r/BasketballTips Feb 04 '20

Regarding program trade/sale/give-away posts

93 Upvotes

Hello guys,

Recently there has been an increase in posts offering to trade, give-away, or sell various programs, vert increase being the most common.

Announcing that these threads are not welcome and will be removed (as it has been lately), and spam will result in suspension from this sub.

The reasons behind it:

  1. This is a place to share tips regarding basketball and not a trading platform.

  2. Security: be aware, as you are giving away your e-mail or other personal information to the person you don't know.

  3. Security again: there have been dodgy threads with dodgy links removed. I'm sure some of the people are genuine, but with this trend came scams.

  4. Spam. I noticed there is a number of people and if you check their profiles - the threads have been spammed all over Reddit and multiple times - refer to points #2 and #3.

  5. Finally, all these programs are available online with a little bit of Googling, if you decide that paying to the creator is not an option. It is not some rare commodity. You don't have to give up your information.

I hope this is clear and welcome by the users of this sub-reddit. Keep on sharing your tips, original content, asking questions and looking for help. There are a lot of amazing people here.


r/BasketballTips 1h ago

Form Check Opinions on jumper

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Upvotes

I feel my release is lower than it should be and I apologize for the bad angle but give me your options on what you can see please and thank you! 😊


r/BasketballTips 3h ago

Dribbling How do I dribble without looking down?

8 Upvotes

I've (26M) been playing for about 3 years, never played in school or anything, just worked on my game by myself. In terms of shooting, I feel like I have made objective corrections such as putting the hand in the basket, releasing high, finding balance, and sequencing (thanks Mike Dunn) with very noticeable results.

However, for dribbling I don't really know what to do besides just dribbling a bunch. I've never really been able to get fully comfortable dribbling without looking down and because of this I rarely take that many dribbles and resort to shooting/straight line drives in pick up games.

I wanted to know if anyone had any tips or things that make dribbling click so that you're looking down much less and dribbling is more second nature. Some guy at the court said to just practice dribbling with your eyes closed lol.

tl;dr Does anyone have any mechanical tips, similar to shooting form adjustments, for dribbling to make you look down less?


r/BasketballTips 17h ago

Shooting real shooting numbers from my shootaround, what causes this?

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57 Upvotes

i was feeling good, usually i am like a 50% 3pt shooter and I was doing a variation of around the world. I started on the left, kept hitting and suddenly I just missed 28 shots in a row? is it a mental thing, or overthinking form when confidence goes down or are spots actually that big of a deal?


r/BasketballTips 4h ago

Vertical Jump Vert exercise

3 Upvotes

What are the vert exercises that helped you see improvement quickly ? And the ones that made noticeable difference for you ?


r/BasketballTips 5m ago

Form Check Does my jump shot look bad?

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Ive only had this jump shot for a few months, after transitioning from a behind the back catapult one. I'm pretty good at middies (89%) but I just wanna see if y'all think my jumper looks good or not.


r/BasketballTips 15h ago

Form Check 2 questions, is this a good finishing move in the first vid, and hows my form looking in the second vid.

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15 Upvotes

In the finishing move i was trying to like show the ball similar to a finger roll then bring it up for a floater.


r/BasketballTips 9h ago

Shooting Is is okay to have 2 different shot forms for different spots on the floor?

4 Upvotes

17M, 6'5 Going into senior year. I noticed that I shoot my mid range shots differently than my 3PT shots. ive gotten very consistent at both (like all state level).

my mid range shots i shoot like larry bird and/or jokic. my 3pt shots are kind of a Klay and Luka combo. I guess the reason I shoot my mid ranges like that is for the higher release point so its harder for defenders to get to. is this ok? or should I just practice one or the other?


r/BasketballTips 6h ago

Shooting Post workout shooting drill

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1 Upvotes

This was after a game and a 3 ish hour workout where I got up around 1500 shots so my form is a lot slower than usual. I try to get around 30 total makes in this drill and when I’m on I push for 50+.


r/BasketballTips 20h ago

Help How do I keep my confidence against a strong defender?

8 Upvotes

Hello,

I play in a German lower division and me and my team got promoted recently and were training hard this summer to prepare for the challenges that come with the step into the next division.

I feel like personally I have developed a lot during this offseason. I have a lot of new moves in my bag and generally do better at scoring against most opponents.

However there is one player on my team (already played higher leaves before; even higher than the one we just got promoted to) and he plays the same position as me. Because of this in most practices he is guarding me and I cannot score against him. Even if I beat him with a move he can recover 90% of the time and I get blocked a lot.

