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Old 06-03-2006, 07:01 PM
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Default Cross's street Fundamentals

Novice Players:

Using walls to your advantage: this exercise requires a firm wall such as a brick wall near a court or net, on your court place five shooting spots
(2 at baseline, one at the right and one at the left side, 1 at the top of the baseline and 2 in between in baseline shooting spots and the top of the key shooting, one on right and one on left). Pick a certain pass you wish to work on and one of the 5 spots you want to shoot from. Simply throw the ball of the wall of your desired pass at any given spot on the court and catch it which after, take the shot. Do this 5-10 times per spot.
Next pick a pass you want to practice on for example, if i want to practice a chest pass i simply choose a distance of how far away from the wall i wish to go to work on my distance and stay at the spot while performing 20 chest passes. You should not move anywhere from your chosen spot, the ball should come back to you after every pass.

Ball Handling skills (There is no certain ball handling move to work on but more of a way to make you more comfortable with moving with the ball) Pick an end of either side of the court, dribble the ball to the other side of the court 2 times, when done do the exact same exercise 2 more times but crouching down and another 2 sprinting and finally another two pretending or making obstacles.

Tricks for the Slicks

Assassins Drive: the key to this is to make the defender to believe you are going to drive when your aren't and drive then. Dribble the ball to either side of the top of the three point line, this move can only work unless you are quick and know where you are going. When ready, do a little jump like whenever your about to drive on one foot, bounce the ball forward but not not too far so you can't retreive it go forward one quick step with it, then at really quick speed when the D is getting ready for your drive, catch the ball with the first bounce you did and as fast as possible quickly put the ball behind your back to your other hand and drive.

Soccer show off:Not very complicated, just alittle something for alittle razzle dazzle but something that you should only do if your positivley sure your D won't be quick enough to steal the ball from you. Take the ball where you plan to take a jump shot and bounce the ball on the ground high enough for you to be able to make a circle with your leg while the ball is in mid-air. after which let the ball bounce once more and kich it up for you to catch it and preform the jump shot.

Never Saw it comin take the ball and dribble behind your back real low so your D can't pick pocket it. When ready quickly put the ball behind the D's leg so it comes back to you and pretend as if the ball is real on the opposite side of the D so he/she looks around retreive the ball and throw it off the heezy or pants em'

Loop De Loop
Take the ball and bounce it infront of you while you are spinning counter clock-wise and while spinning cup the ball between your wrist and and left hand bring the ball all the way till you have completed the spin. then take the ball with your other hand and throw it under your left hand while catch it with your left hand. Here's the trick part put the ball behind the defenders back but only half way and bounce it there and go to the side if you were to put the ball completley behind the D's back. In this case the D should follow you and when he does, simply grap the ball and do another spin to the same side the defender thought you put the ball behind in which you bounce the ball through your legs once, put the ball through your legs (not bouncing) and around your waist and around the defenders head and with the hand you retrieve the ball and with when putting it behind his head, put the ball behind you back and continue from there.

Scary- Mary
Dribble the ball with one hand corresponding to the side you around going on just outside the three point line make sure your side your not dribbling with is facing the front of the D. when the defender least expects it do a quick cross over to the opposite side you were heading with your other hand and wrap the ball behind you back and do a fake off the heezy in which at this part you yell "Scary Mary!"

Little Sometin for the Crowd
you guys heard this move in another one of my posts so i thought i'd add it in anyways. Dribble the ball behind your back like you would for the move "Never saw it comin" and put the ball around D only halfway like "Loop de Loop" only don't fake any where only put the ball behind D's back and let it bounce, after retreive with same hand and do a spin which after completing do a quick drive fake straight toward the D's feet or quick Cross over and let your D fall.

Im not the best at explaining my tricks on a keyboard so bear wit me!
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