hey I'm course calling castel here with
shot mechanics basketball today I'm
going to teach you how to pass the
basketball and welcome to our dine
school
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so in today's video I'm going to teach
you the ins and outs of setting up your
teammates and getting those easy assists
as a basketball player the more you can
facilitate for your teammates the better
you're going to be and the better your
team's going to be now before I jump
into it I also want to give you a little
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jump right into it and learn how you can
drop some dimes today so the passive the
very first thing is you want to be on
the lookout for is what we call passing
windows and a window is basically just
open space that you can sit the ball
through to get it to a teammate now
finding the windows isn't really the
hard part but knowing when to put the
basketball through the windows can be a
little bit difficult so once you find a
passing window the next thing you need
to do is analyze where your teammates at
and where they're moving too many times
they're probably not wide open in the
passing window and so you've got to lead
them through the passing window to where
you want them to go so next you have to
analyze how you're going to throw your
pass through the window now a lot of
times this is going to depend on where
the defenders are at and how your
offensive player or teammate is moving
now one handy trick especially when
fitting it in tight windows is to throw
a bounce pass that's low and bounces
right by the feet of the defenders by
throwing it low through the window and
makes it really hard for the defenders
to bend over and get a hand on the pass
so a lot of times you see them sneak by
now once you start looking for these
windows you're going to start seeing
them all over the court you're going to
see them in transition you're going to
see them running your offenses off the
attack dribble drive but a lot of times
you're going to see them a ton out of a
pick-and-roll and that's really one
reason why pick-and-rolls can be so
devastating is because many times coming
out of it you're gonna have multiple
tapping windows to work with and the
more windows you have the more likely
you are to make a play and get that
assist I have to remember key number one
is to locate those tapping windows key
number two is read your teammate and see
if they're moving into the window and
key number three is and make sure you
fit it through the window away from
where the defense can get a hand on it
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now a lot of players don't realize that
your eyes are one of the most powerful
tools you have in your arsenal when it
comes to setting up your teammates for
easy basket and when you use them
properly it's actually incredibly easy
to manipulate the defense to give you
those open looks now most of the time oh
look off works best when you have two
offensive players and one defensive
player in between them so all you have
to do is look at the player that you
don't actually want to pass the ball to
and it's usually going to freeze the
defender or make them chase that player
that you're looking at and many times
even just a split second freeze is the
difference between an open finish and
not so check out on this plate as
Schroeder begins to drive he brings his
eye gaze out to the three-point line
this causes LeBron James to react and
open up the path you window even more
for the backdoor cut so then all you
have to do is drop it through the window
and it's an easy bucket from there if
you can always be on the lookout for
that one defensive players trying to
cover two offensive players you're in a
great position and use your eyes to fake
them out now once you master the skill
it's incredible how easy it is to
manipulate pretty much any defender at
any point in time just by looking off
the opposite direction this is probably
one of the main reasons why guys like
Ricky Rubio are such phenomenal passers
well it's really cool it doesn't take
any extra athletic ability or talent to
be able to do this kind of passing you
just have to use your head and think
about the play as it's developing now
one major mistake that a lot of young
players make when passing the basketball
is that they're passing the ball to
where their man's at not where they're
going and because there's so much
movement on a basketball court it's
really important that you're leaving
your teammate to that open area that way
they get a great look at the basket so
much like we talked about earlier with
the passing windows here to lead your
teammate you want to think about open
spaces and by that I mean open area to
the floor where there are no defenders
where your teammates are running too
many times by targeting your pass for
the open space instead of the open
teammate it's going to allow you to
leave them just right so that they get a
really great looks basket so one thing
that can help is target a specific spot
on the floor that you're going to throw
the basketball to and just let your
teammate run underneath it because if
you can make it so your teammate doesn't
have to slow down to catch the
basketball they're going to get that
much better of a look so lead your man
and drop it on a spot and you should be
good to go
now a ton of players missed assist
opportunities just holding on to the
basketball too long and not making quick
decisions because basketball such a
fast-paced games you can get the ball
out of your hands quickly generally
that's going to set your man up better
for an open look so one thing that can
help is if you get in the habit of
reading the floor as the pass is coming
to you so check it on display as the
ball being passed to Marcus self his
eyes are already starting to drift to
see where his teammates are at and
because of that he's able to make a
quick decision as soon as the ball hits
his hands that way he catches the
defense off guard now just this little
trick alone is good enough to get you an
extra two or three assisted games just
by getting the ball out of your hands
quickly before the defense is set or
rotated and the best part about this is
that it coaches absolutely love when you
make quick decisions with the basketball
because again like we mentioned the
faster your decisions the faster it's
going to make the defense move and the
more out of position they're probably
going to be so if you train yourself to
make faster decisions not only are you
going to get more assists but you're
probably going to get more playing time
because even if you're not technically
getting that stat as an assist you're
still going to be setting up your
teammates and keeping the offense moving
to work on reading your teammates as the
balls in the air coming to you and
you're going to be able to make faster
decisions
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all right so next is probably one of the
most overlooked things and that's
knowing your target and by that I mean
being aware of what your teammates are
good and bad at on the basketball court
so take this next play for example a
Steph Curry drives in he notices that he
has Harrison Barnes wide open in the
corner now Harrison is a pretty good
knock down wide open three-point shooter
so this is a great opportunity for an
assist but let's say the player in that
position wasn't a good three-point
shooter it'd probably be better for
curry to take the layup so just by
knowing your teammates you can actually
figure out if the passes a good pass or
a bad pass depending on their skill set
you know are they good at catching the
ball on the run are they good at
finishing where you're going to give it
to them
those are all things you want to think
about so let's take this next play for
example on the made free throws let's
we're going to take the ball out of
bounds and check it deep down the court
to Kevin Durant now this is a great path
because number one Kevin grant is work
tall so he's going to be able to go up
and get it and number two he's also
great at scoring in transition so it's
another great look but just think of it
with somebody like Anthony Roberson on
this play instead of Kevin Durant it's
probably not a pass it's going to be as
high reward and so it's just this tip
alone you're going to be able to not
only get more assists but also limit
your turnovers when I used to play I
used to know that there were specific
players that I couldn't throw specific
passes to because they just weren't
going to be able to catch the ball so
although path may look open if your
teammate doesn't have the skill
dexterity or hand-eye coordination to
catch the basketball it's not a good
path to make so think about your
teammates skill and that's going to help
you out a ton in determining what passes
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