User:Bballtoad

Basketball is an amazingly fun game, it is also easy to learn. If you have a basketball and a net you can play. Some people have a natural talent and you will be able to tell from the start if you do. Start out with simple dribbling with your right hand or left depending on which is dominant. Then try you "weak" hand, your weak hand is often difficult to work with but it will be easy if you start from the beginning. After practicing with both hands try to alternate, bouncing the ball at an angle so that it proceeds to your other hand without difficulty. Once you have dribbling started you can move on to shooting. The main difficulty is not aim but strength, and gaging the distance from the basket with the amount of power and spin to put on the ball. Basically though formation is all that matters. Put your right hand behind the ball and your left on the left side, or vice versa if you are left handed, rest the ball on the palm of your dominant hand and simply place your other hand on the side with no pressure applied. Your power will come from your dominant hand and aim from your non-dominant hand. Push the ball up and forward so that it forms an arching pattern through the air. You should have you dominant hand extended up and in front of you with your fingers pointing down like you are reaching into the net, this is called your follow through, it ensures that the ball follows the path you set it on. If you elevate from the ground it is called a jump shot, the higher you get off the ground the less likely it will be blocked.