00:00in this video I will show you several
00:01driving Concepts that are useful at
00:03every level of basketball and will help
00:05you become a better scorer once you
00:07understand and Implement them driving
00:09well comes down to winning two battles
00:11the first battle is the takeoff battle
00:13everyone has heard the phrase attack the
00:15hip the only problem with this is that
00:18if you attack the hip and your Defender
00:19slides then you will hit their chest
00:22which is what they want so make sure
00:23your angle isn't too tight your goal at
00:25the beginning of the drive is to hit the
00:27outside thirds of your Defender so that
00:29you can open their hips up and force
00:31them to run with you this is why
00:33attacking the Palms is better than
00:34attacking the hips if you attack their
00:36palm and they try to slide then you will
00:39ideally hit your shoulder to their hip
00:41which is what the attack the hip term is
00:43intended to mean if you attack the palm
00:45and they don't slide you've effectively
00:47opened your defender's hips and won the
00:50battle aler F you will also hear coaches
00:54emphasize the importance of getting
00:56outside of your defender's hips if you
00:58can attack your defender's Palms that
01:00will put you outside of their hips by
01:02definition so ideally you don't need to
01:04worry so much about getting outside of
01:06their frame but against Defenders who
01:08are quicker laterally it may be useful
01:10to know how to shift them to get their
01:12hips out of your way or to bound
01:13yourself to get outside of their hips
01:15when trying to get outside of a
01:17defender's frame lots of players will
01:19just use subtle lateral movements to
01:20inch out to the side a little bit and
01:22improve their angle before taking off
01:25this is where your perimeter moves come
01:37shifting your Defender out of the way
01:39can also be very useful because
01:41sometimes if you take a driving angle at
01:43your defender's Palms you will drive
01:45into help so by moving your Defender out
01:47of the way you can take a tighter angle
01:547% the price Irving penetration back to
01:58Thompson most of the time though your
02:00Defender won't play you straight up they
02:01will shade you to a side you can either
02:03go in the direction they want you to or
02:05attack the upper foot depending on which
02:07side has an open driving lane here's how
02:10you take advantage of each situation if
02:12you drive the way they want you to then
02:14it's important that you attack their
02:16bottom foot don't simply go in that
02:18direction this will leave room between
02:19you and the defender and give them a
02:21chance to make a play on the ball
02:23attacking the bottom foot forces the
02:25defender to take that foot away and let
02:27you in front which is what you want to
02:31seven got it let's say you attack the
02:33top foot make sure your drive isn't
02:35rounded on top foot attacks because this
02:37can give the defense more time to
02:55recover working on Kobe white on the
02:58attack sometimes you may need need to be
03:00physical and punch through their top
03:01shoulder this will force them to open
03:03their hips and give you an
03:06advantage great response from Minnesota
03:10Curry gets but also don't force the
03:12drive at the top foot because then it's
03:14easy for your Defender to stay in front
03:16if your Defender is too high on their
03:18top foot then you can fake a drive at
03:20the bottom foot then attack the upper
03:22foot if they fall for the fake Simons
03:25the crossover through the wickets into
03:35curry with bridges on him and gets by
03:40him it's also important to make sure you
03:43get your arm in front on the takeoff you
03:45can do this by swimming that arm over or
03:47simply putting your forearm in the
03:49defender's rib cage and keeping it there
03:51this lets you fight for position and
03:53keep your shoulder in front of your
03:57Defender love the physicality on defense
04:00as well momentum on their
04:08Albert remember this if you see chest
04:12right if you see chest what do you do so
04:15let's say if I attack and I see chest
04:17boom I counter yeah if I see shoulder I
04:20keep going before I get to that spot if
04:23I see shoulder I'm dipping if I see your
04:25chest before I get to that spot boom I'm
04:27countering you know what I mean if you
04:29see chest that means the defense cut you
04:31off and you should change directions or
04:33separate and shoot and if you see the
04:35bottom shoulder it means you can drive
04:37through it if you see the top shoulder I
04:39think it is up to you to feel out
04:41whether you should get in front or
04:42counter the quicker you can make this
