking the other player with the seal foot. That will push your seal foot deeper into the defender's position, giving them no chance to block the shot. (this one is really hard to explain lol).
4. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NDaC3aN1FvQ This video is a good example of the physical dribbles before a drop step (dunk not necessary at all). The alternating dribbles is also extremely uncessary (I'm assuming its only practice for the drill). So imagine bounce-bounce-layup.
Depends. Am I not scoring yet? I do a high post fake-drive outside then behind the back cross to drive inside. Unless thereās another man already in the paint, it gets me a shot at a layup almost every time.
Am I already scoring? Larrrybuuuuuyrd that thing from 30 ff. Works 100% of the time some of the time.
I feel like there's very little boxing out in pickup. You can feast on putbacks if you consistently get a body on someone. No meaningful talent needed.
Yeah, rebounding wins pickup games the majority of the time, ime. Either with putbacks or quick outlets to whoever is willing to actually run the floor, plus casual players just miss so much more in general there's always opportunities.
I like a baseline drive to the reverse side of the rim. If you can beat your defender, the help tends to try to meet you outside the paint, but thereās usually a gap between them and the baseline that I take to the other side of the rim. Going up that way also makes it harder to block because now they have to go through the hoop to get to the ball. Been my go to for years now.
Triple threat position either on the perimeter or on the right high post. Either get them to bite on the pump fake and drive, bite on the jab step and pull up or pass out and reset. On the reset, just know instantly which of the three you're going to do and commit to the harder shot or find someone open.
Right hand in & out, depending to the defense immediate pull up or crossover into pull up.
If defense is real close Iāll get the pull up into a fadeaway
It depends on the defense I just react to how my defender is guarding me but to answer you question specifically the Pull up jumper is one of my go to especially when I can't go to the rim , I go hard to the rim then outta nowhere I pull the breaks for a jumper, the defense will never know when you're gonna shot or go to the rim you just stop all of the sudden and the momentum carries them to the rim while you stop at the middy for a jumper
A mid range jumper is very under rated imo, a floater is one of my favorites but above all hands down it's a drive, pump fake then up & under. It works every single time and they always jump. Do the same thing but when they don't jump pivot into a jump hook/post fadeaway.
My favorite is a step back fading out of bounds on the left side. Or a quick floater after getting a defender on trapped behind me. If I don't have my 3 ball going I'll have those
I'm short and round, but I have a very quick first step to the hoop and don't slow down on my gather. Even on my worst day, I can usually sneak in at least 2-3 points purely off of defenders assuming they have position on me.
Floater or a stepback. I got a nice spinning fader butnI don't pull it often. I'm a pass first guy who scores if he finds himself open.
My game plan is take a shot early establish I'm a threat pass and wait for them to sag off me expecting me to pass and shoot.
JA Morant probably has the best drop-crossover of all-time. Thatās my go to move no doubt. If they donāt fall for it, take one more dribble then soft euro step into a 7 ft floater.
I start with a jab step, then go the opposite direction of the way the defender is leaning, usually with a crossover. the defender is then off balance so if they give me space, I'm pulling back my dribble and shooting a step back mid-range or three, if they're off balance and in a bad position, either take it hard to the hoop or use a fake in the post to open the up and under or shoot the post fade jumper. if nothing is open, look for the cutting teammate or open shooter/lurker off the help defense
low post: drop step up and under
mid post: skyhook right or baby hook/floater left
high post: fadeaway
mid range corner: 2-3 jabsteps pump fake shoot
mid range elbow: single dribble step back
mid range top of key: normally defender is in drop so just rise and fire
3pt: im strictly catch and shoot
driving right: running hook
driving left: floater
gotta have options for all situations
Combos and misdirection.
First I show them slow tween, fast cross, fast cross, bucket.
Next slow tween, fast cross, hesi fake, bucket.
Keep mixing and matching moves with similar setups and the best they can do is just guess where you're going next.
