Basketball Tips: Anticipating a Rebound

Series Summary

In December of 1891, a Canadian by the name of James Naismith, a physical education student and instructor at a local YMCA, was looking for a way to stay fit during the long winter months. Needing to stay indoors, Naismith nailed a peach basket to a 10 foot elevated track in the gymnasium and basketball was born. At first the basket retained its bottom, meaning the ball had to be retrieved after every basket, but soon improvements were made and an iron rim and cloth net replaced the wooden peach basket. Basketball continued to evolve over the next century and rose out of obscurity into one of the most popular sports in the world. In this free video series on basketball techniques, an experienced player demonstrates how to get a rebound. Learn about box outs and positioning for both offensive and defensive rebounds, as well as how to create a shot from a tipped rebound. Want to know how to squeeze a defender to keep them from getting a rebound? Or how to avoid a box out to get a rebound? Watch these informative free videos and become a better basketball player.

Video Transcript

"This show is all about the rebound. Everything about. Anywhere from defending, anticipating, and boxing out. But first we're going to show you how to mentally anticipate the basketball on the rebound. The most important thing when anticipating the rebound from a missed basket is seeing, or locating the offensive player. The offensive player's at a three point shot, most likely you have to anticipate a long bounce from the rim, okay. And on, let's say, a mid-range jump shot, it still may be a long bounce, but not as long as a three point shot. So, you have to make sure you understand where the ball is going. Possibly to the left, possibly to the right. Most cases, the ball misses the opposite way of where the person is shooting from. So if he's on the left hand side, you should anticipate boxing out to the right. Anticipating a layup is a little bit different, because eighty percent of the time when people go for the layup, they should hit it. But just in case they don't, what you should do is box out after the shot is shot. And you anticipate that by just knowing where the player is going to shoot the ball. And that's how you properly anticipate a rebound from a missed shot, mentally."