Now to my problem: this is killing my confidence. I notice how I get more and more scared to even try to score because it feels like an impossible task to attack the basket against him.

While I know I should keep trying to eventually figure out a way to score against this type of defender, I am scared to loose my confidence and hurt my decision making ability.

Do you guys have any tips on how to deal with this type of situation?


r/BasketballTips 13h ago

Dribbling I Ordered Pistol Pete Homework Basketball

2 Upvotes

For my daughter, used on eBay. The set of 4.

Why in 2026 will they only sell this on DVD? How many of us even have a DVD player anymore? I wasnt willing to spend full price new for that very reason, who knows when my DVD player will kick the bucket? Plus I would want to watch it on a tablet or phone at the court, not on the TV in the living room.

Anyways, still excited to get this rolling. But come on guys its 2026.


r/BasketballTips 1d ago

Tip You Dont Need to Travel for Basketball If Your Not Ready Yet.

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141 Upvotes

Feels like very simple advice but I don’t know why I see this so often.

At my practice we have people who cant even go 5/10 from the free-throw line or consistently make wide open threes yet they are skipping practice to travel all the way to Texas or wherever knowing damn well they probably aren’t going to get any playing time.

This used to be me an year go. Eventually I realized it was not worth it I stayed home focused on practicing and now Im actually getting pretty good playing time.

But I still see people on my team doing the same thing.

If your not good enough yet stay where you are and improve. Beat the competition in front of you before you start looking for bigger competition somewhere else.


r/BasketballTips 11h ago

Defense Do you think this is an offensive foul?

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1 Upvotes

West Hollywood League Championship game


r/BasketballTips 4h ago

Vertical Jump was this me or the lob

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0 Upvotes

my bounce went up about 2 inches, can now hang on the rim with one hand with ease. how close am i and what should i fix about my technique (this is like 75% bounce)


r/BasketballTips 1d ago

Tip What I see when someone posts „how is my shooting form“ and the clip is him chucking threes.

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85 Upvotes

Guys! You need to learn how to read before you can start thinking about how cool you look with a book.

If you are working on your form, why in the world are you taking threes?!

You need a somewhat stable and replicable midrange (jump)shot to train form so people can really give feedback on your shot mechanics. After having a reliable shot THEN you extend into fakes, jab steps, shooting threes, step backs etc.


r/BasketballTips 14h ago

Help Can someone help me find a way to play for a basketball team

0 Upvotes

So im a junior in highschool ive moved here to usa last week ive started playing basketball almost 2 years ago and i aint the best but i wanna play for a team does anyone know where i can find one where i can actually make the team and i have a chance i also live in new jersey if that helps


r/BasketballTips 17h ago

Shooting Is my shooting form all right?

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0 Upvotes

What can i improve?


r/BasketballTips 19h ago

Shooting 3 Pointers shooting tutorial.

0 Upvotes

In this video, I taught how to shoot 3's.

https://youtu.be/gR0vQB6bh6k


r/BasketballTips 1d ago

Form Check Help me with my form! Sorry for the bad angle

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7 Upvotes

I'm looking to improve my shot, so looking for any advice. I apologize for the poor angle, next time will be better!


r/BasketballTips 1d ago

Vertical Jump What height should everyone be able to dunk?

2 Upvotes

r/BasketballTips 1d ago

Form Check Rate my ingame shooting. I also want to extend my range, any tips?

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14 Upvotes

Rate my ingame shooting. I am number 33 wearing a dark with blue accent jersey "Miko"

I also want to extend my range, any tips?

I can only play ball 2x every weekend. Drill suggestions would be appreciated


r/BasketballTips 1d ago

Help Let’s talk strength training.

5 Upvotes

Specifically, rep range.

For a basketball athlete, what would be more beneficial?

Lifting Heavy weights in the 3 to 6 rep range?

Or

Lighter weights in the 12 to 15 rep range?

I’ve looked up tons of workouts, but very little information is given on how many reps you should be doing.


r/BasketballTips 1d ago

Shooting Mike Dunn Personal Training

8 Upvotes

Hey guys, has anyone here done the personal 1 on 1 in person training with Mike dunn? I know he posts great stuff and I’ve used some of the advice he’s mentioned, but was wondering if anyone has any experience with the in person training.


r/BasketballTips 1d ago

Shooting How’s my shooting form? I’m 37 years old.

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7 Upvotes

r/BasketballTips 2d ago

Form Check Hows the form looking

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27 Upvotes