FINISHING AT THE RIM using Athletic ability

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Permalink Reply by Christian on November 15, 2009 at 4:38pm

just dunk it

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Permalink Reply by MattRodriguez on November 16, 2009 at 1:05am

5'10 and 145 is not strong enough. You need to be about 5'10 and 155-160 with a lot more strength and quickness. You also need to build confidence, confidence is key to anything in all sports. If your confident in your abilities all you can do is improve on them because you are confident enough to try it

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Permalink Reply by William Hickey on November 16, 2009 at 11:04pm

Practice man, practice.

First thing you have to do is pretty much just be able to get a great feel around the basket, so whenever there's a dead time in say a pick up game, team practice, or whenever, just practice putting in those 'easy' shots, practice putting different spins on the ball and everything like that.

The part about finishing with contact is sometimes just a natural ability, but the only way you can get better at it is by attacking the basket relentlessly and searching for that contact whenever possible. In any type of competition just focus on getting to the rim and finishing. With time it will come.

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Permalink Reply by Manny O on November 21, 2009 at 8:19pm

yea I practice it but its different when there is defense. Im gonna learn to put english on the ball and finish with the contact.

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Permalink Reply by MattRodriguez on November 21, 2009 at 9:20pm

thats the type of response that needs to be done by all ballplayers

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Permalink Reply by Crown on November 23, 2009 at 4:02pm

I can do it fine and i'm 5 pounds lighter at the same height. Just generate a lot of spin of the board and when you drive press the ball and hold it like a running back does.

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Permalink Reply by Jaleel Marcus on November 23, 2009 at 8:45pm

Basically what Will said. And its something that will come to you naturally in games and it will happen by default. Most of the time you do not need to reverse it but when you are going to for me i always do my reverse layups on a fast break.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Tollefsen on November 23, 2009 at 11:11pm

throw down if u can or draw contact

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Permalink Reply by avery daniel on November 24, 2009 at 5:08pm

curl the ball like a running back

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Permalink Reply by Billy HO on November 24, 2009 at 10:35pm

its all about sealing the defender/'s off with your body. and knowing when and when not to do a reverse or floater or taking it straight at the cup

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Permalink Reply by Alonzo Sirmans on November 25, 2009 at 7:14am

you can do core exercises and sit ups. im 5 9 and 166 lbs and i can finish at the rim but i can almost dunk so i usually just jump over my opponents or cross them and beat them to the basket. but you can get a weight vest and that will get you quicker if you work out with that, all you have to do is practice your moves with it on so when you take it off you feel like a feather.

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Permalink Reply by Arek Kissoyan on November 25, 2009 at 3:49pm

well it all starts off with not being scared to take contact and being confident.. that's the key to it, once you get that down the getting better part will just come to you naturally because a lot of scoring using athletic ability also relies a lot on your instincts because you gotta be able to act fast.

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