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How to Bet on the NCAA Basketball Tournament Champion

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The Final Four is the culmination of the college basketball season. The excitement is in the air and you can add to your personal enjoyment with a well-placed wager on who will win the title. Using a few simple guidelines, you can increase your ... more »

How to Call a Technical Foul in Basketball

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As a basketball referee, one major skill that needs to be mastered is the art of calling a technical foul. You want to be fair but also stern with your rulings on the court... more »

How to Call a Traveling Violation in Basketball

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If you are a basketball referee, one of the toughest calls you have to make is a traveling violation. Players move so fast on the basketball court that it's difficult to spot a travel. However by following these steps, you can learn how to call a ... more »

How to Choose a Basketball Camp

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Basketball camps can be a great experience. Setting a few days aside to focus on developing your fundamentals and improving your game can be invaluable. On the other hand, there are hundreds of camps out there and choosing from among them can be ... more »

How to Compete as an Undersized Point Guard

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Let's face it - while every aspiring point guard wishes to be 6'5" and 200 lbs. of muscle, sometimes our bodies just don't comply. However, with savvy, determination, and specific focus on a few key aspects of the game, one can learn to ... more »

How to Conduct a 5-on-5 Basketball Tournament

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If you are in charge of planning and executing a 5-on-5 basketball tournament, there are a lot of details that need to be organized before the tournament begins. However, after following a few steps, you'll know all you need to know to conduct a ... more »

How to Do Advanced Dribbling in Basketball

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Dribbling is one of the most basic skills necessary to the game of basketball. It's vital to moving the ball up and down the court and maintaining possession of the ball. When working with beginning players, simple drills and games help quickly ... more »

How to Draw a Charge in Basketball

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Basketball to most people is about dunks and three-pointers, but any coach will say basketball is in the details and the fundamentals. One of these primary fundamentals on defense is the ability of a defender to draw a charge. Drawing a charge is ... more »

How to Dribble

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Basketball is a great sport to play today. It is a game which contains a ball and a basket. You are supposed to shoot the ball into the net. Dribbling takes a lot of practice. If you could dribble up and down a basketball court without looking at ... more »

How to Dunk a Basketball Off of Two Feet

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Full-court buzzer-beaters aside, the slam dunk is the most exciting shot in basketball. Players of all ages idolize great dunkers like Dr. J., Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, and most dream about one day slamming the basketball through the hoop ... more »

How to Dunk a Basketball the Egyptian Way

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The dunk is the most exciting play in basketball. A dunk can be a good game strategy, but dunks are usually thought of more as a stylish expression of skill. Because of this, they have as much of a place during practice with friends as they do in ... more »

How to Fix Leaks in Sports Balls

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A leaking ball can ruin any sports fame. As the ball deflates, it becomes more difficult to throw or kick, and it definitely becomes more difficult to bounce. But a leaking ball doesn't have to mean a game is over, even if there isn't a ... more »

How to Follow Official Street Basketball Rules

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Street basketball is usually played on playgrounds and in gymnasiums in pickup games and organized street basketball programs and tournaments. The rules are much the same as regular basketball with a few exceptions... more »

How to Get Inducted Into the Basketball Hall of Fame

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Basketball is truly a global game played in most every country. The game has been around for the better part of a century and there have been incredible players and coaches that have taken the game to new levels of athletic competitiveness. ... more »

How to Join a Recreational Basketball League

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Recreational basketball leagues can give you a little exercise, time with friends and a little healthy competition. Unless you live in a very rural area, you're likely to find a league near you as most cities and towns have at least one league. ... more »

How to Make a Driveway Basketball Court

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Playing basketball is a fantastic way to keep in shape and spend quality time with friends and family. But if you want to take your driveway pick-up game to a whole new level, you should make your own basketball court. It's much easier than you ... more »

How to play basketball?

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Well to become a basketball player you must love the game of basketball, you don't to be good at it you just have to try... more »

How to Play Three-on-Three Half-Court Basketball

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Just as five-on-five basketball is best played on a full court, three-on-three hoops is made for a half court... more »

How to Run a Basketball Offense: Screen

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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 (the screen)... more »

How to Score in Wheelchair Basketball

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When playing wheelchair basketball, the main object of the game is to score. If you can learn how to become a good scorer, you will be a valuable player on your wheelchair basketball team... more »

How to Shoot a Lay-up in Basketball

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The lay-up is the most fundamental shot in basketball. Despite that fact, so many players overlook the practice and fundamentals of this shot. Often players concentrate too much on showmanship and not enough of the basics of basketball which are ... more »

How to Watch Basketball on TV

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Basketball is a great game to watch on television. The action is pretty consistent, but there are plenty of breaks to go do something if you need to. There are also plenty of things to notice or follow while watching basketball on TV. Follow ... more »

How to acquire an accurate jump shot to get ahead in basketball

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In basketball basics, jump shots are made with ease with those who have mastered them while on the other hand some made it miserably. The one's who have mastered it are the one's that have understood the value of having an accurate jump shot. ... more »

How to actually profit from sports betting through money management

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What is the number one pitfall that prevents sports bettors, even the smart ones from creating a profit? It's not too little time spend analyzing matchups, it's not taking the right player, and it's not even picking the winning team. It is ... more »

How to Anticipate the Direction of Basketball Rebounds

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In order to excel at rebounding in basketball, you must learn how to anticipate the direction in which a missed shot is likely to rebound. Great rebounders note shooter propensities and other signals that suggest where a missed shot is likely to ... more »

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