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Section GuidelinesAREASOFEMPHASISGUIDELINES FOR COACHES5. Effective Movement Includes TheUse and Placement Of Player’sHands• Better coaching of the use and positionof the hands (as well as feet) in all thatwe do.• Teach the use of hands in all that we doin the basketball game, withfundamentals and with skills. Teachwhy hands are important. “Targethands” in catching the ball whenrunning, leading or in the readyposition. “Hands as targets” always.This will result in better passing and lessturnovers.• Defensive hand position - “hands up ondefence”, ”hand close together tracethe ball”, “pistols positions” in off balldefensive positioning. Hands up torebound, “elbows out” to take up spaceand be ready for anticipation of arebound. “Hand in face” of shooterwhen defending the shot. Inside “dighand” versus all crossovers back to themiddle. “Hand in the passing lane” onball vs dribble pass threat and indenial. Emphasise the use of hands inall we do. However make sure it is outof stance or in stance. The result will bebetter defensive players.• Offensive hands - use “slash arm” or“swim stroke” when cutting or goingbody to body in a game. With an“arm bar” we will get better offensiveplayers. “Open the window” whenposting. “Ball quick” with ball instance.• Being “ball quick” when moving theball in triple threat stance combinedwith stepping and pivoting againstpressure defence, rather than justdribbling the ball into a bad situation.Shooting or triple threat “pocket topocket”, “left to right then right to left”.6. More Effective Dribble TechniqueWill Underpin Tactical Use OfDribbling• For dribbling, coach better posture andform when speed dribbling and in thecontrol dribble. Coach the controldribble, retreat and advance controldribble, from the “ready” stanceposition.• This will result in better ball protectionagainst pressure and better position tocounter and make “passes out of deadball” situations, with less poor decisionmaking caused by panic or timing aftera misuse of a dribble.• Dribbling for penetration must take theball into a better situation to score, nota worse one. Currently we arefrequently misusing the dribble in theBritish game. Space and advantageneed to be created through offense.The use of the dribble must createadvantage.• Better use of the dribble as analternative to passing but minimising themisuse of the dribble in team offence.19