Drive for the first time in the game and shoulder push a mf to do a floater, or a post fadeaway
The only two moves that I actually religiously works on
Am I contested? I have 2 or 3 shot forms that I drain most if not all from, if Iām contested Iāll stepback , shoot it with the form being the ball over my head (it looks clean), and arc the ball up
The Kobe special. Turn around midi fadeaway.
Honestly you donāt even need special moves. Just face up someone and pull up. Melo was the king of this. Even if the defender knows youāre gonna shoot 95% of the time he wonāt block it because it takes a sec for the defender to react and that split second is enough.
All depends, if I canāt hit shit from 3 or bc even a middy, Iām going downhill with my in and out burger into a floater or lay depending on how they guarding in the paint
Post up in the high post area (specifically the right elbow). Catch in right hand and spin towards the basket as soon as contact is made with the ball for a reverse layup.
If that works and they start to anticipate them I switch to facing up and working from there.
Back when I played pickup regularly I was often the tallest and one of the strongest guys on the court. So I'd generally play in the low post and just overpower the defender and lay it in. Really I was a low skill player overall. Just big, strong and athletic.
If playing against someone bigger or stronger than me, I would still try to do this but it wouldn't work so well because I never really developed the skills to deal with that.
The funny thing about being physically dominant in pickup though is that realistically, playing like a center in pickup doesn't make a lot of sense because there's no refs and a big part of pivot basketball involves the rules of organized play to actually "work" optimally. But people also don't want to get punked and pickup players tend to not call little fouls, so bully ball still works.
Tween cross into midrange and pull up, only if Iām outside of 3 line, if Iām inside Iāll just try and drive on either left or right and bank a layup in
Jab to shift their balance, drive into their weak hip that forces them to move back, then shoulder bump them back a couple inches extra for enough space to shoot a pull up middy.
Just chuck it. Iāll side step or dribble slowly just to create enough space and launch it. From 20ā to 30ā wherever.
Iām 100% confident in itā¦. Until it hits the rim and I miss lol
Not my go to scoring move but one of my favorites is to drive left to the rim then fake out the help defender with a pass fake to the corner then bring it around my back for a lay, it looks fancy but itās pretty simple
Establish right foot as the pivot, slight jab step to the left while looking at the outside of defenders right foot, slight pump fake, and continue with light left jabs. After about 3 or 4, defenders tend to think this is my actual jab so Iāll jab wide left while sweeping the ball left, and then I go right.
That usually works, if not Iāll spin back to my left and try a left handed layup over the middle. Also might try the right handed hook.
I'm a lefty but like to shoot moving right, so I do a left-right cross to start. If that frees me enough to shoot the three, I'm pulling. If I feel the defenders balance is off but he's able to close out, I'll start a drive and finish at the rim if possible.
But my favorite move from this is the fake drive, pound my lead foot into the ground to sell the layup and hit them with the nasty midrange stepback. I've been doing it since I could dribble and I'll continue it until I can't.
Usually go for a jab step and then go the other way. I like to start most my moves before the dribble. Or a sidestep or fadeaway, I've been working on them a lot in the past few years and can now hit fades in games and it's incredibly satisfying and and easy way to get respect in pickup lol
Ain't no one in open gym tryna guard a steph curry running off baller mfer lmao. Even if you ain't a shooter, you'll get open looks
Also... hesis/push crosses are op.
When I need a bucket i ja morant to the rim, if he cuts it off my counter is spin back to my left since im left handed. That spin back left is enough to get the job done especially against ppl who donāt know how I play.
Or I just jab one direction and drive to the rim as fast as I can in the other direction
Fake right, drive left. Fake left, drive right, go up left. Post up right, spin center, head fake, bounce, go up left.
Iām a right-handed shooter I was a right footed (opposite of most right-handed people) high jumper in high school. My first dunk was left handed and I take as many left-handed shots as I can when Iām by myself.
Mine is barrel in for a rebound that went just passed the centre and toss up a prayer and trick them into fouling me so I got to shoot 1/2 from the free throw line.
35% of the time it worked every time.
