This document provides an overview of basic basketball skills including passing, dribbling, shooting, blocking, stealing, rebounding, and offensive and defensive strategies. It describes techniques for chest passes, bounce passes, overhead passes, and baseball passes as well as dribbling techniques like the crossover dribble, between the legs dribble, and behind the back dribble. Shooting techniques covered include layups, dunks, alley-oops, and two-point and three-point shots. Blocking, stealing, and rebounding are also summarized.

1. BASIC SKILLS IN BASKETBALL

2. BASIC SKILLS IN BASKETBALL
•PASSING
•DRIBBLING
•SHOOTING
•BLOCKING
•STEALING
•REBOUNDING
•OFFENSE/DEFENSE

3. PASSING
•ACT OF THROWING THE BALL TO A TEAMMATE
•A WAY FOR PLAYERS TO MOVE THE BALL ON THE
COURT BETWEEN TEAMMATES
•PASSING IS THE INTENTIONAL TRANSFER OF BALL
POSSESSION FROM ONE TEAMMATE TO ANOTHER

4. TYPES OF PASSING
•CHEST PASS
•BOUNCE PASS
•OVERHEAD PASS
•BASEBALL PASS

5. CHEST PASS
•ONE OF THE MOST BASIC YET COMMONLY USED
PASSING TECHNIQUES IN THE GAME. IT IS USED
TO QUICKLY PASS THE BALL FROM ONE PLAYER
TO ANOTHER ON THE OFFENSE. WHEN USING A
CHEST PASS, A PLAYER PASSES THE BALL
STARTING FROM THEIR CHEST, EXTENDS THEIR
ARMS, AND PROPELS THE BALL FORWARD USING
BOTH HANDS TOWARDS THEIR TEAMMATE.

6. BOUNCE PASS
•USED TO GET PAST THE DEFENSE WHEN
GUARDED CLOSELY.
•TRAVEL LESS QUICKLY THAN THE OTHER
PASSES.

7. OVERHEAD PASS
•MAKES BY THROWING THE BALL FROM OVER
THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD. THIS PASS GENERALLY
HAS MORE POWER THAN A TYPICAL CHEST
PASS AND CAN TRAVEL FARTHER DISTANCES.
THE BALL SHOULD LAND AT THE CHEST AREA OF
THE RECEIVING TEAMMATE.

8. BASEBALL PASS
•THE BALL CAN EITHER TRAVEL THROUGH
THE AIR OR BOUNCE OFF THE FLOOR.
•THROWN USING ONLY ONE HAND AND AT
TIMES RESEMBLES A PLAYER THROWING
A BASEBALL.

9. DRIBBLING
•IS A MOVEMENT OF THE BALL, CAUSED BY A PLAYER IN
CONTROL, WHO THROWS OR TAPS THE BALL TO THE
FLOOR.
•IS THE SKILL OF CONTROLLING THE BALL AS YOU
BOUNCE IT TO THE FLOOR
•ART OF BOUNCING THE BALL UP AND DOWN OFF THE
FLOOR WITH ONE HAND, IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE
BALL UP THE COURT.

10. TYPES OF DRIBBLING
•HIGH & LOW BOUNCE
•CROSSOVER
•BETWEEN THE LEGS
•BEHIND THE BACK

11. HIGH DRIBBLE
• THE HIGH DRIBBLE IS USED WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO MOVE THE BALL
UP THE COURT VERY QUICKLY. TYPICALLY, YOU WILL SEE HIGH
DRIBBLES AFTER STEALS AND DURING FAST-BREAK OPPORTUNITIES.
TO EXECUTE A HIGH DRIBBLE, KEEP YOU TORSO ERECT AND PUSH THE
TOP OF THE BALL FORWARD, WELL AHEAD OF YOUR BODY. THE BOUNCE
OF THE BALL SHOULD REACH ANYWHERE FROM BETWEEN YOUR UPPER
THIGH TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE YOUR WAIST.

12. CROSSOVER DRIBBLE
• THE USUAL DRIBBLE USED TO DEFLECT THE GUARDING PLAYER IS THE CROSSOVER DRIBBLE. IT IS
CHARACTERIZED BY ONE-HAND DRIBBLING WHILE PUSHING THE BALL IN FRONT. AFTER WHICH, THE OFFENSIVE
PLAYER WOULD HAVE TO EXPLODE RIGHT THROUGH THE OPPONENT. WHILE THIS IS GOOD FOR ACHIEVING
DISTANCE, IT IS ALSO PRONE FOR STEALS. TO PROTECT THE BALL, DRIBBLING MUST BE KEPT LOW AS THE BALL
PASSES FROM ONE HAND TO ANOTHER.

13. CROSSOVER DRIBBLE
• IF YOUR DEFENDER IS MAKING A STRONG ATTEMPT TO PREVENT YOU FROM GOING RIGHT OR LEFT, USING A
CROSSOVER DRIBBLE CAN BE EFFECTIVE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOUR DEFENDER IS TRYING TO PREVENT YOU FROM
GOING TO YOUR RIGHT, YOU WOULD PERFORM A CROSSOVER DRIBBLE TO YOUR LEFT. TO DO SO, FLICK THE BALL
ACROSS YOUR BODY FROM YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR LEFT HAND, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING YOUR
RIGHT FOOT ACROSS YOUR BODY TO YOUR LEFT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOUR BODY LOW; YOUR DRIBBLE
SHOULD BE NO HIGHER THAN YOUR KNEES. ACCELERATE PAST YOUR DEFENDER BY PUSHING OFF WITH YOUR LEFT
FOOT.