04:44read the better changing directions too
04:46early is much better than changing
04:50late talk about a guy that gets hot
04:53quick new Frank vogle tells us Gil just
04:56Alexander got you B works on the
05:00super Works oner he had after you change
05:04directions you almost reset your takeoff
05:06and the goal is to punch through the
05:08outside third of your Defender now that
05:10you have decelerated and put them in a
05:12bad position a key here is that you need
05:14to get good at keeping your dribble out
05:16of change of Direction moves and then
05:17getting the next dribble forward as
05:19quickly as possible don't make the
05:21mistake of taking a soft angle after the
05:23change of Direction because that's how
05:24the defense wins Kyrie Irving inside
05:28let's assume you win the off battle now
05:30you move into the Battle of getting a
05:32strong driving angle that will allow you
05:33to get to the rim and not be forced away
05:36into a bad shot or finish especially at
05:38higher levels of basketball just blowing
05:41by your Defender and going to lay it up
05:42is often a better outcome for the
05:44defense usually it's best to get in
05:46front of your Defender and make them
05:48jump through your back to block the
05:49Finish unless you can dunk then it
05:51doesn't matter in this clip the white
05:54dude gets blocked because he leaves room
05:55for his Defender to jump and make a play
05:58but then later he figures out to get in
06:00front of his Defender and gets three
06:02layups in a row without being blocked
06:10tough it doesn't need to be a big change
06:12in your angle to get in front just a
06:14subtle Veer step is all you will need
06:16most times is too high because he's not
06:19Sho enough then we're closing this Gap
06:21as soon as possible and then I want you
06:23to go finish you got a little bit too
06:24much space between me and you close that
06:31two sometimes you won't be able to blow
06:34by completely these are situations where
06:36it's important to be able to stay on
06:38your line persistence is also a
06:40consistent intangible in most players
06:42who are good at getting to the rim you
06:44have to be able to fight through contact
06:45and persist to stay on your line or get
06:47through your Defender changing
06:49directions isn't always the right
06:50decision and having a feel for whether
06:52or not you can keep persisting and get
07:00one way to think of this second battle
07:02is that it's a race to the rim you have
07:04your line and your Defender has their
07:06line sometimes your Defender will start
07:08to win that race and your lines will
07:09cross which is fine this is where your
07:12hang finishes slow steps bump euros and
07:15other finishing counters come into play
07:17gets green throws it up and in he made
07:20hard look foolish there what
07:23a getting some exted the beginning of
07:26races along these tight angles is where
07:28many step backs and snatchback are used
07:31your Defender is in a position where
07:32they have fully committed to trying to
07:34win that race and if you put on the
07:36brakes they will probably be out of
07:45position match up with Davon on SGA
07:49little push off staying on your line is
07:51important to be able to do sometimes but
07:53most drives don't work that cleanly most
07:56successful drives start curved out wide
07:58or at a soft angle on the takeoff then
08:00end with the offense initiating contact
08:03or quickly sharpening their angle other
08:05times you may just initiate contact at
08:07the very end of the drive it's
08:09imperative that you fix your angle after
08:11a wide takeoff because if you don't you
08:13can get forced into a wide drive and a
08:15tough shot swing steps are a great move
08:17to improve your position physically
08:19without much risk of your Defender
08:21taking a charge there you go he too low
08:23yes sir go get he went away from the dou
08:27but the John caliper has at his disposal
08:29Off the Bench Dillingham that one
08:32will Edwards drives through FPS it up he
08:35finds fox fox back on the floor after
08:37two early fouls drops Curry off the
08:41bouns gets inside L is up got be on a
08:44couple switches here the opposite is
08:46also true sometimes rather than starting
08:49your angle wide and closing it you will
08:51start your angle tight and have to take
08:53a step out to continue the drive bones
08:56two to sh bones bones bones
09:01driving stops off you won't be able to
09:05think about stuff like this in the game
09:07which is why it's important to get a lot
09:08of live practice so you can work on
09:10these Tendencies on a live Defender and
09:12develop the feel you need if you want to
09:14learn some good change of speed tools
