How Do You Make A Perfect Layup In Basketball?
Learn to make a great layup to improve your basketball game. Depending on your height and/or leg span, you will have to find what distance is best for you to start your layup from. For this article, I will give a general distance and explain a right handed layup, so for the lefty layup just do everything with the opposite hand and foot. You should learn to do both sides equally well, as it will help with your game. For straight down the middle layups, use your stronger side or use the side that is furthest from your defender. From the 3 point arc, dribble up to about half way between the foul line and the basket. Dribble up at an angle going towards the basket from the right side of the basket. Your last dribble should go down as your left foot goes down when you are about half way between the basket and the foul line. When your last dribble comes back up to you, pick it up as your right foot now steps down. Now take a step with your left foot (while holding the ball) and jump off of i