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rscott posted:
People can usually jump higher if they stretch out with one side of the body and reach for the ball. When I do that for a rebound, I don't try to palm it. I try to maintain control until I can bring the ball to my other hand and snap it shut like alligator jaws. Re: Pick and roll. It's done in almost every single game I've played. When I don't have the ball, it's usually my last resort though, because it works so well and thus I find it boring. My first preference is to screen somebody off the ball so he can get a open jumper or create a mismatch when the teamates switch off on defense. If that doesn't work, I try to get away form my man and get a open shot. Or I try to post up if the guy guarding me is shorter. Finally, if my team's offense is still stalled, I try to PnR with the ball handler. Mostly pick and pop though because as somebody mentioned the lane is usually clogged and it takes a pretty deft passer/ball handler to run the rolls well. It's easier to pass it off on a pop.
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Waroduce posted:
Yes, this absolutely happens when I play at the playground. When you get close to game point, it will get absolutely physical and people will foul the gently caress out of you. Edit: I also don't like when people face guard me. I can see poo poo.
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Mar 8, 2012 17:01
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Oh yeah, the #1 tip for pick up ball (and basketball in general) is when you're playong on-the-ball defense, KEEP YOUR HANDS UP. Like, arms fully extended, going-in-for-a-hug-style hands. People just cannot force themselves to do this for some reason, and it makes your defense SO much more effective. Instead they just keep their hands kind of by their sides or in front of them with their elbows bent, like they just touched something gross. Make yourself super duper wide! That is a good tip. You're going to take up way more space and it will be harder for people to get around you. I like to keep my arms above my head as much as I can when I'm in the low blocks (when I'm not shoving people in the back to get them out of position). It annoys people trying to post me up. And when I post up I do the same because it makes me a bigger target for an entry pass.
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Mar 8, 2012 18:26
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I'll be honest I remember seeing video footage of Michael Jordan face guarding somebody with the ball early in his career. Maybe it was Joe Dumars? Everywhere that dude looked or turned, MJ just put his hand in his face and blocked his vision like a blindfold.
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Mar 8, 2012 20:33
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If you don't want your ball to get stolen, put your name on it with big letters. 
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Mar 9, 2012 20:07
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mastershakeman posted:I'm 5'9, 170, white, can't jump, dribble, or shoot. I started playing pickup a year or two ago and do it every few weeks despite it being frustrating. All I do is set picks. I think you should work on your jump shot. Once you show that you can hit it, people will have to start respecting it, and it opens up a lot of penetration/drive opportunities. Good post moves I think are harder to develop. You have to have good foot work, and general awareness of where the defender is behind you. That can take a lot of time/experience to develop. teagone posted:The last "pick-up" game I played, I was like a sophomore in HS. Unfortunately back then, I was morbidly obese (5'1" 300lbs), and as such, pretty loving horrrible outside of my just hanging around the wing, waiting for someone to pass it to me so I drop a wide-open 3. I slimmed down over the last few years to a lean 160 and have been looking to game a lot more, but never found the time to work on my fundamentals thoroughly. My new job has given me ample amounts of it though, giving me days where I can hit up my nearby court and do a shoot-around for an hour or two. Looking forward to it. One of the best players that I used to play with was a guy who showed up at a park I balled in every once in awhile. He was a 5'3" Asian dude who was the best pure PG I ever played pickup with. He had good handle, but more importantly, he knew how to pass, set up people and do all the things a good PG did to help you win games. For example, he instinctively knew when to give up the ball on a 3v2 fastbreak and who would be the best person to pass to. He had excellent court vision and could "see" plays develop 2-3 steps ahead of everyone. Everytime I saw him, I would try to get on his team because I knew that he would just make it easier for all of us to win. All we had to do was run around and wait for the ball, and hit wide open shots/layups. Unfortunately, he had the worst, and I mean THE WORST jump shot I have ever seen. In like 6 years of playing pickup games with him I think I saw him hit like 10 jumpers. Vladimir Putin fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Mar 10, 2012 |
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Mar 10, 2012 03:31
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BIZORT posted:Set picks, rebound, get garbage buckets, block the And1 guys. It's an easy existence. Draw them out to the FT line and hit some jumpers over them or laugh as they try to keep up with you as you drive past them.