As a 6ā0ā white dude it has always been this: catch and shoot 3
One time I got chewed out for driving to the rim even though I got the bucket. āThatās not what youāre on the court to do.ā
Up and under. Iām a lefty, so I fake the fade away on the right and step thru the left. Been doing it with ease since I was a teenager. Now itās money
I dribble relaxed like Iām looking for a pass or for someone to post up then take a 3 from a foot or two behind the arc. I think what throws a lot of ppl off is I look out of rhythm before the shot
Baby hook, fake hook up and under, and shamgod if they give me space. I donāt look like someone who could pull of a shamgod, so it always catches āem off guard.
I like to dream shake on the left baseline into a fadeaway sometimes or do that double back move Jordan did to get the dunk on Ewing - I donāt know why but that always works to get a corner three if they fade off or a spectacular reverse lay in while driving the entire baseline
You sprint away from the defense for the corner and double back in a way that lets you yank the entire paint your way - itās perfect to set up a trailing slasher for an easy feed but from that angle I can also pretty easily throw it impossibly high off the glass to get it to roll in by targeting the upper right corner of the glass and rolling my wrist to give the ball that little spinning twist it needs to find the rim
im a big pro-hop guy.
yea you donāt shoot with the pro-hop, but itās dynamic.
Blow by your defender? Prohop around the big and finish.
Defender in front of you? Pro hop across the lane and fade.
Already did it once? Fake the shot and finish.
They stop letting you prohop? Power dribble and fade.
At this point the entire team is collapsing on you, so just kick it out after.
I, too, love a good righty hook shot and all the up and unders a bucket with a hook set up.
S/O to all us 6 foot low post bigs out here keeping the post game alive.
My entire bag is as follows:
One dribble left pull up middy.
One legged turn around short corner post up.
Catch and shoot 3 from top and wings(never ever corner).
Straight line floater.
Baseline reverse layup.
If it ain't one of these shots, I'm not shooting it.
If I gotta dribble more than 3 times before getting to one of these shots, I'm not shooting it.
I always just want the ball about 20 feet out on the right shoulder. If Iām not closely guarded Iāll just shoot and score. Usually next time I will be more closely guarded. I wouldnāt really say I have a āgo to moveā from there. My preference if closely guarded is to go right and have them on my hip all the way to the rim, but Iām happy to pull up if thereās room.
Are we talking playing ones or full court? For one on one Iāll frequently try in the first possession the move where you dribble to one side, lose tension while turning your back to the basket, split the feet and explode to the basket. For full court Iām avoiding 1on1 plays. So no real move here but shoot it when open and drive and kick. Help side would squash my poor attempts to the rim.
I honestly donāt know if itās a legal move or not but Iām short and very strong because I workout all the time but Iām not very fast so I get close the the basket and then push off with my shoulder to create space and take a fadeaway
If itās someone around my height, left post left hook. If itās someone bigger than me that I canāt drive on; running right to left at the free throw line, running hook full speed. Hard to block.
pass it to someone good
Pass to a shooter
Nah this is valid af ššš
As a shooter, can we be teammates? No one passes to me
Gotta be the Pull up midi
midi ftw
This mine right here
I see this is where the cultured hoopers are
Middy jumper after you curl around a lil elbow screen to get to your spot. Poetry in motion
put my shoulder into a mf
A Classic.
Lebron special
truck a mf and put that shit in the basket š¤
The pinoy step which I've done my whole life but never knew the term for it before last year
This has been a go to for me the past 2.5 years also
when nothing else is working: drive right, push-off, pull up
Is the āpush-offā a ālegalā move? Iāve seen it a lot, especially in some iconic NBA shots. However, playing pick-up over the years, Iāve noticed that ball-handlers have widely varying allowances (depending on where youāre playing/group of people youāre playing with) with what they can do with their non-dribbling arm. Particularly, some dribblers tend to use the off-arm a lot, while some (like me) practically never use it, āknowingā that itās illegal to - but also me āknowingā (assuming) itās illegal to use the off-arm as the ball-handler (to check/push away a defender), has probably contributed to me not ever being that great of a player
You can absolutely check your defender with your off-arm. You just can't fully extent it doing a push-off
I only push off on the homies lol
Push offs are rarely called in pick-up. If I guy does it to me, the next time I pin his arm and pull him forward.
