how can i get better basketball ball handling  skillz without buying anything?
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Check out this site:\nhttp://www.degerstrom.com/basketball/drills/
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esay, i play basketball at my high school. first be a good dribbler and a fast runner. also practice on the fakes, they work soo good, like the crossover. dribble between legs. \n\nall you got to do is: \nbe faster than the defender and learn the fakes and tricks. follow these and youll be scoring everytime
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Pick&Roll\nOkay have you stand on the right side of the court. Designate a point guard and a post player based on heigth, speed, rebounding, and handles abilities. Use the pick-and-roll. Have the post player roll to the right. And at the same time the point guard dribble in. The point guard now has three options based on who's open: dump it off to your post player, pass out to you, or take it himself, all depending on the open man. It's almost guaranteed someone will be open.\n\nGive&Go\nOkay, have your post player come to about the free throw line, have your point guard pass it to him. Immediately after the point guard passes the ball, have him sprint toward the hoop and have the post player pass it in for the easy lay-up. This play may only work once or twice in a game because it's key element is suprise.\n\nIssolation\nThe most simple play there is. Have your best player or a mismatched play take his defender one on one. If they double: pass, if not: shoot or drive.
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Try to call someone advance to practice with you and learn how to intercept pass and stuff,and also try shooting from a close range at first and gradually get futher and futher as u improve
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Practice, but make sure you are working on the areas of your game that need the most improvement.  Work on your off foot, juggling with both feet, and if you can, find someone to work with you on different skills such as shooting, passing, trapping, and heading to name a few.  The more touches you get on the ball the better off you will be.  There are aspects of the game that can only be improved by playing, but you can work on your skills alone.
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take a look at the website below. it's got a list of other webistes that have basketball workouts on them that are interactive and help your game. Also if you're really interested try goingto betterbasketball.com where they have pro's show you their moves.\n\nAlso there's a lot of good stuff in SLAM Magazine. They seem to have the same type of stuff in most issues so all i takes is one magazine and you'll get some ideas.\n\nHope this helped.
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Make sure you have the proper, comfortable stance and balance.\nSee the rim.\nExtend your wrist backwards.\nThe basketball should rest on your fingerpads.\nTry to keep your elbow in and under the ball\nUse your legs... the longer the shot, the more you use your legs.\nRaise the ball smoothly and in one, fluid motion.\nFinish high with your arm to get good "arc" on the shot.\nFlop your wrist with a constant, relaxed follow through to get that backspin for a "shooter´s touch".
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It takes a lot.  You need to shoot tons of jumpers, work on your handles, know when to pass and when to shoot, when to go to the hole and when to stop and pop.  You gotta watch a lot and play a lot.  You always need to try new things as soon as you are good at what you have.  Ball is about getting better all the time and the best thing for it is practice and play.
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Pick two or three spots on the floor, and practice from only those spots... when you're learning a shot like this, it's not necessary to be able to shoot it from everywhere on the court.. just one spot on each side of the lane and one spot IN the lane...\n\nAlso, you should practice shooting both left and right handed hook shots..once you master the shot with either hand, NO ONE will be able to guard you!  Good Luck!
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dribble a ball down the right side and do a lay up \nthen rebound and run down the left side and get the rebound and keep doing that (u need a full court gym tho!)
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I don't know how old you are but you really need to practice.  If you feel embarrassed doing it in front of your team, stay after and just stand close the basket with the ball in your left hand.  Don't use your right hand, just concentrate on your form.  If you're good with your right hand you should know the proper form so I won't bother to explain it to you here.  Shoot 5 times from the left side, 5 times from the center, and 5 times from the right side-all with your left hand.  Then practice hitting the backboard on the left side with your left hand.  You can eventually start practicing left handed layups.  You'll be a left hand shooter in no time!
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shoot the ball 1000 times every day, work on your passing.  also you got to be smart, if your a shooting guard your probably smaller than most other players so you have to make up for your size by shooting and being smarter than the other players.
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Keep practicing but also play in as many pick up games as you can.\n\nMake sure you you shoot from different spots on the floor and work on different moves as well.\n\nGet a friend and play some one on one to get used to faking.\n\nTry and get some pointers from someone who you know that is a good player or a coach.
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The number one way to become a better dribbler is to dribble. Like while you are at home doing nothing get your rock take it outside and just dribble, crossover around the back to the point where these things become second nature. Also work on keeping the ball low. If you watch the best ball handlers cross someone over, the ball is very lowwhen they cross it in front of someone. A good tip is to cross right by the persons foot, instinctivly they will try to reach but if you are low enough, and coming at the right angle they will just end up looking silly. Another tipp is dont be afraid to use your body. Keep it between the ball and the defnder. Either with them on your hip or if you are strong enough on your shoulder/arm. \nAnd as far as keeping in shape, that goes hand in hand with the number one way to get that handel tight, RUNS RUNS RUNS. Go play fullcourt for at least three or four hours wit until you are tired and then play two more hours just play yourself iinto basketball shape.
