Basketball: 10 Ways to Get More Rebounds - Box Outs and Box Ins

"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." 

"Possession and possessions" win games. Get the ball and be productive during possessions. 

Be specific during every lesson. 

1. While teams can improve rebounding, some rebounders have a "nose for the ball" that can't be taught. Get one or two of those guys. 

2. Defensive rebounds: emphasize positioning and toughness.

3. Players, find what works for you: block out or "hit and get" 

4. Hands up: "no alligator arms" 

5. Tip: stationing a guard near the foul line yields about three rebounds per game.

6. Offensive rebounding: anticipation and quickness play

7. Tip outs: if you can't get the ball, keep it alive and a teammate might and occasionally you'll have a 'tap pass' for an assist. 

8. Poor situational rebounding (e.g. free throws) will make us crazy. Sandwich the best offensive rebounder. 

9. Fake. On the offensive boards, applying some hand pressure to one side of a box out can influence the defender's movements and allow misdirection

10. Be sneaky. When the defender's hand is down, the offensive player can (sometimes) forcefully raise his arm and displace the defender's arm. 

Bonus: if the defender is too deep (close to the basket), block her in and get the longer rebound. 

Lagniappe. "The zone hates 3 or 4 at the rim." Rebounding is an exploitable weakness of zone defense. 

Lagniappe 2. "Player Development moment...develop your philosophy based on surveying teaching. 

Lagniappe 3. One common question (on every basketball site) is "what offense should we run for __th graders?" An answer is, "we can't run it if we can't run it" because execution (making plays) defeats strategy (running plays). Study FAILED SETS not just success. 

The best rebounding treatise is Coach George Raveling's "War on the Boards"