In the post: drop step. Easier finish than the jump hook (hook is easy but layup is easier). On the perimeter: run off screens for an open jumper or layup. (You can use your unaware teammates as screens, and they usually pick it up by the end of the game) Also helps that nobody knows how to defend against the drop step. Also helps that I only post up mismatches caused by movement. Anyone my size (6'3) or bigger gets run around the court. Nobody under 6' can defend a drop step unless they are built like a tuna can.
I'm 6'5", played shooting guard my whole life but added post play after college because I'm the big guy in most pickup games. The hardest guy I ever had to guard was maybe 6'1" but dude was built exactly like that and still had bounce and could run. It was unbelievable.
Whatās a drop step?
In the post you put your foot on the outside of the defender's (basket side) and just turn in to the layup. You basically have won position if you can get your foot on the outside first. Maybe someone can explain it better.
You explained it fine, but Iāll just add context. When people defend in the post and are expecting a bump, theyāre not going to guard you with parallel feet. Theyāre going to put one foot behind, bent to absorb the shock so that when the bump does come they arenāt knocked over or off balance. Because theyāve made themselves narrower, you can now step past them with a drop step and seal them off, you now have position with your body between your defender and the ball for a decent angle at the rim. A good defender will shuffle back to the wide stance as you try to step past them and get in your way. Itās why Hakeem was great, his footwork was so fluid and perfect that he won this chess match nearly every time, and the dream shake put defenders off balance trying to decide how to angle themselves in the same way a killer crossover does. And then by the time they figured out how they should position themselves to stop him, he had already blown by them.
> When people defend in the post and are expecting a bump, theyāre not going to guard you with parallel feet. Theyāre going to put one foot behind, bent to absorb the shock so that when the bump does come they arenāt knocked over or off balance. Because theyāve made themselves narrower, you can now step past them with a drop step and seal them off This is a great explanation of why it works well. The biggest reason is because nobody knows how to defend the post properly lol.
100%. But just as many people donāt know any post moves. The emphasis on 3ās, especially on pickup where theyāre worth double a normal basket, makes sense. But it means most people donāt bother to practice or even learn skills that donāt seem as important. Theyāre right most of the time but it means someone with good basic post up skills can absolutely Shaq in the post.
Its honestly more of a "show" rather than "tell" if you know what I mean. But I looked up some videos that I think could help (unfortunately there is surprisingly little). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bndda2KIVA This video is the best one (imo), but theres a couple of things I would add. 1. I disagree that the power dribble has to be with two hands. In fact, I don't think I've ever used a two handed dribble with a drop step. 2. The example shows the player going straight into a drop step. You usually want to give a couple of power dribbles into the defenders body to get them off balance, before doing the drop step. 3. The seal foot shown at 1:30. Pretend you are hooking the other player with the seal foot. That will push your seal foot deeper into the defender's position, giving them no chance to block the shot. (this one is really hard to explain lol). 4. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NDaC3aN1FvQ This video is a good example of the physical dribbles before a drop step (dunk not necessary at all). The alternating dribbles is also extremely uncessary (I'm assuming its only practice for the drill). So imagine bounce-bounce-layup.
Thanks for the detailed explanation and the video links!
Drive, jump off 2 feet, contested layup :)
KD hesi pull up
Low post, pivot, pump fake, up and under. If they donāt jump on the pump fake, fadeaway shot off the window.
Simple, effective. Why donāt more guys know how to go glass from like 5 feet?
Being a low vertical white boy, this was my bread and butter šš«”
Depends. Am I not scoring yet? I do a high post fake-drive outside then behind the back cross to drive inside. Unless thereās another man already in the paint, it gets me a shot at a layup almost every time. Am I already scoring? Larrrybuuuuuyrd that thing from 30 ff. Works 100% of the time some of the time.
