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FINISHING AT THE RIM using Athletic ability

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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FINISHING AT THE RIM using Athletic ability
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Im athetic, 5'10 145 lbs and also pretty strong. I have recently been trying to learn to use the up and under type of layups. I can do them well without defense but with defense its harder because ...

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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 l...
6 hours ago
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 qui...
14 hours ago
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
23 hours ago
curl the ball like a running back
yesterday
throw down if u can or draw contact
yesterday
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.
on Tuesday
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.
on Monday
thats the type of response that needs to be done by all ballplayers
on Sunday
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.
on Sunday
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, ...
November 16
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 ...
November 16
just dunk it
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Im athetic, 5'10 145 lbs and also pretty strong. I have recently been trying to learn to use the up and under type of layups. I can do them well without defense but with defense its harder because people are grabbing at the ball and all. Back in l...
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