Page 22 - Sports Energy News, Cornwall, Issue No 151

22 Issue #151 August 2025
Postseason
By Trevor Steynor
Passing
nother big fundamental in
Abasketball is passing. When
basketball started in a gym in
Springfield, Massachusetts,
you weren’t allowed to dribble;
it was all passing to score in a
peach basket. Just as dribbling,
shooting, and playing defense,
passing is very important. With
any fundamentals we start with
short passes, stationary, and
then on the move.
The importance of passing is
how to hold the ball. With the
ball on our finger tips. The same
finger tips we use to shoot the
ball. To have good passes we
use finger tips, wrists, forearms,
and elbows. The two hand pass
is the most important pass in the
game. It is used more than any
other pass in basketball. It’s the
best pass when you use a fake.
It is a very fast pass. You can
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catch and pass in one motion. hand like the pros, I couldn’t to incorporate passing in your
This basic pass will be used for pass it with one hand. It’s true shooting. More games like drills
all styles and systems you use. because a one-handed pass can’t help develop confidence in your
The styles of passes are as be taken back. It’s gone and it game.
follows: Chest pass goes chest could lead to a turnover. In each On a final note, with your
high to chest high. Bounce pass one of my practices, we work passing please make sure to
which is used to avoid the defence on passing. Even if we play step to your target as you pass.
and the best pass to send to the 1on1 or break down drills, it The pass will be harder and
post under the basket. Baseball all starts with a pass. We even quicker. But also, the receiver
pass (old school term), today work on drills with bad passing. should step to the ball. So that
we use the term push pass. Two Honestly, in games passes aren’t the defence has a harder time
hand over the head pass to avoid always perfect and players need trying to steal it. Keep pushing
defence, traps, and pressure. to adjust to the pass. At the yourself in your game and get
These are the most commonly academy we use pairs shooting better.
used passes in the game. As the
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