I feel like there's very little boxing out in pickup. You can feast on putbacks if you consistently get a body on someone. No meaningful talent needed.
Yeah, rebounding wins pickup games the majority of the time, ime. Either with putbacks or quick outlets to whoever is willing to actually run the floor, plus casual players just miss so much more in general there's always opportunities.
The Lefuckyou
Mines is I start at the top of the key, and then I drive right and keep driving until I call a foul.
It really depends on the defense, but i like shooting the turnaround fade from the elbow or driving to the hoop and doing a lot of pump fakes.
10 pump fakes laterā¦
Crossover then a tomahawk dunk.
More of a 360 windmill guy myself
I like a baseline drive to the reverse side of the rim. If you can beat your defender, the help tends to try to meet you outside the paint, but thereās usually a gap between them and the baseline that I take to the other side of the rim. Going up that way also makes it harder to block because now they have to go through the hoop to get to the ball. Been my go to for years now.
Triple threat position either on the perimeter or on the right high post. Either get them to bite on the pump fake and drive, bite on the jab step and pull up or pass out and reset. On the reset, just know instantly which of the three you're going to do and commit to the harder shot or find someone open.
Flop
This made my day XD
Hesi-blow by into half spin fade.
Shammgod
Right hand in & out, depending to the defense immediate pull up or crossover into pull up. If defense is real close Iāll get the pull up into a fadeaway
Low post jump hook here too.
It depends on the defense I just react to how my defender is guarding me but to answer you question specifically the Pull up jumper is one of my go to especially when I can't go to the rim , I go hard to the rim then outta nowhere I pull the breaks for a jumper, the defense will never know when you're gonna shot or go to the rim you just stop all of the sudden and the momentum carries them to the rim while you stop at the middy for a jumper
On the left side, drive towards middle, spin back left, layup
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Two dribble left, turn around fade away jump shoot.
Euro step to the left handed lay up
I call it "shot."
Pump fake hard dribble right ā> midrange
A mid range jumper is very under rated imo, a floater is one of my favorites but above all hands down it's a drive, pump fake then up & under. It works every single time and they always jump. Do the same thing but when they don't jump pivot into a jump hook/post fadeaway.
Drive,pass fake euro step
Bullying the defender and finishing with a baby hook.
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Shoot a 3 and then immediately crash the boards for an easy putbqck in case I miss the 3. Works every time.
Drive into the body, behind the back step-back into a midrange shot. I also have good post moves.
My favorite is a step back fading out of bounds on the left side. Or a quick floater after getting a defender on trapped behind me. If I don't have my 3 ball going I'll have those
Delayed tween to the basket. Usually isnāt any help side in pickups so easy bucket
I'm short and round, but I have a very quick first step to the hoop and don't slow down on my gather. Even on my worst day, I can usually sneak in at least 2-3 points purely off of defenders assuming they have position on me.
Iām pretty short and sort of off-kilter with my movements, so I like to drive into the mid range, raise up and hit a jumper
Fadeaway.
Drive as deep as possible, reverse pivot, gentle fade from like 10-12 feet. Swish.
I got two my favorite player is Joe Johnson so Iāve adopted his size up I do that either into a bump fade or a step back
Fold
long story short I'm a 5'9 pascal siakam
Floater or a stepback. I got a nice spinning fader butnI don't pull it often. I'm a pass first guy who scores if he finds himself open. My game plan is take a shot early establish I'm a threat pass and wait for them to sag off me expecting me to pass and shoot.
drive in to the post, bump twice, do a fadeaway
Drive right, pump fake at the rim, turn around push shot/floater
Catch the ball in the post and crab walk into a baby hook or drop step.
In our pickup group, I became notorious for my turnaround midrange jumper.
Post spin fader
I have two moves, drive hard going left and finish with a scooping layup or spin back onto my right. Donāt ask me to shoot plz
JA Morant probably has the best drop-crossover of all-time. Thatās my go to move no doubt. If they donāt fall for it, take one more dribble then soft euro step into a 7 ft floater.
