Why don't your dribbling breakthroughs always go past people?

This is definitely annoying for both rookies and veterans who are new to basketball.

Once you break through,

The enemy can always block in front of you first,

The ball is either fumbled or intercepted.

Have you also faced such problems?

Today, Mr. Skills will share with you details of three of my most used breakthroughs,

Let your breakthrough be extraordinary

As easy as crossing road in morning!

Detail 1: Get close to defender before break

Many brothers,

Start changing direction away from defender!

Can such a breakthrough in change of direction surpass others?

Of course not!

Why?

Even if you're much faster than defender,

But to get past defender, you need to dribble a long distance

With so much time

What are consequences?

This leaves enemy plenty of room to adjust defensive route,

Then it is often enough for enemy to make a small slide,

You can block your breakthrough.

So, is breakthrough effect still good?

Of course not!

So what do we do?

Approach defender and break through!

Look at Harden's ball,

Before breakthrough,

Harden gradually approached defender first,

March towards defender and suddenly change direction,

Use quick,

A sudden dribbling momentarily changed direction of defense.

You said distance is close enough to change direction of breakout

Can defender react easily?

Of course not.

Some brothers here asked,

Speaking of skills

Breaked close to defender,

But still can't get past people?

Real reason:

You're not punching in best lane.

Detail 2. Dare to confront to choose best route

The shorter your breakout distance,

Naturally, easier it is to hack.

Some brothers actually wait until enemy is in front of them before changing direction and breaking through,

But as soon as enemy catches up and defends,

He just wanted to take a walk.

You said that in this round

Isn't breakthrough distance equivalent to an increase?

This leaves enemy plenty of time to catch up

Of course, it will be difficult to hack.

So,

Do not always think about hiding from enemy in order to break through,

To use active confrontation to get best breakout route,

Choose shortest and fastest path to shopping cart.

Why choose shortest way to break through?

Many times

On first break, we are often half a step ahead of defense,

At moment we have an advantage

Defense can only pursue us from side or even from behind.

At this time, we take initiative to confront enemy,

Can cause opponent to slow down,

The enemy will not be able to catch up with our steps for protection

Then some brothers asked:

"Mr. Skill, my explosive power is low,

What if I can't take advantage of half a step? "

Don't worry,

This is fixable too.

But it's not about explosive power,

What's problem?

I chose wrong breakout direction

Detail 3: Attack front leg

This is an extraordinary breakthrough, both left and right can break through.

But why can some people take half a step ahead of defense once they break through,

And you crash into the enemy's hands as soon as you break through?

Attacking with your front foot puts you half a step ahead of defense

When you break through,

Watch defensive position first,

If opponent has one foot in front of other,

You then attack in direction of his front leg.

For example

The defender below puts his right foot forward,

Then stick to its right side.

Thus, defender needs to make an extra move to catch up with us,

Naturally, we will be slower.

Wouldn't that easily outpace defense by half a step?

What is use of this half step on a breakout?

View again,

Active confrontation, postponing defensive steps.

For example, slow down and take initiative to lean on your opponent,

Force enemy to slow down,

Stuck on enemy,

Not only can you easily hack,

And slow finisher's hit rate will be more consistent.

As you can see,

You don't need to blindly rely on explosive power to break through, you need to rely on speed,

Notice three details above

It will allow you to easily break through line of defense,

The efficiency of passing people has increased dramatically!

May 12, 2023