TIPS TO BE BETTER BIG MEN

Are you big and tall? Like Shaq or Yao Ming? In baskeball, if you are big men, you may have a big role too. It's a gift for you! I remember my coach said to my teammate; "you can train hard to improve your skill in some time, but you can not gain your height suddenly to 6 feet 8 inches or 7 feet in that time." So, you should be proud about it and try to make use of this benefit. Here are some tips for big men can try to do in the offensive plays, big men' offensive tips :

Be a Good Passer
Great post players can pass off the dribble. By this I mean once they have put the ball on the floor during a post move, they have the skills to immediately pick up the ball, center it and pass it back out to an open perimeter player, teammate cutting freely toward the basket, or with ease back to the person who entered the post pass. I have teammate that is excellent post player who could score, but once the ball was on the floor, it was 'Jo' with no chance of a return pass. This skilled post player is relatively easy to defend. Just force the dribble, trap the dribble and look for the loose ball. So, you should be like Larry Bird, Vlade Divac, or Magic Johnson. Magic stand 6 foot 8, but he has an incredible magic' pass. In recent day, too many big men can do pass well, you got some NBA players like Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Yao Ming, Kevin Garnett, and some.

Be More Active
Great post player stay active to force their defender to respect and defend each position on the court as a possible scoring threat position following each pass whether they are at the strong side low post, weak side, or high post.

Be Durable
Great post players can finish in traffic with at least two different go-to moves against virtually any type of defender. Tall or small, big or quick, this player simply has automated their scoring skills to the point they "know" they can score when given the ball at a "moment of opportunity".

Communicate
Great post players keep their hands up when they are moving to a position and "moment of opportunity". The greatest problem for the average post player is their hands are down as they are moving to receive a ball. This occurs in transition, off the secondary break, and in set offense. Hands up as you move is a signal to any teammate "I am ready, willing and able to score." Hands down, says look some other time. What signal do you give?

Develop an outside shot
Great post players can step outside and knock down the 15-18 foot jumper with ease. The best can even step behind the 3 point line and make defenses pay that try to double team a low post teammate with a second post defender. Like Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki, they do this all of their games.

Finish Strong
Great post players can finish in traffic with at least two different go-to moves against virtually any type of defender. Tall or small, big or quick, this player simply has automated their scoring skills to the point they "know" they can score when given the ball at a "moment of opportunity".

Improve Free Throws Percentage
Great post players can make their free throws because they know they will be fouled and most likely to go to the foul line over the course of a season more than any other player or position. Post players who can make 80% of their foul shots are less likely to be strategically fouled in the post, and more likely to be more honestly defended to keep them off the foul line. This makes them more difficult to defend in the normal 1 on 1 low post confrontation. So little of big men can make a good free throw, but i know most of Asian' big men can do this well.

Everyone is a guard
Young players should always practice "guard skills", even if they are tall for their age. Some people grow early and may be big compared to their peers, but in a few years those peers may pass you up. A 12 year old "big man" may need to be someone´s point guard 4 or 5 years later.

So, there are a little bit that i know about big men' offensive. Hope its can helpful, best regard.