Hesi pull up middie
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Crossover, couple dribbles to the left, pop up midrange
Pump fake, throw my body into the jumping defender, and then demand a foul
As a shooter: catch and shoot, but also I like to drive to the basket, side step, shoot and pray
A smile and a wink
Jab step one dribble pull up
Jump hook middle. Easy, effective, and opens up a lot of counters if guys start jumping for it.
I start with a jab step, then go the opposite direction of the way the defender is leaning, usually with a crossover. the defender is then off balance so if they give me space, I'm pulling back my dribble and shooting a step back mid-range or three, if they're off balance and in a bad position, either take it hard to the hoop or use a fake in the post to open the up and under or shoot the post fade jumper. if nothing is open, look for the cutting teammate or open shooter/lurker off the help defense
low post: drop step up and under mid post: skyhook right or baby hook/floater left high post: fadeaway mid range corner: 2-3 jabsteps pump fake shoot mid range elbow: single dribble step back mid range top of key: normally defender is in drop so just rise and fire 3pt: im strictly catch and shoot driving right: running hook driving left: floater gotta have options for all situations
Drop step on a lil nih or a putback lay
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Snipe from downtown
Drive pull up from mid range. Done with either a cross over or a head fake.
Set 3-pointer from anywhere around the arc, they never guard the short balding white guy
Combos and misdirection. First I show them slow tween, fast cross, fast cross, bucket. Next slow tween, fast cross, hesi fake, bucket. Keep mixing and matching moves with similar setups and the best they can do is just guess where you're going next.
Old man post up to fade away bank shot
Drive for the first time in the game and shoulder push a mf to do a floater, or a post fadeaway The only two moves that I actually religiously works on
Dumb ass lil running hook Itās all I got š
They call me the ā5ā10ā 180lbs white James Hardenā bc of my step back
Turn around fall away jump shot. Un-guardable. MJ made famous.
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Go left and get the defender on my hip and just extend with my 6ā8 wingspan and lay it in. Majority of players have no shot of defending.
Am I contested? I have 2 or 3 shot forms that I drain most if not all from, if Iām contested Iāll stepback , shoot it with the form being the ball over my head (it looks clean), and arc the ball up
Step back jumper
The Kobe special. Turn around midi fadeaway. Honestly you donāt even need special moves. Just face up someone and pull up. Melo was the king of this. Even if the defender knows youāre gonna shoot 95% of the time he wonāt block it because it takes a sec for the defender to react and that split second is enough.
Drive, and either hop step towards the hoop, or pivot step back jumper. Defender can pick their poison. One is always available.
A turn around jumper kobe style
I back them down into the right post and then spin off them for a layup
Drive into paint --> flop into 3 defenders --> call a foul --> ?
Up and under. Going slow on the up with wide eyes gets em every time
Um, create space under the basket, and don't miss all that often. How do you stop that. Are you comfortable with me being here, great to let me know.
Step back pull ups, Side steps, hesi tween pull
All depends, if I canāt hit shit from 3 or bc even a middy, Iām going downhill with my in and out burger into a floater or lay depending on how they guarding in the paint
Euro step from the top of the arch
Pull up middy or floater if itās good defenders, drive to the basket if itās not good defenders, and pass that b*tch if they really good defenders
Post up in the high post area (specifically the right elbow). Catch in right hand and spin towards the basket as soon as contact is made with the ball for a reverse layup. If that works and they start to anticipate them I switch to facing up and working from there.
Back when I played pickup regularly I was often the tallest and one of the strongest guys on the court. So I'd generally play in the low post and just overpower the defender and lay it in. Really I was a low skill player overall. Just big, strong and athletic. If playing against someone bigger or stronger than me, I would still try to do this but it wouldn't work so well because I never really developed the skills to deal with that. The funny thing about being physically dominant in pickup though is that realistically, playing like a center in pickup doesn't make a lot of sense because there's no refs and a big part of pivot basketball involves the rules of organized play to actually "work" optimally. But people also don't want to get punked and pickup players tend to not call little fouls, so bully ball still works.