14. BETWEEN THE LEGS
• THE BETWEEN THE LEGS DRIBBLE IS USED TO GO PAST A
DEFENDER WHO IS OVERPLAYING YOU. IF YOU ARE GOING LEFT,
BEGIN WITH RAPID LOW DRIBBLES WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND.
TAKE A DEEP STEP FORWARD WITH YOUR LEFT FOOT AND
FLICK THE BALL THROUGH YOUR LEGS TO YOUR LEFT HAND.
KEEP YOUR BODY LOW AS YOU MOVE FORWARD TO YOUR LEFT.

15. BEHIND THE BACK
• IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS WHILE KEEPING A GOOD VIEW OF THE ENTIRE COURT, A BEHIND THE BACK
DRIBBLE CAN BE EFFECTIVE. IF YOU WANT TO MOVE TO YOUR LEFT, BEGIN DRIBBLING WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND. TO
EXECUTE THIS DRIBBLE YOU NEED TO PLACE YOUR HAND ON THE SIDE OF THE BALL. STEP FORWARD WITH YOUR
LEFT FOOT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY WRAPPING THE BALL BEHIND YOUR BACK, ACROSS THE BACK OF YOUR
THIGHS, AND FLICK THE BALL TOWARD YOUR LEFT HAND. BE SURE TO PLANT YOUR RIGHT FOOT BEFORE STEPPING
FORWARD WITH YOUR LEFT FOOT.

16. SHOOTING
•LAUNCHING THE BALL TOWARD THE BASKET IN AN
ARCING MOTION WITH THE PURPOSE OF IT GOING IN
AND SCORING POINTS.

17. TYPES OF SHOOTING
•LAY UP
•SLAM DUNK
•ALLEY OOP
•TWO-POINTS SHOT
•THREE-POINTS SHOT

18. LAYUPS
•THE MOST BASIC SHOT TYPE IN BASKETBALL. THE PLAYER
APPROACH THE BASKET AND LIGHTLY BOUNCE THE BALL OFF THE
BACKBOARD.
•WHEN PERFORMING A LAYUP, YOU CAN PICK EITHER THE LEFT OR
RIGHT SIDE.
•USUALLY USED IN FINISHING A SET/GAMEPLAY
•FINGER ROLL IS A KIND OF LAYUP THAT DOESN’T USE THE
BACKBOARD BECAUSE THE BALL ROLLS DIRECTLY INTO THE
BASKET.

19. DUNKS/ SLAM DUNKS
TYPE OF SHOT WHERE THE BALL-HANDLER LEAPS INTO THE AIR AND EMPHATICALLY
SLAMS THE BALL INTO THE NET.
• DURING THE ALL-STAR WEEKEND IN NBA THERE IS A DUNK CONTEST.
MICHAEL JORDAN DUNKING FROM THE FREE THROW LINE AND BLAKE GRIFFIN JUMPING
OVER A CAR TO DUNK.

20. ALLEY-OOP
• SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING PASSES IN THE
GAME OF BASKETBALL, AND ARE A GREAT WAY TO
EXERT ONE’S DOMINANCE OVER THEIR
OPPONENT. AN ALLEY OOP PASS CONSISTS OF
THROWING THE BALL UP TO A TEAMMATE NEAR
THE HOOP, WHO WILL TEN PROCEED TO DUNK OR
LAY UP THE BALL IN ORDER TO SCORE. THESE
PASSES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO EXECUTE,
AND ARE MOST COMMONLY SEEN IN
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL.

21. TWO AND THREE POINTS
•NBA: 23 FEET AND 9 INCHES
•NCAA: 20 FEET AND 9 INCHES
•HIGH SCHOOL: 19 FEET AND 9 INCHES

22. BLOCKING
•IT OCCURS WHEN THE OFFENSIVE PLAYER SHOOTS
AND THE DEFENDER SWATS THE BALL AWAY,
BLOCKING ITS TRAJECTORY TO THE BASKET AND
PREVENTING ANY POINTS FROM BEING SCORED.

23. STEALING
•WAY OF TAKING THE BALL AWAY FROM AN OPPOSING
PLAYER TO GAIN POSSESSION FOR YOUR OWN TEAM,
REQUIRES QUICK HANDS AND GREAT TIMING.
•A PLAYER CAN STEAL A PASS OUT OF MIDAIR OR
FROM THE OTHER TEAM WHILE SOMEONE IS
DRIBBLING.

24. OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE
REBOUND
•OBTAINING OR RETRIEVING THE BALL AFTER A
MISSED FIELD SHOT.
•REBOUND IS A TERM USED IN SPORTS TO DESCRIBE
THE BALL BECOMING AVAILABLE FOR POSSESSION
BY EITHER OPPONENT AFTER AN ATTEMPT TO PUT
THE BALL INTO THE GOAL HAS BEEN
UNSUCCESSFUL.

25. OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE
•THE BALL IS MOVED DOWN THE COURT TOWARD THE
BASKET BY PASSING OR DRIBBLING.
•THE TEAM WITH THE BALL IS CALLED THE OFFENSE.
THE TEAM WITHOUT THE BALL IS CALLED THE
DEFENSE.
•THE DEFENSE TRIES TO STEAL THE BALL, CONTEST
SHOTS, DEFLECT PASSES, AND GARNER REBOUNDS.

26. REFERENCES:
•BASKETBALL SKILLS, ACTIVITIES & SAFETY BY
INSTRUCTOR - JOHN HAMILTON
•WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF PASSING IN BASKETBALL? | WATTS BASKETBALL
•WHAT ARE THE 4 TYPES OF DRIBBLING IN BASKETBALL? –
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