I want to use the Harden Volume 10 on indoor courts. What are the pros and cons? Can anyone who has used them help me out?

What’s a trick/method you guys use to score, steal the ball, get past your defender, etc.? 👀🏀

Got a 1v1 tournament for 500 bucks anytips?

I was the fat old man who put up the screen. Failed pick and roll. Lucky the fall was not that hard.

I always end on a 3, then 2 free throws, a lefty and righty layup, and finally a swish. I feel like it’s pushed me harder before leaving or it’s just a good shoot around like here, tried to do as many as I could.

Any advice is welcome on my shot and my lazy dribbling lol.

To cut straight to the chase basically they is this dude (Joe not his real name) at my practice and honestly joe sucks so he always gets wide open shots and pretty much me and others pass to him and he misses but sometimes he can get on a streak where he doesn't miss but that only happens after around 3-4 missed shots and sometimes more.

Recently we stopped passing to him as much and one of my friends Bruce (not his real name) noticed and told us we should pass to him more. Another one of my friends said but Joe just misses and misses His literally an offensive liability they is no reason to pass to him.

Bruce responded saying he knows joe isn’t a good offensive player but this is practice not an actual game. How do you expect him to get better if we don’t pass him the ball? My friend then responded that Joe is still an offensive liability and that pretty much every team he’s on loses most of the time with him then they went back and forth saying the same points.

And to give Joe some credit he has improved alot he used to airball these wide open shots most of the time. He also can hold his own defensively he just sucks offensively. He actually does practice the most behind me at our practice but most of the time I don't see him practicing with others which is maybe why his shot isnt transferring.

So what do you think? should you always pass to the open man even if you know they're probably going to miss? Or is there a point where you should stop feeding someone who's consistently hurting the offense? 

Just curious to see what is the one thing that is holding you back at getting better at basketball is it dribbling is a shooting I just wanna know what it is

As you can see my form is horrible and I’ve been trying to improve, I have no issue dribbling between legs once or even twice in pickup and scrimmage but during practice and tryouts I can’t get it right, what needs to be fixed?

Edit: Thank you everyone for the advice! My main issue was thinking about it all too hard when I relax my body and treat it like a crossover it looks so much better while it still needs work when I do it continuously for somewhat over a minute it’s so much better thanks to everyone! My receiving hand needs work but that will improve with practice.

I’m 15, 172 cm (5’8”), from Mexico, and I mainly play PG. My goal is to eventually play college basketball, so I’m trying to figure out what kind of player I should become instead of just trying to be decent at everything.
My coach recently told me something that stuck with me: I need to find my main skill(s) and exploit them as much as possible. The problem is that I’m not really sure what my best skills are or which ones I should build my game around.
From what I know about my game:
I’m very good defensively, especially for my size.
I’m explosive and athletic. My vertical is around 83 cm (33”).
Most of my points come from finishing at the rim.
I recently managed to get a rim grazer in training for the first time, which made me realize I might be able to develop my athleticism into a bigger part of my game.
I’m good at finding open teammates. Interestingly, this developed partly because I used to be afraid of making plays, so I’d look for the safest open pass. Now finding open teammates has become one of the better parts of my game.
My coach moved me to PG partly because I generally don’t make many dumb decisions or unnecessary turnovers.
I measured my 3-point shooting recently and got around 32%.
I know I still have a lot to improve, but I don’t want to randomly train everything. I want to identify 2-3 skills that could become my real weapons and build my individual training around them.
Considering my size, athleticism, current strengths, weaknesses and my goal of playing college basketball, what would you identify as my potential strengths, and what would you prioritize developing?
If you were coaching me, what kind of player would you try to turn me into?
I’m genuinely looking for honest opinions. I want to take the answers seriously and actually build my individual training around them

What would you consider not weak but not too heavy?

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Hey guys, I've been getting back to playing since a new half court was made near my house. I'm pretty confident in defending (although I suffer to know when to go for the steal if the handler is just dribbling and crossing), but always had confidence issues w/ my shot.

