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How to box out in basketball

How to Box Out in Basketball with 4 Easy Tips

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Presented by Joel Green, Camp Director
Nike Basketball Camp RiverWinds Community Center

One of the most important factors in basketball is the battle for rebounds after missed shots. Whether you are on offense or defense, gaining position and securing possession of the ball increases your team’s chances of winning. Many people think you need to be tall or jump high to be a good rebounder, but in fact, some of the best rebounders are the smaller players who can effectively position themselves prior to the rebound happening. We call this skill boxing out.

Boxing out is a skill that can help set you apart from the competition, but it does require practice just like any other part of your game. These tips for boxing out commonly taught at Nike Basketball Camps will be help you take your game to the next level!

1. Communicate after a shot

If you see a shot being taken, yelling “SHOT!” is one way to let your teammates know the ball is headed towards the basket. Communicating will help your teammates who did not see the shot get ready to rebound. When you hear “SHOT!” your ears should perk up and you should think “where can I box out?”.

2. Locate your man/woman and make contact

At the same time, a shot is put up, you need to find the player closest to you and make contact with them so that you know where they are, and so your eyes can track the ball to the basket. Everyone needs to know who they are responsible for guarding so that nobody from the other team can slip through untouched and grab an easy rebound.

3. Seal the player in an athletic position

You have made contact with the opponent and are watching the ball. Now, you must seal them off with your body so that you are in between them and the basket. You want to be in an athletic stance which means your feet are wide, knees are bent, and arms are extended out to the side. It is important to stay low while you seal so that the opponent is not able to push you to the side and get around. Maintain contact with your opponent so you know where they are. If you feel them trying to move around you, shuffle left or right to keep your position between them and the basket.

4. Back down away from the hoop

Once you have the opponent sealed, you can begin to push them away from the basket. This will create space in front of you where you can explode to the ball once it comes off the basket. Even if you do not secure the rebound, you have backed your opponent out of the play and created space for your other teammates to grab the rebound.

Boxing out is easier said than done. It can be difficult to prevent an opponent from getting around you without being able to see them, but you will get better at feeling them move if you practice these tips. Don’t let your size scare you from boxing out bigger players! Get in position and push around the bigger kids!

Boxing Out

Youth Development

Boxing Out

One of the keys to great rebounding is being able to properly box out the opponent, putting yourself in better position to get the ball.

Date: Dec 5, 2014 Duration: 01:21

Related Tags: Youth Development, Footwork and Body Control, Coaching, Rebounding, Foundational, Advanced

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Darko Milicic decided not to torment the fans' nerves anymore, but simply to torment people - he announced his intention to become a kickboxer. Blog "Lantern" - about the basketball players who found themselves in the ring.

Darko Milicic

Achievements in basketball: U16 European Championship gold, 2nd pick in the 2003 draft, the most fiery interview in basketball history (2004), gave the most fiery post-match interview in basketball history (2004), pissed off Rick Adelman, was remembered as one of the main “busts” of the draft, giving rise to the FreeDarko website and the Russian image of “bezDarko”

What's next: After wandering around the NBA, he decided to end his professional career and go into kickboxing.

Kendall Gill

What he achieved in basketball: spent 15 years in the league, changed 7 teams, gaining an average of 13. 4 points, after the end of his career he became a commentator and managed to fight in the studio. During his playing career, Gill was often accused of being soft-spoken and overly sensitive.

What he did in the ring: After Gill was beaten outside a nightclub, he began to practice martial arts and boxing. He fought 4 fights in the ring, won all of them, finished 3 of them by knockout, rose to 449th place in the world ranking in the first heavyweight (out of 745).

In my own words : “When I was little, I loved watching Sugar Ray Lenard and Muhammad Ali. I always wanted to be a boxer. Boxing is my passion. I loved him from the beginning and never thought about becoming a basketball player. The preparation of a boxer cannot be compared with the preparation of a basketball player. It's a cruel sport and you have to train really hard. I have a completely different respect for boxers.

…

I won't last long. Boxing causes too much pain to do it for a long time." What he achieved in basketball ring : In 2006, Kambala was disqualified for 2 years for cocaine use and decided to fill the gap with boxing. He had 4 fights, 2 won by knockout, 1 draw.

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In your own words: “After boxing, you realize what a thrill it is – basketball. Boxing is much harder. The main difference is that you are alone there, and there are no time-outs…

In boxing, I rather learned something else – footwork. And due to the fact that my legs have become stronger, now it is easier for me to move around the site. Well, coordination has improved, handwork has also improved ...

I always dreamed of being a boxer. I wanted to test myself in the ring. What is aggressiveness in basketball? Boxing is really scary. And after professional fights, I realized that I was a real “tuff”.

- Did you initially understand that boxing is only for a while?

— I thought to stay. But I got divorced in my life. I wanted to get away from America. As soon as the disqualification ended. The choice arose: to continue his career as a boxer, which was financially risky, or to return to basketball. Chose a more reliable option.

James Johnson

Basketball Accomplishments : Returned to the NBA after wandering around the D-League and is remembered as Tony Allen's brightest student. (Well, I almost took off Chris Paul's head, although that's a completely different story).

What he did in the ring: Johnson comes from a family of professional boxers (his father is a multiple kickboxing champion, his mother and 8 brothers and sisters are black belts). Even before he was in the NBA, he fought 20 fights as a kickboxer (all won), as well as seven fights in MMA (also). He won his first fight with Damond Clark in MMA at the age of 18 in 97 seconds.

