The Ultimate Finishing Workout - STOP GETTING BLOCKED

Everybody hates getting their shot blocked. But you know what's even worse than getting your shot blocked is missing the layup. The reason that this is is because when you miss a layup, usually it's going to give the defense an opportunity to get an easy, fast break opportunity because they're going to be at an advantage. Ultimately, we want to find a way to both avoid getting our shot blocked and also finish more layups. This workout is going to do just that. During this workout, we're going to go through a few finishing moves that you can go to that are going to allow you to avoid getting blocked or while also being able to finish more efficiently and at a higher rate in the paint. And it's also going to give you a much bigger arsenal of finishes you can go to so that regardless of the situations you find yourself in in a game, you'll be able to finish and get points. Let's get into it. The first type of finish we're going to work on is the veer finish. And this is an essential finish for you to have, especially if you're a guard. What this finish does is it essentially allows us to neutralize the shot blocker by using our body to step into them and force them to have to either foul you or to not be able to contest the ball at all. And how you do this is you're going to take this step with your outside foot that's going to propel you into your defender so that out. So when you hit that inside step, that's then going to propel you back to the outside. Okay. So you can see right here, I'm going to take that step with my outside foot, which is going to push me towards the middle, towards my defender. Then when I hit that inside foot, I'm pushing myself back out, extending wide for the finish. This is all about creating contact. So really imagine that you have a defender that you're stepping into. Something you also see from this front angle is that you want to make sure that you don't expose the basketball when you take that step. You want to make sure that you keep that basketball on your outside hip as best as you can so that the defender can't get his hands in there and try and strip the ball from you. Now we're going to move on to our two pound between reverse veer finishes. So very similar to the first drill that we did, except this time we're going to hit a reverse layup out of this veer finish. So you guys really want to make sure you pay Attention to the footwork right here. And again, take that step. Truly create that contact with your defender. Go up for the finish. So now we're going to get into our up and under, layup seat series. First we're going to go off two feet. So as you can see right here, I'm going to go with my outside foot, then my inside foot, then I'm going to show the ball high in the air and I'm going to reach around, under and finish on the opposite side of the basket. So when I'm on the right side, I'm going to step right, left, go up, show that ball on the right side, finish on the left. When I'm on the left side, I'm going to switch it. So I'm going to go left, right step. Show the ball with my left hand on the left side, finish on the other side with the right. Now we're going to get into the single leg variation of these up and unders. So what you're going to do now is you're going to start on the wing, you're going to self toss the ball to yourself and attack the basket downhill. So when we're going from the left side, you're going to go off your right leg, show the ball with your left and finish on the opposite side with your right hand. And it'll be the exact same way. Attack from the right wing, up off that left foot, show the ball with your right hand, bring it down and under, finishing with that left on the left side. A more advanced part of fin finishing is being able to place the ball high off the backboard so that no potential chase down block can happen. This is a skill that once you're able to develop it, you're gonna be able to use this and you're really gonna be able to control how that ball comes off the backboard. And it's gonna give you a lot more freedom around the rim when it comes to finishing at different angles. So what we're gonna do here, we're gonna go with that two pound between the legs into a one dribble. And then we're gonna go off our inside foot, outside hands high off the backboard. Really working on that touch and be creative, work on placing the, on getting up to it, going game speed. A lot of people only think about three ranges of scoring. Finishing inside in the mid range and three pointers, but there's actually four when you consider the floater sort of that in between shot, between that close up at the rim and that mid range shot. Being able to hit that floater is going to allow you to be much more versatile around the rim. We're going to work on doing this off of both one foot and off of two feet. We're going to start off with one foot though. You're going to start out on the wing, you're going to self toss the ball to yourself, then you're going to go immediately into a float dribble towards the outside, and then you're going to be creative going into whatever sort of dribble combo you want to do into an attack downhill. So I want you guys to switch up between attacking towards the baseline and attacking towards the middle. And for these drills for these floaters you can work on just using your right hand or your left hand, whatever your dominant hand is, and, and if you want to switch it up and use your offhand too to work on that additionally, that's fine. But we really want to make sure we can get to a point where that right handed or that strong handed floater is very, very consistent. We can go to it anytime. Now we're going to get into our two footed floaters. So the only difference with this one now is that you're going off of two feet coming into this little jump stop right here. This is going to allow us to get a little bit more control. Make sure you guys go into that float again and be creative with your moves and make sure the whole time you guys are playing this at game speed. Now we're going to get into our Euro step finishes which are going to allow us to step around our defender and really use our length to our advantage. So the first variation of the Euro step we're going to go with is the inside foot, outside foot finish. And what you're going to do is you're going to start self, toss the ball to yourself, go into that float towards the outside again, go into whatever sort of creative dribble combo you want, but make sure that you attack towards the middle of the paint. Then what you're going to do once you get downhill, you're going to take a step with your right foot, then your left foot, finishing with your left hand on the left side. And when you're on the opposite side, it's going to be the opposite of that. So you'll see that in the video demonstration. The second variation of the Euro step finish is going to be the outside foot, inside foot Euro step finish. For this one we're going to go with that self toss into that float. Then you're going to Go with whatever dribble combo you want. Then you're going to go make sure you attack towards the baseline, towards the outside. Then you're going to take that outside step, inside step for that finish. Now we're going to be getting into our two foot finishing series. So this is going to help us work on our ability to come to a strong stop under the basket and be able to go either straight up into that two foot finish or add a shot fake into that. And also be able to hit that from a bunch of different angles so that you can finish under any situation under the basket. What you're going to do is you're going to start in the middle of the free throw line, you're going to take a float dribble to the elbow, Then you're going to take one more dribble downhill, you're going to step outside foot, inside foot, and then you're going to go off to the layup. The second variation is you're going to go do the same exact thing, float to the elbow, go downhill, and then you're going to go outside foot, inside foot, shot fake, making sure you really show that basketball, get the defender to jump, then you're going to go up with that shot after that. So for these next three variations, you're going to start in the corner and the footwork is going to be a little bit different. Instead of going with a one, two step here we're going to go with a jump stop so that we can use either foot as their pivot foot. So for the first variation, you're going to self toss the ball to yourself. Then you're going to attack downhill and you're going to go into a jump stop right up into that layup. For the second variation, you do the same thing, except this time you're going to come to that jump stop, show the basketball, get that defender to jump, then you're going to go up for the layup, and for the last variation you're going to attack, come to that jump stop, show the basketball and that shot fake. Then you're going to step with your bottom foot through the other side. So if I'm coming from the right side, I'm going to step with my right foot to the other side of the basket and finish that with that reverse layup. And if I'm on the left side, I'm going to show the ball, then I'm going to step with my left foot, finish with my left hand on the other side of the basket. If you guys like this video. I want you to go to the top link in my description right now and click it. 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