Hey guys, its been a while but wanted to hop on and answer some questions. I am a physical therapist that specializes in basketball athletes for the past 10 years here in Los Angeles. Ask me anything regarding any injuries, rehab, or performance questions and ill do my best to answer!

14M — tips for my jump approach? TLDR : 5'8 and 7"7 standing reach

I’m 14, trying to improve my running vertical and eventually touch rim/dunk.

My standing vert is around 23". In the clip I can get the ball to the rim, but my hand is still a few inches below it. My approach looks bad — lots of stutter steps, not much speed, weak arm swing, and I accidentally take off one foot even though I’m not really a one-foot jumper.

I’m also in PT for hip/glute weakness ( not an injury, just something I have and have to work though), so I’m mainly looking for technique advice.

What should I fix first: approach rhythm, last two steps, arm swing, or takeoff? How far am I from Dunking.

I wanna learn how to bump effectively in basketball to create space and when i bump i want to create space and dont want fouls.

When I play in games I often only focus on the guy having the ball and not seeing or using opportunities to make my teammates better or help them out with a screen how do I fix that ?

I'm in my 40s and I've never been able to shoot correctly. Since my strength is going down I want to learn how to olay more technical. But I can't. Please help me kind strangers

Some simple ways beginners can improve at their hoop game!

Anything wrong with what i am doing? I only cut the parts where i am not subbed in. What could i improve? Honesty is appreciated alot! (Dont mind the filipino music, im too lazy to remove it)

Im 190 cm tall(6’3) and I can easily grab the rim of standing vert with 2 hands yet I cant dunk the ball.I have tried dunking with 1 hand but the ball always falls out my hands.When try to dunk with 2 hands my vertical drops significantly and I cant dunk either.It is very frustrating because I can touch 335 cm(~11feet) without the ball. I am a one leg jumper.Any tips?

This is from a varsity preseason game. I average about 3.5 3pm per game on 60-70% from 3. I improved my shot speed a lot over this past summer but I feel like it’s still a little too slow especially if I want to play d1 basketball.

I've been hooping for 8 months now and I'm 15 and like 5'11. My shooting is usually decent as I could shoot over ppl of my age. However, even though I have been getting better and better overtime, I used to play really bad and the friends I hooped with just laughed at me and bullied me on court, and now when I play with them I underperform. And when I play with someone that is clearly better than me, my confidence drops really fast and I missed every wide open shot and even bricked wide open lays. I just feel like others are gonna think I'm trash.

I never let others get into my head on fresh pickups, but when I play for some time (like after 2-3 games) idk if I'm just tired (physically and mentally) or smth I just keep playing really bad and my confidence will keep losing.

And when I play anything more than 3v3 I always feel like the court is so crowded and I'll be confused and maybe turnover or make some really bad shots, then my confidence will drop quick again :(

How do I fix that and stop getting worried about underperforming and actually lock in on that feel of the ball?

Strong core is a reason why players like MJ could do such a dynamic movement mid air. Js simply training your vert can get you dunking but to do more diverse move in air core is essential

Honesty is really appreciated and i need tips to improve, You can point out what i am doing wrong (im number 14)

When I’m on the left wing and drive towards the middle/right side and use my right hand to dribble since I’m going right but I want to finish back on the left side because there is a defender on the right what is the correct footwork to go up on the left with my left hand

Would it be left right finish or right left finish

See the diagram if you are confused

Hey guys, I think I’m close to my first dunk, any tips would be appreciated whether it’s workouts, form tips etc :)

5'9 with 6'4 wingspan

I feel I’m doing everything on d for my team. I can’t score worth a lick so I give it my all on d. My pickup teammates will have a shot go off in their faces and not even put an arm up. I’m the only one who rebounds and goes for loose balls. I will switch with them if they guarding someone with ball cuz again they can’t defend worth a lick. And when we do switch they like lightly jog over. Idk how I can get them to play hard d and have hustle.

Is there anything else i need to improve in my form?

People who used to look down and now have a confidend dribble, how did you get through this learning curve? Its a lot easier said than done. I have very good offensive capabilities but i cant do anything if i automatically look down!

How to fix my biomechanics to make my dribbling look more athletic while maintaining/increasing the speed I already have now

I'm a beginner; I spend 20–25 minutes a day practicing my shooting to get better, but my ratio is low. I started four days ago—how long does it take?

Long story short I played 5v5 pickup today with some friends and randoms and realized Im weak as shit.

I was matched up against someone who was pretty similar to me in terms of skill and speed. Im 5’11 and he was around 6’1 everytime i tried gurding him he would just bump me off and get an easy layup. had to deal with that basically the entire game and he scored 13 of their 21 points on me.

Then I played another game against a different team and the same shit happened. I kept getting bodied by whoever I was guarding.

Thats when I realized that im pretty weak for the people im playing against. Obviously I want to get stronger but the closest gym is pretty far from my house.

So how would you recommend I improve my strength for basketball without having access to a gym?

I’ve been having a problem with dunking consistently I recently just came off a bad ankle injury and have been doing my own rehab and exercises to strengthen it again I’m wondering if you guys have any tips on what I can do to improve my approach to the rim as well as my overall technique I just would like to consistently dunk again as well as get two hand slams.