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Here are a couple simple drills using simple household items for each basic aspect of the game:\n\nHitting:\n     Using a paddle or an oar like you might find on a boat, have the hitter hold the paddle against his lower back with the large part of the paddle pointed in the direction of the cather. Toss wiffle or tennis balls over the middle of the plate about shin to knee high, no higher.  The player should stride and then swing the paddle using only his legs, his hands are there only to hold the paddle not to help.    This drill helps players to understand the concept of hip rotation (which is that the straightening of the front knee pushes the front hip back, and the bending of the back knee pushes the back hip around the corner).  This is where the majority of a hitter's speed and power comes from.  As the players get more advanced you canthrow overhand put some more speed on the ball.  (make sure the players stride forward when you release the ball as any good hitter would do)\n       Another good hitting drill is as simple as swinging into a heavy bag, rolled up rug, or a tire of some sort, as long as its heavy and hitable.  If possible lean whichever tool you use slightly towards the hitter.  This will demonstrate proper swing plane technique (slightly up to match the slightly downward plane of the pitched ball), good hand position at contact, and understanding the triangle of the eyes, hands, and sweet spot of the bat.\n        Contrary to popular belief, drills like soft toss and short toss lead to techincal and mental problems in a hitter's swing leading to hitters being early, chopping down, and rolling over their wrists. Coincidentally try to focus on mechanics leading up to the contact point.  Once the ball makes contact with the bat, Newton takes over.  It constantly amazes me how hitters focus on their follow through like it helps their hitting.  You follow through whether you practice it or not and it does not affect the hitter's ability to hit.\n\nFielding:\n     Take your players and a basketball to a court or someplace with a hard level surface.  Because basketballs have good bounce to them, it is easy to teach players the fundamentals of playing the hop.  There are three hops long, short, and middle. The long hop is from the time the ball starts to come down until it is about an inch or two off the ground.  This is where the short hop takes over until the ball has come about two inches off the ground.  And the middle hop is between the two.  Stay away from the middle hop.  The short hop is acceptable but should only be played about 10% of the time.  The long hop is the best place to field a ball.  Bounce the basketball to your players and have them field the ball in the middle of their body and play the long or short hop.  You can do this with or without gloves, just make sure that their glove hand is under the ball and palm-up.\n         A fun game/drill you can use with your players is one that teaches them to block balls and lose their fear of being hit.  Take two cones or a section of fence to use as a "goal".  Have them line up outside of the area and enter one at a time.  You will pepper tennis balls or wiffleballs at them in an attempt to get the ball past them in the goal area (By pepper I mean like the drill, with an open stance and pushing the ball lightly back at them, with a little mustard on it depending on the ability level).  \n\nPitching:\n          I think that Tom House's theory of pitching is the best and most logical approach to pitching that there is out there.  A simple overview would be this for a motion.  Both feet on the rubber pretty close together.  Have your pitcher point their throwing arm straight ahead and have them move on the rubber so that arm is now right down the middle of the plate.  Now your pitcher is in a good position to pitch.  Glove foot should go straight back no longer than the length of his foot.  The other foot will pivot 90 degrees so
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The first guy who answered was retarded. If you want to get better you must\nA.)Practice your jump shot. Copy Jordan's. You must be able to jump in the air then shoot. That will enable you to do more difficult things like turn arounds, and fade aways.\nB.)Practice your ball handling. It may not always be fun, but unless you are 6 foot 8 you will need superior ball handling skills. You need a crossover and to be able to dribble with both hands.\nC.)Your inside game. The left handed lay-up will give you an edge because you will be able to go left or right. Work on hook shots, and floaters as well. \nD.)You must play people better than you and be willing to get your butt spanked for a while before you will learn little tricks they do and eventually surpass them through practice and hard work.\nE.)You must be in great cardio shape. Which means running a lot. Sprinting makes you faster.\n\n*Here's a little trick. Notice which foot your defender has closest to you and drive in that direction. They have less time to adjust that way. It's less effective to drive the other way unless you're gonna pull up and fade away, or your defender is slower than you.
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it can't really be taught, but there are ways to improve to play that role.\n\nwork on your ball handling and passing. practice with dribbling with both hands and use different drills. if you are really interested in improving your dribbling, try Better Basketball's Better Ball Handling. Second, practice triple threat in the perimeter. \n\nthat is the easy part. the hard part about playing point foward is the foward part. i played the point foward role(some what). i was a converted guard forced to play power foward because of our teams lack of height. one thing i had was quickness. now, i don't know if you are tall and long with handles, or short with post moves. i suggest that you should work on your explosivness. sprint, do squats, lunges, and etc. that way, you could get rebounds as well as take people off the dribble. \n\nto be a good point foward, practice on your post moves. you don't have to operate in the post, just use your body when going up. i had zero post moves, but found ways to score down low. learn to create space and explode up. \n\nin a game, a point foward is a versitle guy. you have to be able to dribble and create, but you need to usually guard the big man defensively. learn to box out and use your legs for leverage. see if you can front your man and recover. \n\nbasically, point foward is the hardest position to play. you need phsyical gifts as well as a history of either playing guard or a killer work ethic to learn to. you need to practice on your box outs, post defense, ball handling, and you body. get toned, and explosive.