Tips, Trcks, and Info
This page will will increase your basketball skills and abilites. It tells and explains the types of positions: Center, forward, and guard, and you must choose which one you are. It teaches you how to play better offense: dribbling, passing, and shooting. It also teaches you how to play on defense: guarding and rebounding.

Offense
Dribbling: To dribble good and the cross up someone is usually hard unless you practice hard. Dribble atleast half an hour everyday. Don't dribble above your waist. Keep the ball low when there is pressure. Before making a move burst so that the defense doesn't get time to react to it. Don't look at the ball when dribbling. To practice not looking, dribble with your eyes closed. Learn how to dribble with both of your hands. Practice dribbling with your weak hand.

Shooting: Shoot only when you have to. Try to get open shots. Shoot at the peak of your jump. Practice shooting daily. It doesn't matter if you aren't a 100% shooter because even the NBA's best are not 100% shooters. Look at the rim when shooting. Bend your knees slightly and hold the ball with both hands unless you are shooting a hookshot, dunk, ect. Place your strong hand under the ball and your weak hand on the side of the ball, and flick your wrist to let the ball fly.
Do the same thing on free throws except try not to jump. Always do the same thing before shooting a free throw (Ex. dribble three times) just to make you comfortable, especially in games. Shoot many free throws. Free throws can get very easy if practiced alot and very costly in games. There are many NBA games that are decided who wins by just a free throw.
Making lay-ups is real simple. If you are on the right side of the hoop throw the ball at the top right corner of the box with your right hand. If you are on the left side then throw the ball at the top left corner of the box with your left hand. If you can't throw it with one of your weak hands the atleast try to throw it with both hands but with an angle.

Defense
Defense is very important. If you have weak defense then any openent can easily beat you. When guarding someone look at the ball. Don't expect a move, always react to it. If someone gets past you, sprint as fast as you can and catch up to them. They feel more pressured when someone is behind them because they have to look infront of them as well as behind them which usaully causes them to make turnovers. To be an good rebounder try playing a game with 3 players and one hoop. Make sure someone is shooting ball from any random place on the court. The other two players should try to get the ball. The players must learn to box out each other to get the ball. Once the shooter gets hot, switch to another player.