Practice your moves at home with your own basketball goal. You can install one on an existing structure, such as a garage, quickly and inexpensively. Here's how.
Free throws are crucial to a team's success. Making these unguarded shots 15 feet from the hoop separates the winners from the losers.
This is a fast-paced half-court game that requires three players, all of whom are trying to score exactly 21. All regular rules of the game apply, except there are no out-of-bounds and no fouls.
Having problems keeping up with the scoring in team basketball? Follow these quick guidelines and understanding the game will be a lot easier.
Pickup hoops is a far cry from organized basketball, with much more emphasis on physical play, one-on-one moves and trash talking. Here's what to do when you're ready to lace up and step on the court.
Every team needs a scorer, and every team needs a nuts-and-bolts player to free up the scorer.
Making a layup (a close-range shot on the run) is one of the easiest ways to score points. These instructions describe a right-handed layup; reverse them if you're a lefty.
When the defenders are expecting and waiting for a layup, fool them by continuing under the basket for the reverse.
It's got more options than the wishbone offense in football. You can pass, shoot or dribble from this position.
Don't allow tall defensive hotshots to steal your moment of glory. Get some spring in those legs and shoot right over them.
Many agree that this is, quite simply, the best play in basketball. It's rudimentary, easy to learn, and relies primarily on speed.
Whether called a screen or a pick, this move is so fundamental and essential, you won't survive a game without it. It blocks a defender to free either the ball handler (the pick) or another player...
This is a logical extension of the pick or screen. It requires the picker to follow the ball handler.
This is initially a complicated series of moves, sometimes called the continuity pattern. Its strength comes in the constant player motion and (without a shot clock or turnovers) the numerous shot...
This is a simple play with two good options. It's named for the two crisscrossing guards.
With its constant circular motion, this is a good pattern against a zone defense.
Your team needs to inbound from beneath your own basket. This is one stacking pattern to accomplish that.
The first play of the game. Excited? Ready? Here comes the toss.
After an opponent's basket, you have 10 seconds to inbound the ball and get it past half court. With a full court press in your face, this can be difficult.
These are the plays that destroy the morale of opposing teams while heightening yours. They also frustrate the heck out of your coach when you screw them up. The idea is simple: Get to your basket...
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