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The 5 man weave is a basketball drill introduced at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, KY in 1991. Assistant coach Ed Yuhas introduced the drill as a pre-season conditioning drill. The initial drill consisted of 5 players spaced evenly along the baseline, with the middle player holding the ball.
The up and under is a move consisting of two parts: a shot fake (the up) and a step-through (the under). First the player with the ball fakes a shot by thrusting the ball above their head as if to take a shot, then when the defender jumps in an attempt to block the shot, the offensive player steps by them and attempts a clear, unguarded shot. [14]
A shootaround is an informal pre-game practice session common among professional and collegiate basketball teams around the world. Shootarounds do not involve all of the formal elements of a regular practice. They usually do not involve conditioning drills, run-throughs of plays and extensive chalk-talks by coaches like normal practice sessions ...
A tip drill is a basketball exercise in which players take turns to tip the ball off the backboard consecutively without the ball touching the ground. [1] After each rebound the player goes to the back of the queue leaving the next player to repeat the drill. [2] The aim of the drill is to develop timing and jumping ability for rebounding. [3]
The Mikan Drill is a basketball drill commonly credited to George Mikan and his college coach at DePaul University Ray Meyer. It is designed to help basketball centers and forwards develop rhythm, timing for rebounding, and scoring in the paint. It is also used for outside players to better their layup skills and increase stamina, for longer games.
Twenty-one, also called play21basketball, cutthroat, hustle, tip-it, noyceball, roughhouse, scutter, rough, or rebound [1] is a popular variation of street basketball.The game is played with any number of players on a half court, but typically when not enough players are available to at least play three-on-three.
Through 2012, Grinnell won five conference championships, advanced to the postseason 11 times, and led the nation in scoring at all levels of college basketball in 17 of the past 19 seasons. [1] Under the system, Grinnell guard Jack Taylor scored an NCAA-record 138 points in a 2012 game, [1] and 109 in a 2013 game. [4]
The Euro step, two-step, or long lateral is a basketball move in which an offensive player picks up their dribble, takes a step in one direction, and then quickly takes a second step in another direction. It is intended to allow the offensive player to evade a defender and attack the basket.