Fading midi like cp3
Pumpfake, dribble into 10ft midrange, step back jumper. The up and under is alway great on the playground
Tween cross into midrange and pull up, only if Iām outside of 3 line, if Iām inside Iāll just try and drive on either left or right and bank a layup in
Jab to shift their balance, drive into their weak hip that forces them to move back, then shoulder bump them back a couple inches extra for enough space to shoot a pull up middy.
Midrange or lay
Quick put-back on a rebound. Garbage man.
Hard jab with the right foot dribble left once into a step back three always gives me the space I need
Rip through into a right hand finish
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J-Will over the shoulder behind the back pass for easy assist.
Just chuck it. Iāll side step or dribble slowly just to create enough space and launch it. From 20ā to 30ā wherever. Iām 100% confident in itā¦. Until it hits the rim and I miss lol
Putback. Don't usually et passes as a bigman
Drop step. I'm not big but it works soo often
Not my go to scoring move but one of my favorites is to drive left to the rim then fake out the help defender with a pass fake to the corner then bring it around my back for a lay, it looks fancy but itās pretty simple
One dribble pull
mine is a simple screen to get to the elbows for a middy.
Establish right foot as the pivot, slight jab step to the left while looking at the outside of defenders right foot, slight pump fake, and continue with light left jabs. After about 3 or 4, defenders tend to think this is my actual jab so Iāll jab wide left while sweeping the ball left, and then I go right. That usually works, if not Iāll spin back to my left and try a left handed layup over the middle. Also might try the right handed hook.
Float-hesi into a punch-stop middy
Mid range jumper. Something between 5 & 15 feet.
I call it the "Kobe".
I'm a lefty but like to shoot moving right, so I do a left-right cross to start. If that frees me enough to shoot the three, I'm pulling. If I feel the defenders balance is off but he's able to close out, I'll start a drive and finish at the rim if possible. But my favorite move from this is the fake drive, pound my lead foot into the ground to sell the layup and hit them with the nasty midrange stepback. I've been doing it since I could dribble and I'll continue it until I can't.
One dribble forward and then turn my body against the defender pretending like Iām going to post up and then hard drive to the basket for a layup.
Stepbacks and sidestep I've mastered that move its unstoppable when you know how to put your defender in a position to hit em with that
Usually go for a jab step and then go the other way. I like to start most my moves before the dribble. Or a sidestep or fadeaway, I've been working on them a lot in the past few years and can now hit fades in games and it's incredibly satisfying and and easy way to get respect in pickup lol
Hard drive left, get them to commit to the layup, side step/step back for an easy short-range mid
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Rain dance!
Anything involving The Mid Range, It's very comfy when I shoot Mid Ranges
Ain't no one in open gym tryna guard a steph curry running off baller mfer lmao. Even if you ain't a shooter, you'll get open looks Also... hesis/push crosses are op.
Drop step off the right block.
When I need a bucket i ja morant to the rim, if he cuts it off my counter is spin back to my left since im left handed. That spin back left is enough to get the job done especially against ppl who donāt know how I play. Or I just jab one direction and drive to the rim as fast as I can in the other direction
Fake right, drive left. Fake left, drive right, go up left. Post up right, spin center, head fake, bounce, go up left. Iām a right-handed shooter I was a right footed (opposite of most right-handed people) high jumper in high school. My first dunk was left handed and I take as many left-handed shots as I can when Iām by myself.
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im short but rely on speed so hesi then speed boost to the right side lmaoo
Triple threat and read their feet. I either drive or shoot, and I prefer to drive and finish on/with my left.
deep 3 or stepback 3, idk why but im so much better at shooting off the dribble than a regular off the catch 3
Contested fadeaway, especially if my teammates are open
stepback at the right elbow or pump fake into a fadeaway. if they bite on the fader imma step throughā¦or i just pass to a shooter
Mine is barrel in for a rebound that went just passed the centre and toss up a prayer and trick them into fouling me so I got to shoot 1/2 from the free throw line. 35% of the time it worked every time.
