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In a crossover, the ball handler changes the ball from one hand to the other using a single dribble. The crossover is a common dribbling move and is used when changing direction. [1] A crossover functions best when the ball handler looks and acts like they are headed in one direction, before crossing over to the other direction. [2]
A crossover dribble is a basketball maneuver in which a player dribbling the ball switches the ball rapidly from one hand to the other, to make a change in direction. [1] In a typical example the player heads up-court, dribbling the ball in (say) the left hand, then makes a wide step left with a head fake.
Even the highest-scoring NBA teams average only about 1.1 points per possession. [8] Giving such a team two free throws on each possession, the poorest free throw shooting teams make around 70% of their free throws and would score 1.4 points per possession. [9] So intentionally fouling tends not to reduce the opponent's score.
On this episode of Good Word with Goodwill, Vince and Bomani Jones react to P.K. Subban's comments about NBA players that leads to a larger conversation on the culture and style of play in the ...
Once a player stops dribbling the ball and holds it, the player normally must either pass it to another player or take a shot; if the player dribbles and then holds the ball in any way (either grasping it with their hands or arms, or "palming" it, i.e. holding it too much toward its underside during the act of dribbling) then continues to ...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has wanted a more competitive All-Star event for some time, and this change comes after the teams combined to score a record 397 points — 211-186 was the final ...
A basketball playbook, like any sports playbook, involves compilation of strategies the team would like to use during games. The playbook starts as a canvas picture of the basketball court with all its boundaries and lines. On top of that, the playmaker can draw O's for players on offense, and X's for players on defense. Specifically however ...
The NBA is the only league that plays 48-minute games; Olympic games and college basketball games, meanwhile, are 40 minutes long. (College games are played as two 20-minute halves.)