How to Drive to the Basket

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: First you need to analyze the situation.

   (Who's guarding you? Are they tall or short, slow or fast, fat or skinny, and many other critical factors.
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   Step 2: Then find an opening or space in which you can penetrate

   , You can do the crossover, spin,bull-rush, stop and go, pump fake and many more.(these are just the most basic and/or the most successful ones. ,,, You will dribble past your man and get 5–10 feet (1.5–3.0 m) away from the basket and will go up on one foot while your other foot is out and aim to lay the ball right in the basket without aiming for the square. , you pick one side and just go full speed and try to beat your defender(this USUALLY does not work if your defender is stronger, faster or a lot taller than you are. , Your defender should be off balance and you can pick the right shot in order to score. , ,, you simply pick up the ball and take a hop.
   
   It makes it so that all your momentum is going forward and like I said earlier in the article you cannot change direction while in midair so you can only go forward unless some one physically touches you and if he does it should be a foul.
   
   Then when you land go up again and you should have beat the weak side defender or he should have fouled you, if he has and you are unable to take the shot just throw it up and it will seem like you have been fouled.
   
   The ref will call it and you could make it too. , after you spin you can go up for the shot again. , It will work if the defender jumped before you reached the other side. , just remember these are just the basic or most successful moves and there are still many more out there and if you do come against a bigger defender in the low post penetrate hard to draw a foul.
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   Step 3: again there are many factors that come into play

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   Step 4: is the hole on your strong or weak hand

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   Step 5: is there a strong weak side defender

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   Step 6: and many more.

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   Step 7: After you have decided your point of attack you must pick a move in order to beat the man guarding you.

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   Step 8: On the crossover you dribble one way fake that way and cross over very quick to the opposite hand

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   Step 9: your opponent should be a step to a half step behind you and that is all you need to beat him.

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    Step 10: The spin is when you dribble one way and spin

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    Step 11: so that you trap the defender behind your body

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    Step 12: now you should have that 1 half to a whole step advantage that you need

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    Step 13: The floater is a relatively low percentage shot if you don't practice it

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    Step 14: but on the other hand it is near impossible to block (even if you are playing someone much taller than you are).

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    Step 15: The bull rush is when there is either a very large space to penetrate of a very weak defender is guarding you.

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    Step 16: The stop and go is when you pick one side and dribble as fast as you can to that side and suddenly stop.

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    Step 17: The pump fake is when you fake the shot and you want the defender to jump and then you attack while he is in the air

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    Step 18: he cannot change direction while in midair

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    Step 19: (this only USUALLY works if you have all ready established yourself as a high percentage shooter.)

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    Step 20: Once you have beaten your man if there is no weak side defender than you should go straight up for the layup

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    Step 21: but if a weak side defender picks you up there again is a lot of options that you can take to beat him.

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    Step 22: One of the popular ones is the hop step.

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    Step 23: You can also try to spin again all though this isn't quite as effective but if you are one of the bigger men on the court this will work nicely.

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    Step 24: You can also try the reverse lay up in which you go all the way around the basket and do the layup on the other side.

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    Step 25: Finally you can mix and match these moves in any way you want to create an almost infinite amount of ways to drive in.

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