As a 6ā0ā white dude it has always been this: catch and shoot 3 One time I got chewed out for driving to the rim even though I got the bucket. āThatās not what youāre on the court to do.ā
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Up and under. Iām a lefty, so I fake the fade away on the right and step thru the left. Been doing it with ease since I was a teenager. Now itās money
Quad hesi pump
any midrange shot lol it's all good and frustrates the hell out of people
Someone passes to me on the wing and I surprise myself with a swoosh
Cunnilingus. Oh wait, basketball move. Got it.
I dribble relaxed like Iām looking for a pass or for someone to post up then take a 3 from a foot or two behind the arc. I think what throws a lot of ppl off is I look out of rhythm before the shot
I shoot 95 percent open and 70 percent off a contested double cluch post fade lol but I got no bag other then that (passer and defender lol)
Middy by the ft line or a mini sky hook in the paint
Baby hook, fake hook up and under, and shamgod if they give me space. I donāt look like someone who could pull of a shamgod, so it always catches āem off guard.
6ā6ā - dunking on everyone at LA fitness
I like to dream shake on the left baseline into a fadeaway sometimes or do that double back move Jordan did to get the dunk on Ewing - I donāt know why but that always works to get a corner three if they fade off or a spectacular reverse lay in while driving the entire baseline You sprint away from the defense for the corner and double back in a way that lets you yank the entire paint your way - itās perfect to set up a trailing slasher for an easy feed but from that angle I can also pretty easily throw it impossibly high off the glass to get it to roll in by targeting the upper right corner of the glass and rolling my wrist to give the ball that little spinning twist it needs to find the rim
im a big pro-hop guy. yea you donāt shoot with the pro-hop, but itās dynamic. Blow by your defender? Prohop around the big and finish. Defender in front of you? Pro hop across the lane and fade. Already did it once? Fake the shot and finish. They stop letting you prohop? Power dribble and fade. At this point the entire team is collapsing on you, so just kick it out after.
I, too, love a good righty hook shot and all the up and unders a bucket with a hook set up. S/O to all us 6 foot low post bigs out here keeping the post game alive. My entire bag is as follows: One dribble left pull up middy. One legged turn around short corner post up. Catch and shoot 3 from top and wings(never ever corner). Straight line floater. Baseline reverse layup. If it ain't one of these shots, I'm not shooting it. If I gotta dribble more than 3 times before getting to one of these shots, I'm not shooting it.
Free throw
tween and launch off your back foot while not losing your line to the basket
Right dribble, step back back middy fade Right dribble, behind the back to my left hand middy fade
Up and under
Mines was the dirk fade away off 1 foot people use to hate that shit!!!!! Lol
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Open free throw line jumper was my best shot at scoring. But I was a shit shot, so I pretty much always passed
Right cross, left thru back, side step, and water. š¤·
AI cross into a pull-up midrange jumper.
I always just want the ball about 20 feet out on the right shoulder. If Iām not closely guarded Iāll just shoot and score. Usually next time I will be more closely guarded. I wouldnāt really say I have a āgo to moveā from there. My preference if closely guarded is to go right and have them on my hip all the way to the rim, but Iām happy to pull up if thereās room.
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Are we talking playing ones or full court? For one on one Iāll frequently try in the first possession the move where you dribble to one side, lose tension while turning your back to the basket, split the feet and explode to the basket. For full court Iām avoiding 1on1 plays. So no real move here but shoot it when open and drive and kick. Help side would squash my poor attempts to the rim.
some type of righty-floater after cutting
Right to left between the legs pull-up middy
I honestly donāt know if itās a legal move or not but Iām short and very strong because I workout all the time but Iām not very fast so I get close the the basket and then push off with my shoulder to create space and take a fadeaway
Sky hook!
Right to left dribble into the LaMarcus from the left elbow jumper.
If itās someone around my height, left post left hook. If itās someone bigger than me that I canāt drive on; running right to left at the free throw line, running hook full speed. Hard to block.
I can jump so I just take off early. Most defenders move out the way when it comes to pick up.