This Will TRANSFORM The Way You Change Speeds

the purpose of changing speeds is not to look good the purpose of changing speeds is to get to where you want to be on the floor forget about being smooth when you change speeds smooth equals predictable you should be sharp and unpredictable when you change speeds if you aspire to be a truly Elite basketball player you need to master speed changes and this video is going to show you seven change of speed tools you can use to do that the first type of speed change is the most fundamental but also the most important type of

speed change to to master you need to be really good at starting and stopping when it comes to guard play in particular I believe there is a strong correlation between how well a player can start and stop and how good a player is at attacking spots on the floor step backp I recommend mastering a handful of stopping moves then mastering the ability to re accelerate out of those moves step back another starting and stopping trick players will use is stopping after the very beginning of their acceleration this is a great way to put the defense

on their heels got five points we'll try Hower as well you don't need to stop for long though which brings us into our second speed change tool micro stops whenever you briefly tap the brakes your Defender must react and here's where you gain your advantage most people have a reaction time of around. 25 seconds so by stopping for .25 seconds your Defender likely won't react until you're taking off again in simple terms use m micro stops to freeze your defender on drives some common moves that are used for micro stops are heavy steps and fake

step [Music] [Applause] [Music] backs microps can also give you a window of time to make reads on your Defender as you can see here others around him are healthy so there's not all that [Music] [Applause] now that you've learned how to fake a stop let's look into how to fake a start Twitches are a common tool players will use to fake the drive the key to an effective twitch lies in the details transition from slow to fast while dropping lower and shifting your body weight forward as if you're about to take off as you move

your body weight forward throw your opposite hand forward in syn practice these twitches and make sure your posture looks as if you're going to drive by making the change of speeds into the Flinch as violent as possible you are making it more difficult for the defender not to [Music] react player so that's always going to be a as you've probably noticed each of these tools are related to each other so make sure you stay around for number seven because it will show you exactly how you can tie all of these tools together the next change

of speed tool that you need to master is pausing or freezing in the middle of a move on the perimeter this is different from a micr stop because rather than stopping on a drive you are simply freezing the flow of your dribble and movement by implementing these pauses you are enhancing your unpredictability and making it more difficult for your Defender to anticipate and cut you off when you do take [Music] off shoot for Walker he can relay back and say that shot was not taken in time it was really close some common moves that are

used to pause are hang dribbles and shot fake hesis basket time to shoot Spencer a floater once more pausing right before taking off works really well because it relaxes your Defender with you right before you [Music] attack this next one may seem too easy and obvious but it's one of the most commonly used methods of changing speed so I had to include it believe it or not the ability to Simply move from a relaxed state to a Drive downhill translates extremely well through every level of basketball raises of forar usually this is done by looking

completely out of Attack Mode then going into a push cross [Music] downhill going from being relaxed into a quick move will also amplify the fake so try using this tool before an In-N-Out or crossover he's the only player in double figures he fires up [Music] [Applause] another can take over a game 22 and 20 first two games of the Season another great way to be unpredictable is by delaying your movements this can add a whole new layer of unpredictability to your game when going against Defenders who are really good at reading ball handling patterns usually

players go from slow to fast with their dribble but by going from slow to fast after your dribble you can throw off the timing of your [Music] Defender the delayed between the legs is a great example of a move that uses this principle you can also bring the pause tool into this by really freezing before you take off after that dribble that might be now so every single player is different however you don't need to be driving in order to delay your movements anytime you disconnect your movements from your dribble it will make you less

predictable they really need this guy to [Music] [Applause] [Music] get the final tool that you need to know to change speeds at an elite level is the fast slowo method all of the previous tools can be used while executing this principle the fast slow go method is exactly what it sounds like you set up with a fast movement then you slow down and relax for a split second before taking off in the [Applause] [Music] the effectiveness of the fast slowo method lies in the defender need to tense up during the initial quick movement creating the

perfect opportunity for you to exploit their momentary relaxation and take off like I mentioned before this tool can be executed using any of the methods previously mentioned in this video whether you use stops and starts micro stops Twitches pauses delayed moves or drives from relaxed positions an understand in of the fast slow go method can elevate your speed changes to an elite level starting to get to their feet trying to get their team going sha Jones with a Johnson in love with Boswell and Pao for Arizona if you want to see what Damen Lillard does

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