my top 4 NBA transition moves. Alright so with all transition moves what we are trying

to do is freeze the defender or get to the basket right, so the moves we are going to

teach you today aren't super fancy instead they are going to be moves that will be really

really effective. The first one I really love is the hesitation so in transition as you

have your speed coming down hill. The whole key is that you want to start by keeping your

defender back peddling right and so the key is I want to keep my speed up moving downhill

towards the defender. You can think about it like a running back in football the faster

you move downhill the harder it will be to tackle right so keep your speed moving downhill

and with the hesitation the idea just we are freezing our speed for a second you can chop

your feet the key here is raising your shoulder. If I'm attacking downhill I want to sell the

hesitation by raising m shoulders up if I raise my shoulders up its probably going to

make him think that I'm going to shoot especially if I'm a good shooter so what that allows

me to do is raise boom and then explode by your defender the whole key to the hesitation

here it to keep your back leg loaded if I come to my hesitation and I lock my legs out

when I raise my shoulders this doesn't make me very explosive I have to get low. So instead

when I hesitate and raise I'm going to keep my back leg loaded and ready to spring back

here that way as soon as I'm ready boom I'm already loaded and ready to explode my hips

by his, again once you do that just get in the paint and finish or pull up for a jumper

or whatever it is that the defense gives you. The next transition move that I love is the

in and out dribble there is two variations of this move and it's really up to you which

one you would like to use. Again it all starts the same moving downhill towards the defense.

The idea is that we are trying to shift him out of the way. So we can keep attacking with

the same hand. With the in and out I like to pretend like there is a center line in

my body right here and I'm breaking that center line of my body with the ball. So the first

variation of the in and out that I like is when you are coming your going to plant. and

then roll the ball over the top right, its a natural reaction for the defender to move

so then all I have to do is explode my hips past his towards the open gap right, super

easy again hand on top of the ball. If I pick it underneath they will call me for a carry.

So I want to keep a bounce hand on top then I can explode by so thats variation number

1 probably my favorite. Variation number 2 is adding a bounce into it so instead of rolling

over the top you can pop pop adding two bounces to it right, this is a bit better if you are

moving a little bit slower and don't have enough time to control, but it's essentially

the exact same thing I'm pop he shifts pop back around right one of my favorite things

about the bounce though is that I can do this come back hit pull backs I have a bunch of

different options off of this move. Again key here just make sure that whatever way

you are going your breaking the center line of your body getting them to shift and open

up that lane. Alright so the push cross is a great one that lots of fast guards use guys

like John Wall, Russell Westbrook and it's the idea that you are crossing the ball over

but keeping your speed up the entire time. So instead of like a really low crossover

like the Allen Iverson crossover where you get really low with your ball down by the

ankles the push crossover instead we are pointing our shoulder one direction planting and on

a high dribble pushing the ball the opposite direction. Now this one can be a little bit

dangerous simply because if you have a defender really close because if he has his hand out

playing D and I push across its really easy for him to get to it. The key to the push

crossover is to execute the move a little earlier. I'm going to pull it right here and

you have to be able to read it a little bit early now if I go here boom I can push out

and he can't get to it. Again the key here is keeping your hand on top of the ball. Instead

hand on top of the ball push forward and out then attack the hoop this way we keep our

speed up going down hill the entire time. Alright so next we have the stab crossover

super simple so it all starts when you come up and your going to give a little bait crossover

in front just right switching hands so this isn't to beat him necessarily this is just

the set up so your going to crossover then you are going to stab with your opposite foot

right generally if I stab they are going to move in that direction to slide so you notice

as the d is playing me as I cross then stab, BOOM, he goes that way and opens a little

lane giving me a straight line towards the hoops right. Again what I love about this

one is it keeps my speed up and I continue moving forward. All I have to do is cross

stab moving laterally. Generally all it takes is a little shift boom and then I'm going

by with this one you can get a little bit shifty by raising your shoulders bring your

eyes up whatever it is so I can come in and, boom, add a hesitation. So again just a little

drop crossover your not kind of pushing him or your not really selling it all that hard

your just boom stabbing in the opposite direction just like that. So if this video helped you

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