Ethan Khoza shows how to create space for a mid-range shot by reading when a defender's momentum carries them toward the basket. Use punch drags, snatches, or step-backs to stop and shoot in that window. Practice these moves in game situations so they actually work.
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The first thing that's important to understand is momentum. If you can control your defender's momentum or the way that they move, you're going to be able to create a shot for yourself in the mid range. Specifically what this means is reading your defender when you drive downhill. Obviously, if they don't cut you off, you can get all the way to the basket. But if they do and they flip their hips, that's the perfect time to stop and get to a mid range pull up. And when I say flip the hips, basically what I mean is that defender crossing their leg over to turn into more of a sprint position. This is what a defender does when they've gotten beat and need to turn to recover. And because the momentum is now taking them towards the basket, if you stop, you're going to create space. This is also a prime situation for you to utilize different stops like punch drags or snatches or step backs, in order to additionally create space when that defender turns to recover. So if you find that the moves that you work on and practice don't translate to the games, it's probably because you don't use them in these situations when they would actually be effective.
