Post edited 12:54 pm – October 28, 2010 by 180shooter
Here's Russell Westbrook demonstrating a perfect In-n-Out move in transition:
11:24 am October 28, 2010
coachlittlejohn
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I love posts like this,keep em coming. My kids love watching them also and learning them that way.
4:03 pm October 29, 2010
Macman123
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wow Russell Westbrook has got some speed which makes the move even more effective
8:05 am December 10, 2010
AT
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Here is a basic question, when going to make a move to get by the defender, how far away should the move take place-is their a general guide line you tell players. I have had teams that struggle with this when they go to cross over and the defender just puts the hand out or has the ball deflected, other times they start their move too far from the defender and they get “cut off”. I realize anything behind the back or between the legs they could get closer but we are not at that point yet.
Thanks in advance
3:49 pm December 23, 2010
patf
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AT: I'm curious about this as well and have experimented with my little guys (4th graders). It seems most effective when the distance between ballhander and defender goes from about 1/2 an arm-length to 2 arm-lengths. From that farther position, either the crossover or just blowing by the defender in the same direction seems to work best. But I'm not sure if this would be recommended, and it may just be that my players who do it best are just doing it by feel. So not sure if this helped, but am interested to know what others think.
9:52 pm December 26, 2010
admin
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When I learned to write, a teacher taught us that writing was like a girl's skirt: it needed to be long enough to cover all the important things, but short enough to keep things interesting.
A move could be viewed the same way: it needs to be close enough to be interesting (realistic enough to illicit a response) but long (far) enough to complete the move and protect the ball.
The speed of movement also impacts the distance as the faster one travels, the less time the defender has to react and recover. The goal on any move is to get even with the defender on the move to cut off his angle of retreat
3:37 pm December 28, 2010
AT
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I heard or saw in an instructional tape that the optimum length is approximately one body length away from the defender, when crossing the ball over. Alot of kids I coach make the move too early and end up make a big curve or U cut around the defender as opposed to making a move and trying to go in a straight line by the defender shoulder to hip. Some of the quicker kids eventually get by the defender but they have taken the “long” way around. Once they move on to higher levels this holds them back. I am assuming they need to work a bit more on a being comfortable with the ball and a change of pace.
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