In his own words : “It is absolutely certain that I will continue to compete in the ring. I think about it all the time.

When you're in the ring, you need to train as hard as you can. Fortunately, we play basketball almost every day. In kickboxing, it's different: you can not fight for a whole month, train for one fight, and then go out for one round or 15 seconds.

Karl Malone and Dennis Rodman

What achieved in basketball: One is a five-time NBA champion, the other is the second in history, both are basketball terrorists.

What did do in the ring: it turned out that both of them are also rare clowns.

From reviews: “Outdated grabs, jumps and chokes in 23 minutes almost lulled the bored audience, who from time to time entertained themselves by singing “Sku-ko-ti-scha”.

…

“It was like one of those terrible movies that you keep watching even though you keep fiddling with the remote. Even so, there were positives to this whole nightmare.

Their antics looked unnatural. Their emotions were strained. The public and commentators were not able to enjoy the process. I felt even dumber because I paid money to watch it. But sometimes we need those moments when we can turn off the brain and just relax.”

In his own words: After that, Malone also tried to prove that everything that was happening had a real basis:

- I would prefer that you stay in basketball and not do this nonsense. Wrestling is a stupid prop.

- This is no props. They are real athletes.

– Of course, they are athletes… but it's still a props.

- No, not props.

– 100 percent…

– Look, take 100 athletes, give them a contract for the weekend, send them to Atlanta… I guarantee you that out of 100 people 75-80 will get injured…

– Yes, I agree, only that Still 100% fake.

- Absolutely not. Everything is real!

- Yeah, real props.

Jorge Gonzalez

What did achieve in basketball: Became the first Argentine to be selected in the NBA draft (under the 54th number in the 88th year by Atlanta), because he did not play in the league knee problems, won bronze at the South American Championships with the Argentina national team.

What he did in the ring: 244 centimeters of growth were useful to Gonzalez in wrestling (the owner of the Hawks Ted Turner attached him there): under the name "Giant" he performed in the ring for 6 years.

Walter Harris

What achieved in basketball: Played for Jacksonville State. Average statistics - 2.3 points, 1.5 rebounds.

What he was doing in the ring : After realizing that his basketball career didn't work out (and after working in a furniture store), Harris decided to try his hand at the ring. Since 2011, he has been performing in the UFC with varying degrees of success.

In her own words: “My grandmother was extremely serious. If you were beaten in the yard, you had to go back and fight that person again. When they bullied me, at first I ran home and told my granny. And she told me: “No, come back and deal with him yourself…

I have come a long way. God works in mysterious ways. I don't think I was destined to play in the NBA. Now that I'm older and more mature, I understand that I would be an average player by league standards. And I want to be the best. If I played in the NBA, I would be the eighth player in the rotation, maybe seventh. It doesn `t suit me. Here I can become one of the best.

UFC is the equivalent of playing in the NBA. It's like the NBA of the martial arts world. It's something huge."

Maurice Jackson

Basketball Accomplishments: Jackson played for the University of Texas basketball team and was ranked 6th on the list of top power forwards.

What did do in the ring: But "first love" won. Jackson went to Nevada and became a professional fighter. Now he is ranked 167th in the MMA list - he had three fights, of which he won two, but he earned the nickname "Gorilla".

About basketball, boxing and sambo. Thanks coach!

Conversation with world champion in mixed martial arts Denis Goltsov.

“Competition and Market” magazine February 2016 No. 1 (74) article “Champion’s Influence”

Training of sambo wrestlers under the guidance of Alexander Igorevich Korshunov, Honored Coach of Russia, coach of the highest qualification category, took place in a surprisingly calm manner. For an hour and a half, D. Goltsov methodically practiced wrestling and striking techniques in sparring. After training, the current champion was asked to remember how his sports life began.

DG: At the age of 8, my father took me to the basketball section. Passion for sports was instilled in me and my older brothers by my father. Many generations of men in my family went in for sports. Therefore, it is natural that once this business was to be dealt with by me. Until the age of 15, I played basketball, until one day my older brother offered to go with him to boxing training. I liked the training, but even more, it seems, I was interested in the coach, who saw in me the future "heavyweight". After a "psychological" conversation, I changed basketball to boxing. Even then I thought that the team game does not allow me to fully express myself.

When my parents brought me to the basketball section, it was rather their choice. My father saw me as a basketball player. Sport brings discipline, and I tried to give all the best in training. The first victories of our team in competitions appeared. After five years of training, I was sent to a sports school, where the basketball game was staged professionally and in depth. Everything was about basketball. I even had a dream to play in the major leagues - first in the youth, and then go to the MBI professional league. I didn't really have a choice. Maybe at first he resisted, but then he got involved as a result of constant training and began to do what they say. The desire appears only when the first results appear after training live, and you understand why all these exhausting workouts were needed.

KyR: You were born in June 1990, and then a very difficult period began in our country. Many boys gave up sports. What kept you in the sport?

DG: Indeed, many of my peers have given up sports. Not everyone wants to go through life the hard way. Many are attracted by the movement along the shortest path, and even with minimal effort.

The boxing coach went to great lengths to win me over from basketball. At first I played basketball and boxing at the same time, but then the moment came when I had to make a choice.

I have my own view on team sports where all players are responsible for the result. Not much depends on me alone in the game. In any kind of martial arts, hiding behind someone will no longer work. Look around - you're alone. And either you win, or you will be defeated. Therefore, martial arts bring up a different attitude to many things and even to life.

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How to Box Out in Basketball with 4 Easy Tips

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