A Fistful of Actions for the Contemporary Basketball Player with Video

Skill wins. Fill your quiver with arrows. The complete player becomes a multilevel scorer and defender. 

Multilevel means finding solutions on the perimeter, attacking midrange to the rim, and in the post. That doesn't mean fives should live on the perimeter or small guards inhabit the post. Craft a minimum skill set that works for you.  With mastery of that skill set, expand your role. 

Be specific. Be specific. Be specific. Find what works for you because you're not Ja Morant or Kevin Durant. You cannot practice a move ten times and master it. Life doesn't work that way. But much of the footwork translates at different 'levels'. It's better to have fewer reliable moves than dozens that don't work. 

Return to Coach Wooden's EDIR5 (explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition x 5)

Three-point range (beyond the 'spacing line')

• Catch and shoot
• Upfake and side dribble. 
• Shot fake and attack

Work with a rebounder partner to get volume practice. Track results to see growth and increase your personal best.

Midrange

• Wing attack (above), jab series 
• Box drills (below)...see the technique not the old guy

Post play

• Drop step
• McHale moves (this isn't his classic, but sets it up)

Two-man game

• Pick-and-roll (below)
• Give and go, inside out, pass and reposition

Excellence demands repetition, repetition beyond sanity. As Bill Bradley said, someone else is out there practicing. 

Some young players will say, "I know that." Most do not.

Lagniappe (something extra). Kiwi Kaizen.