How Do You Become A “Go-To” Basketball Player?
Becoming a better basketball player is all about developing your skills. With enough practice, any player can improve. But there is a big difference between a good player and a “go-to” player. In basketball, the saying goes, “if you can finish, you can play.” That applies to shots as well as games. A good player has the ability to play the game, but a “go-to” player takes over a game; making big shots at big moments, taking the ball to the rim, getting fouled, and finishing the shot and the free throw. To do that, you will have to be stronger than your opponent when it truly matters: in the 4th quarter when you’re both dead tired. Since you play like you practice and you practice like you play, you’ll have to practice tired if you want to be able to play tired. This drill will help you break through the first level of fatigue to get your body into game condition, then develop a fundamentally sound free throw stroke you can count on. Standing on the right block facing the backboard, thr
