Basketball Coaching & Skills

Basketball fundamentals: Coaching lay-ups

Arguably the most essential offensive skill in a basketball player's arsenal, the lay-up is an invaluable asset when mastered and a source of ridicule when left underdeveloped. Nothing, whether in league or pick-up play, is more humiliating then missing a lay-up. Yet when this shot is practiced, it becomes the highest percentage shot available until the dunk is enabled.

While the lay-up is almost universally

Basketball Coaching & Skills The height of the regulation basketball hoop

by Eric Bailey

In December of 1891, in response to the need for a new indoor game that took little space and was not as rough as football, James

Basketball Coaching & Skills How to avoid basketball injuries

by Anthony M. Drago

As a certified personal trainer with NASM, I train athletes at all levels. The main focus of my training is injury prevention. In

Basketball Coaching & Skills How to prepare for basketball tryouts

by Todd Pheifer

Going out for the team

Basketball tryouts can be a nerve-wracking experience for some people, particularly if the competition is stiff

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