3 Effective Basketball Tips For Post Players

Are you the next Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, or Tim Duncan?

The post-game is one of the most effective ways to score in the game of basketball, and if you want to be a better post player, you might want to take advantage of the following tips.

Seal Your Defender And Call For The Ball

In most cases, guards are very reluctant to pass the ball to the post players. Why? Because some post players are clumsy, weak, or just not physical enough to handle the ball in the post.

You need to separate yourself from the rest. You must be assertive and demand the ball.

Post up your defender like you mean it, seal your defender, and call for the ball verbally or by putting your hand up (signaling the guards to feed you the ball). You can only develop the confidence to that by practicing in the post and developing a sense of comfort down in the low post.

Get Physical With Your Defender

Initiate the contact with your defender and let your defender know that you mean business in the paint. In other words, you need to go hard in the paint. No soft business allowed.

If you don’t initiate the contact, your defender will assume you’re soft and they will get the upper hand on you mentally and physically. If you’re not a physical person, you better learn to be physical because the playing in the post is arguably the most physical position in the game of basketball.

Don’t get too physical because it can lead to offensive fouls. The last thing you want is to rack up fouls from unnecessary contact, understand the difference between being physical and being reckless.

Develop Your Go-To-Moves

Do you know what to do when you get the ball in the post? If the guards give you the ball in the post and you don’t know what to do with it, don’t expect them to pass you the ball a second time.

Develop go-to-moves in the post such as the jump hook, drop step, spin move, and the turnaround jumper. These moves are to be mastered on your own time. Don’t try a dream shake in the middle of the game, if you’ve never practiced it before. Master your moves in practice so you can play with confidence in your organized basketball games.

Put It All Together

If you can internalize the importance of posting up strong, calling for the ball, being physical, and developing a variety of post moves, you will be that much closer to becoming the next great post player.

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