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This site is designed for youth basketball coaches and players who want to improve their basketball skills. Articles, animations, and videos show basketball plays, drills, and fundamentals step-by-step so you can understand them quickly and start using them on the basketball court.

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TEAM DRILL:
Pivot Layups

Help teach your players how to catch a pass and use a pivot move to square up to and attack the basket.

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FEATURED PLAY:
Give-And-Go

The give-and-go is a classic offensive basketball play that is surprisingly simple and effective. It is actually less of a play and more of a basic offensive move a player should be taught to use during a game when being overplayed by their man.

The set play we offer here is just one suggested way that the basic give-and-go can create an easy scoring opportunity for you against man-to-man defense.

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FEATURED FUNDAMENTAL:
Slide-Protection Dribble

Use this fundamental dribble move when you need to advance the ball in an open court situation while being closely guarded.

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