Talk:Basketball moves
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- Jab steps and pump fake are important techniques. Whoever edited the previous entries deleted them without explanation. To all viewers, please do not delete somethings because you don't know what it is.
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- I found the edits that removed the Jab step and Pump fake, as well as a wealth of other removed content: Layups, Triple Threat position and related moves, and Post up and related moves. I have incorporated this content back into the page. Please do not remove this information without discussing it here on the talk page. However, if you think that you can organize the information better, please do so. - cgilbert(talk|contribs) 07:31, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
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- I edited a few sections to improve their readability. I don't think I removed anything important, but feel free to go over my edits and see if I did anything wrong. 72.200.136.66 18:52, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- For the two person game, perhaps we should just make a seperate page for basketball play. Pick and roll, give and go are plays. Wikipedia has a page for football tactics, I don't see why basketball cannot have one.
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- I am also in favor of a basketball strategy and/or tactics page. I'm not very familiar with offensive strategy, but a defensive strategy section could include some of the zone defenses (many of which are not explained well or at all), double-teaming, and matching up player sizes. For offensive tactics, such as the ones above, pick and roll, and give and go, we could add the weave, and maybe some of the post-up and triple-threat techniques there. - cgilbert(talk|contribs) 11:29, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] move definition formatting
It weirds me out that each mode is defined in the following format:
Jump is when the player compresses and then expands their legs in order to get off the ground.
It looks like the writing of someone who doesn't quite understand english. I haven't changed any from this format, for fear of stepping on toes, but I think they would look better if they started with the word "A". Anyone else with me?
I think moves are examples or variations of a skill. In general skills are broader than moves. For example, Dribbling, passing are example of skills (basic of the basics). But behind the back pass, finger roll, between the leg crossover are moves. The basketball player has good basketball skills to enable him to pull off good moves, agree? Thus, passes are not moves. They are basketball skills.
But I understand it is hard to draw the line between moves and skills. Any inputs?
[edit] Bounce pass, overhead pass, baseball pass
This material was removed once, but I replaced it. Even though these moves might be basic, they still provide some valuable information to those not as familiar with the game. If anyone wishes to remove this information, please discuss it here before doing so. - cgilbert(talk|contribs) 11:22, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Famous crossovers
The list of people famous for their crossovers is too long. I've never said 'Oh yeah, Steve Nash, he's the guy with the nasty crossover'. You could leave it at Hardaway and Iverson and make the point. These kind of sections get overkill sometimes. If you google "Ben Gordon crossover", you get 5 results, 3 of which are the same video.
[edit] Elbow pass
It's only been done one time in the NBA, and that was in an All star game. Does it need a paragraph longer than that on the hesitation dribble?
