Basketball Tips: Stance for Offensive Rebounds

Video Transcript

"It's the all-important rebound of the offensive player. No one knows quite like the player who's shooting the ball where the ball may end up. Okay, in this chance, I mean, in this opportunity, the offensive player shoots the ball, he knows his balance is off. He knows he doesn't have his feet squared up under him, his base, his follow through his incorrect, or his elbow is not properly placed during his jump shot. So, this allows for the offensive player to anticipate his own missed shot, and get in his rebound. We're going to take you through anticipating the rebound off your own missed shot is very important. Because no one knows quite like the person who shot the ball. So, that was kind of fast, but off that missed shot I knew that the ball would miss to the right, so I took it, even though he's defending me, great defense, but I can fake him in and go for my rebound, only because I know where the ball is going. Let's look at it one more time. You see that, faked him one way, went the other, only because I knew where I was going. I knew I missed the shot, I knew all the proper mechanics of the jump shot were wrong. I didn't have the proper balance, and the ball or the threading and my follow through was improper. And because of that, I knew it would fall off the basket to the right. So I faked the defender into the left, which sent him that way, sent me to the right of the basket where I knew the ball was going, and got me a rebound. And that started another offensive play for my team. I just showed you how the shooter can anticipate his own shot, get his own rebound, and save a couple points for his team."