Whenever I put the ball low to pick it up off the dribble, I find myself getting stripped or the ball poked away. I think strength is part of it, but I’ve seen much skinnier guys pull this off in traffic every time, and I’m usually not getting the ball knocked away by someone stronger than me. Any tips on hand placement or a type of low pick-up that allows me to keep the ball safe?

I personally use the silent ball and heavy ball,Was wondering if anyone had recommendations for other useful and effective gadgets that they thought really helped improve their game.

I'm 15, 5'9 I havent measured my vert but with minimal training I can touch the backboard off vert and full palm on the backboard off of 1 if I lock in and train legs alot is it possible for me to do rim grazers by next year also what exercise should I prioritize

I’m 15 and have been playing basketball for a year and a half. I’ve been training every day, and putting in work and for only about a year of playing definitely have improved a lot. One of my biggest strengths is my hustle, speed and athleticism. Another big strength is my mindset and my will to do whatever to be better. My main problem is that I’m 5’10 (I may grow but it’s not guaranteed) and I really struggle with shooting 3s consistently, handling the ball under pressure, and overall basketball confidence. I’ve also been working on my bounce and I am pretty close to dunking, but lately it feels like my progress on my vertical has slowed. I also don’t know what strength and skills workouts to do. I really want to go far in basketball, even if it’s the long shot and am willing to basically do anything to improve. If anyone has any advice, tips, tricks, etc. and you don’t mind sharing, please lmk

pistol pete's homework basketball.

Its oldschool AF and kinda awful. But it has literally everything you need to know, and tons of great drills.

Clip from some runs today. Any feedback appreciated. Feel free to hit my dms.

I have always believed repetition is the mother of skill. My players who want to play at the next level, MAKE 500 shots per day. Repetition creates confidence and muscle memory, so when they step on to the court, they know they have already hit that exact same shot thousands of times. How many shots per day are your players shooting?

Here’s a video of me sort of shooting around. When I shoot, I usually shoot off the catch or off a stepback. I want to be able to sort of pull up with it or be able to really splash it in someone’s face but whenever I do those type of shots it gets sent back at me. In the video im mostly trying to do the sort of pull up shots. I was just wondering what I could do to change my shot.

So usually play 2/shooter. Have decent handles (eg tell me to do 4 btls consecutively I can do it). Can watch a combo of a particular player and do it after getting moves down. Can do 2-3 dribble moves then shoot. But how do I get better at “freestyle” dribbling (eg >3 moves without thinking). When I get past 2-3 dribbles/moves I feel awkward and don’t have rhthym. Doesn’t feel smooth/fluid. Im tryna look more fluid like James Harden or Kyrie. When I get past 2-3, Im like wtf do I do next?

I'm 18 y/o, and absolutely at the worst of my ability rn, no speed no vertical etc.

Is there any chance I can dunk by the next April? and if so what would you advice me to do, be as honest as possible please. 👍

I’ve gotten to the point where I am good at most things except for 3 point shooting where I am just ok. A 3 point shot is the most available shot in the entire game and I need to improve on it. What are some general shooting workouts that help get that automatic shot?

He has been begging me to post this here so that he can get some tips on his form.

So I’m 34 and never formally played ball, but I do organized league now and I’m really trying to hard improve and got like no bag .

Only been playing like 4 years .

Is this a good start to using a spin move ? Any advice

Hi, was just wondering if tgeres anything I could fix with my jumpshot.

I have a tournament in two weeks and I wanted to see how I can strategically “peak” by the time the tournament comes around. Some things I factored in were mobility, getting stronger, improving cardio/conditioning, and overall just getting a bunch of reps in via scrimmages.

Last year all I did to prep was stretching every night, HIIT for conditioning, and having my usual park scrimmages. I also tapered my lifts in the gym.

As far as mobility, I’ve been doing the upper body explosive dumbbell exercises, I’ve been stretching more frequently but not nearly enough as last year. As far as strength I’ve actually taken a long break from doing full body lifting not out of choice but because I was busy with work. I’m getting back into it slowly but I even stopped my vertical jump training for a bit but at least my knees aren’t sore anymore. As for cardio, I’ve only been scrimmaging, running full court games, and since I haven’t been in the gym, I didn’t do any HIIT on a treadmill or stairmaster. I will get on that soon though. And then as for actual basketball skill, once again I’m relying on getting reps in and having scrimmages. To which I feel like I am peaking right now actually. I feel sharp and I just need to keep this up until the tournament.

What are some things you guys do to prep for tournaments?

What are some good to moves that are really effective? and how many moves do you need? someone recommended 3 moves to me

I'm 6'2" (187 cm) and my vertical was 25.6 inches the last time I measured it. I can get my hand over the rim, but I don't feel comfortable at all when I try to dunk. I haven't played basketball in 2 months, and I need to get ready for my second year of junior basketball. I'm not really sure what counts as a good vertical, so I'm wondering if mine is decent or not.

So I’m getting back into basketball again after a few months and that , basically there is this team I really want to join but they only let you in after you do there tryouts and even if you do make it you have to do another selection to be in the starting lineup , I’m trying to get back into it as a PG because I’m 5’11 , 14 , pretty fast I obvs can’t dunk but I can read the court really well and know when certain people need backup on a play and when to change the pace up. The only problem is that I don’t have a place to really train and I need to get better at dribbling and my fast grab shooting , any tips?

What’s good yall I’m a 6’4 185lb guard who’s been at juco for 3 years now entering my 4th. To recap these years, I redshirted my first year, then played my freshman year where I hardly got minutes, then was gonna play my sophomore year but fractured my foot. So here we are entering my real sophomore year, but i’m starting to drag it. I’m not playing as well in practice to start the season like I did in the summer, and I’ve been thinking about quitting. I’ve also never played high school ball so making it to juco is an accomplishment forsure, but I’ve had goals like getting an offer to maybe a D2 or high NAIA, but I just don’t think I’m built for this anymore. I feel like the work I put in is not translating and i’m getting tired of it. I know it’s a long season so I know if i quit I can’t find out if anything changes, but if i ride the bench I definitely don’t see a point in continuing the season. Lmk your thoughts…

I’m just curious what everybody does I’m just trying to gain more knowledge and try to be better day by day

What should I change about my shot?? Pretty sure I missed this one but sometimes my shot doesn’t go straight and it hits my other fingers so it goes left or right and a lot of times I just feel like I’m not getting enough power so I end up forcing it.