Shooting Form
Feet, dip, elbow, release — built in sequence with the checkpoint that tells you to move on.
Learn the game in the right order
Basketball How is a skills site for players and coaches: each guide is a progression with checkpoints, not a highlight reel, written by a longtime high school coach.
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NBA Flagrant Foul 1 vs. 2: Rules and Ejections
Both award two free throws and possession. Flagrant 2 means unnecessary and excessive contact and causes immediate ejection.
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NBA Shot Clock Rules: Violations and Resets
The ball must leave the hand before zero, then hit the rim; a decision table maps deflections, rebounds and stoppages to unchanged, 14- or 24-second clocks.
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NBA Technical Foul Rules and Penalties
An ordinary technical gives the opponent one free throw, but prior possession is generally retained; special categories change the procedure.
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Zonal Defence: Basketball 2–3 Zone
Shows how all five defenders rotate on each pass to protect the high post, paint, baseline and weak side, with 2–3 assignments and teaching drills.
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How Far Is the High School 3-Point Line?
The reported distance is 19 feet 9 inches (6.02 meters); for competition markings, verify the governing association’s current court diagram.
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Ball-Handling
Two-ball routines and game-speed dribbling that transfer past the cones.
Footwork
Pivots, gathers, and the two-step timing that referees and defenders both respect.