Basketball is a game of explosion. You explode by the person guarding you, you explode to the basket to finish, you explode up to grab a rebound, you explode as you slide to cut off the player you are guarding. Constant explosion. This is something that must be worked on through continuous drill work. There are many quickness and explosion drills that I will run through in the upcoming weeks that you can do to increase the explosiveness of your body. A lot of people think you have to have a million moves to go to in order to get to the basket or free of your defender. I disagree. Certianly, you must have a few go-to moves that you have mastered (or are in the process of mastering), that you can use without even thinking. However, I recommend that you also work on one of the simplest moves in the book, one that is not as flashy as going throught the legs or behind the back. Yet one that is more effective. The simple blow by.
Watch the MJ video (as you probably already have). When you’re in a triple threat position (where you can pass, shoot, or dribble), you are typically squared up to your man. Remember, as the offensive player, you ALWAYS have the advantage. Why? Because you know where you’re going before the defender does! That split second makes all the difference in the world. Watch what MJ does. He doesn’t make a move, the only thing he does is exlpode and blow by the defender to get to the hoop. I was with the High Point girls last night and ran through a drill to work on this. You can do it yourself as well. Get into triple threat anywhere around the 3 point line, face up your defender, and just put everything you’ve got into exploding yourself right to the basket. You will find that after you go through it a couple of times, you can go even harder, that you have an extra gear. Use that extra gear. I promise you, if the person who is guarding you has a girlfriend watching in the stands, he will have to apologize for embarrassing her in front of all those people!

Check out KG, as explosive as they come, physically (maybe not as much anymore, but once was) and emotionally (still got that locked down!!!!)

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