5 more ways to be finish the season well

1. Make your short shots, even under defensive pressure. A lot of players miss the inside shots under the basket because they shoot short. (Inexperienced players actually shoot over the basket). Watch the Division 1 teams, when they miss inside it is often short. The ball needs to be coming down into the hoop. Gather the strength not to let down when in traffic and focus your eyes on the target. Get it up so that it has a chance to come down through the net. Practice finishing with someone fouling you.

2. Point guards control the game. Selfish point guard = a bad team. If you play point, you need to serve the team, not yourself. Study the great point guards of the past, especially John Stockton. He makes everyone on the court better because of his servant style. He was always dictating the tempo, working the hardest, setting up others to be in a great position to score, and he rarely turned the ball over.

3. Move. Standing is bad on offense. Go set a pick, the best kinds are away from the ball. Don’t get in the way of the one-on-one attack. Rebound. Force yourself to do something productive.

4. Don’t dribble in traffic. It rarely succeeds. Secure the ball, fake, pivot. You have many options other than dribbling through multiple defenders.

5. Hit your free throws. Twenty-five percent of games are won at the line. Most great shooters who miss do so because they have lost mental concentration. Maintain your rhythm, exhale, and focus.