Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Step1
Get in proper position. Your feet should be just outside the lane and next to the block. You should be in a strong position with your feet just beyond shoulder width and your knees bent. This strong position will help you maintain your space when the defender is pushing on you.
Step2
Determine what side of your body that the defender is favoring. This is important to understand as it will determine where the pass should be thrown and which way you will pivot to take the shot.
Step3
Put a hand out as a target for your teammate to throw you a bounce pass.
Step4
Call for the ball. This is a signal to your teammate that you are in a ready position to make a good post move.
Step5
Catch the bounce pass and secure it under your chin with your elbows out.
Step6
Make a head and shoulder fake towards the defender to get them moving away from where you will be pivoting.
Step7
Pivot and square up to the basket for a shot. You want to pivot the opposite direction that you faked.
Step8
Shoot the basketball.
Comments
CoachKen said
on 2/8/2008 Great series on post moves. Claire Bee was my inspiration and he would approve.