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The Importance Of Basic Skills For All Basketball Players
BALL CONTROL
1. DRIBBLING
(a) TWO PUSHES ONE BOUNCE - Make sure that:
you bounce the ball in the angle between the caster and the footplate so that when the ball comes back up from the bounce it is alongside you and not behind you;
you force the ball into the ground hard so you can get it back into your hand and onto your knee quickly;
you learn not to look at the ball;
use one hand up the court and the other coming back.
(b) CONTINUOUS DRIBBLE - Make sure that:
you always practice this by starting off from a stationary position - not after throwing the ball in front of you and chasing after it. The reason for this is that continuous dribble should be used almost exclusively for getting out of trouble when tightly marked and unable to pass or shoot - you will nearly always be stationary when this occurs;
2. PASSING
(a) CHEST PASS
most important pass in wheelchair basketball;
the chest is the safest place in which to guard the ball and the strongest launch point for sending the pass;
when you have rebounded defensively, or offensively, bring the ball strongly into your chest and then release the outlet pass;
reach for your team mate as if you want to touch his chest with your fingertips;
bring the ball into the chest and flex fingers and forearms and feel power of the chest;
the ball should not rotate if it has been released correctly;
practice the full toss pass and also the pass aimed just in front to the fast break wing-man which, when it hits the floor, should rise up onto his knee.
(b) FEED OFF PASS
This pass is best used when heavily marked; it is very important to have good ball control in each hand. Hold the ball in two hands and throw with one releasing the ball very positively and with the correct weight, sometimes straight through or over or under a defenders outstretched arms.
(c) HAND OFF PASS
Again, good ball control is needed to properly execute this pass. Horizontally pass the ball off your lap onto the lap or into the hands of a team mate. Good timing is also very important to maintain accuracy in passing.
(d) BOUNCE PASS
A true two handed chest bounce pass for one and two point players is very difficult, but it is a very good pass for three and four pointers, who are more able to rotate their chest in order to propel the ball downwards.