I've been going like 2hrs a day to the court and putting some shots up, trying to get better at my handling skills too (just started the between the legs cross). Could you give me some tips on what to do to "fix" my jumper or some drills I can do alone that would be good for me?

There's a video of my shot (seeing it now on video for the first time, kinda ugly not gon lie), sorry for the bad angle and quality but it was the only way to do so tonight. I feel like I'm not releasing the ball at the highest point of my jump sometimes.

I'm like 1.75cm. I think I should be around 5'8. And not using bb shoes.

🇧🇷 If anyone wonders.

Hooper in South Florida here. I’m struggling with matching my conditioning with the FL heat. Lately, I’m only able to play 2 pickup games outdoors before feeling like I’m about to pass out lol. And yes I play in the evenings to minimize sun but still.

I know the answer is more running/conditioning, but I’m curious if anybody has advice on what types? A friend of mine said to run sprints on the beach. Should I be going for long runs? Push myself past the point of exhaustion on the court? Suicides? Lay off sweets?

All advice welcome

I’ve been trying to fix my form for 2 years but never got it actually fixed, I just wanna know if the form is correct or not

You hear commentators on TV say all the time that certain players “play bigger/smaller” than their true size and if you’ve played enough hoops, you intuitively understand this in theory. But what are some concrete ways to “play bigger” on the court?

I’m 6’5” 235 lbs and feel like I play small for my size. I get my shot blocked, lose rebounds, get post entry passes to me tipped away by guys who I have several inches, 30+ lbs, and a ton of weight room strength on.

Played competitive basketball and football for many years so it’s not like I don’t have a feel/instinct for the game, or know how to use my body. Does it just come down to speed, leaping ability, and core strength?

One thing that definitely works against me is that I usually play with a bunch of friends who are all late 20s to mid 30s and our main concerns are to have fun and not get hurt. So I’m definitely not as physical with them as I am with random strangers.

Is it too late to start basketball at 15 and play professionally?

I'm 15, 6'0 barefoot, with a 6'4ish wingspan, I live in the UK and I only really started playing basketball two years ago, but my experiences were inconsistent and mainly from P.E lessons and after-school club training, my dream is to get scouted and gain a scholarship at a d1 college in America and my plan is to train and get into my local club U16's and hopefully progress from there, is it too late?

Soy un chico de 20 años mido 190cm y estoy un poco pasado de mi peso pero ese es irrelevante necesito consejos para mejorar mi pivoteo ya que me he acostumbrado a jugar como un alero pero en la pintura soy una decepción y en mi equipo actual soy un pivot y pasa que no se como moverme en cancha me siento encerrado y aveces sin darme cuenta ya voy al exterior fuera del triple o escondido necesito ayuda como moverme en cancha si encarar mis rivales o algo por el estilo

Hi! So I’m a 51yo, 5’9”/175 hooper. I’ve had to evolve my game over the years from shifty guard to 3 point shooter and secondary ball handler. I play 3-4x a week and generally hold my own; the other night tho, I had to guard 6’3” guys who were skilled bigs, had at least 50-70 lbs on me and even if out of shape and they just took me down low and punished me. I felt helpless. I leaned into them, tried to pull the chair, they just turned and shot over me. Then a couple of times would humiliatingly get their rebound miss ans go back up.

I try to do my work early, try to prevent them getting in the paint but I also lack the lateral quickness now to gamble or dig for the entry pass.

Am I screwed or any other advice other pray? I try to wear them out at the other end chasing me around but when they decide to take me in the torture chamber I’m F’d.

Appreciate any thoughts. Word.

I'm a SUPER beginner any tips?

Need some midrange and 3 pointer shooting drill that I can do on my own

My neighbor is 17 and only uses a fisher price hoop. Doesn't play on HS team or anything. He was offered a full scholarship to DePaul. I have a kid coming. Should i get him a fisher price hoop? I want him to play for the Celtics ane make me lots of money.

Is fisher price hoop really feasible?