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Mar 10, 2012 04:27
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^^^^^^^^^^ Or what he just said From a physics standpoint, higher jump equals more acceleration for the ball. There's two components giving the ball energy 1.) your arms and 2.) your legs. Add the two together and that's how high/far your ball will go. People tend to jump higher when its farther from the hoop is probably because they want to give the ball extra energy because they are farther away.
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Mar 10, 2012 16:28
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BigLeafyTree posted:Sup tiny hands buddy I sometimes do this when I'm bored and the guy that I am guarding is slow. I let him go by me on my left and from behind I slap the ball away with my right hand in an up to down motion. Like I'm trying to do a strip. I don't attempt this move if the ball handler knows what he is doing or I actually expect consistent results. In other words I do it when I don't care.
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Mar 11, 2012 17:46
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, my hands are smaller than guys I know who are a full 6 inches shorter than I am. It is so weird for me to read about guys who are 6'0 being the smallest guy on the court. I feel so small.
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crm posted:Something I've added to my game is a high post/face up move that is very effective. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1KEWqgZmeE&feature=related
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Mar 12, 2012 16:34
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pat posted:Rolled my ankle pretty badly 3 weeks ago, this thread is making me depressed. Anyone been sidelined for longer than 4 weeks with an ankle sprain? (I rolled it the "wrong" way, which is less common, to the inside of my foot.) I have. I stayed off it for maybe two months. Then it was fine and I slowly regained my full range of motion. Just take is slowly and let it heal.
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Mar 13, 2012 15:48
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stephelopholus posted:Someone had some fingernails last night. I have a nice sized scratch across my entire forehead, and clients have been staring at it all day. I hate fights at a pick up game. I reeaaallllly hate when someone gets on their bike/car and says "Ima get my buddies and kick your asses/Ima get my gun and shoot you all" Then I'm like "Oh gently caress, I didn't want to leave yet, but now I guess I have to."
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Mar 16, 2012 02:19
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mastershakeman posted:I keep seeing posts about 'just focus on rebounding,' but how the heck do I learn to get position over people 6+ inches taller than me? I can do it when I crash in and and not man up on someone, but when I'm playing defense low, it seems like there's nothing I can do since tall dudes can just reach over me even when my body is on theirs. If I were playing people 6+ inches taller than me, I would probably move away from the basket area and focus my play on more "guard"-like things.
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Mar 16, 2012 15:40
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Jack's Flow posted:It works for me, but maybe it is a stupid tip in general: learn to tip rebounds to yourself. I'm a short dude with average hops, but I can snatch a lot of rebounds by tipping them out of the hands of the bigger dudes (if they go up with just one hand, they just gave up their height advantage). You don't need to control the ball right away, a little controlled tip can go a long way to grabbing the rebound in a spot where no other player is around. I think timing (jumping at the right moment) and position have a lot to do with it also. But a six inch difference is just killer. If I was playing somebody six inches shorter than myself, I would murder them on the boards no matter when I jumped or what position he was in. Unless he had the physique of a brick wall and just shoved me out of the way.
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Mar 16, 2012 16:50
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rscott posted:I rebound over people 6"+ shorter than me without even leaving my feet. I would have a field day in all aspects of the game if playing somebody 6" shorter than me. Posting up, I wouldn't even have to put in any effort. I would take jumpers from anywhere on the court since I wouldn't even be afraid you could block my shot. On defense, I'd probably block everything. I would be *very* afraid of the following: 1.) If you had skills and can dribble, you could probably blow by me and make me look stupid. I'm assuming here that you are fast. 2.) If you established that you had skills and could get by me, and started taking me out way past the basket. I'd have to give you space to respect your drive and you could start hitting jumpers all day on me.
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Mar 16, 2012 17:32
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Regnevelc posted:My ADIDAS T-Mac 2's. "Nike" brand store selling Adidas stuff? 
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Mar 19, 2012 15:28
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When the wind pick ups, I just move closer to the basket before I shoot.
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Apr 19, 2012 20:12
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To be honest, when the wind picks up that badly, I don't even like to make banked up layups. I just try my best to elevate and dunk it to ensure that the ball goes right into the hoop. I only do that on breakaway fast breaks though. The rest of the time I just try to finger roll it as close to the rim as I can. Also, if you have to fix a backboard that was broken due to errant shots, it may be a problem.
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Apr 20, 2012 16:03
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