When Winning is Everything: A Quick Guide to Dominating Pick-up Basketball
At my current school, Tufts University, a tragedy recently occurred. It was announced in a school-wide e-mail that this winter there will be no intramural sports. Along with the NBA, sex, food, and occasionally my friends and family, winter intramural basketball has been among the few things to constitute my thoughts and dreams since the end of last season. I’m a basketball-addict, so this is the equivalent of denying Lamar Odom of candy or Caron Butler of Mountain Dew. Although winter IM basketball has never been a coherent institution at Tufts, in the past we would at least manage a few competitive games before the inevitable school/work/partying-induced forfeits that wound up dooming the league.
Nonetheless, this recent announcement marks a true travesty for a senior who merely wants an IM championship before he graduates. I guess there will always be men’s leagues–if I’m lucky maybe I’ll even play alongside Moochie Norris. In the mean time, I’ll have to satisfy my addiction with unhealthy amounts of pick-up basketball. And in the process, I plan on kicking some liberal-arts butt. But how to kick butt? Being an average 5’10” baller with increasingly fragile knees and ankles (and thus decreasing quickness and jumping ability), I have had to adapt my game over the years. ‘Tis the season for giving and alliteration, and AGR gives back by passing down the tried, true, and trusted tips and tricks for tackling pick-up basketball. Somewhere, Brah-rak O-brah-ma should be taking notes…
Use your hands in a legal-ish fashion Hand-checks on defense: Pick-up ain’t the NBA, so take advantage of it. Constantly use a hand or forearm (or two hands/forearms) to impede and check your opponent, whether he has the ball or not and whether he’s on the perimeter or in the paint. This strategy is valuable against the big and strong as well as the tiny and quick. It is unclear whether this is a foul or not, but regardless, no one calls this foul, ever. Next time your teammate asks you, “Yo, who’re you checkin’?” think to yourself, “No, who am I hand-checkin’?” Push-offs on offense: Getting open can be important, especially for shooters. Because of the dearth of NBA-caliber athleticism in pick-up hoops, many die-hard ballers have carved out a niche for themselves as sharp-shooters. If you are one of those guys, stop frantically running around to get open and instead create some extra space by wedging a hand or forearm in between you and your sure-to-be-frustrated opponent. Trust me, it’s worth it.
Exploit the inherent offensive advantages of pick-up 1’s and 2’s vs. 2’s and 3’s: In pick-up basketball, the game is typically scored with 1-point and 2-point field goals as opposed to 2-point and 3-point field goals. This gives an advantage to the shots from beyond the arc from a simple mathematical perspective. 2’s have more value relative to 1’s (double the value), than 3’s have relative to 2’s (1. 5 the value). If this still doesn’t make sense, play out a short scenario with me: The Wizards hit four trey-balls and two regular buckets en route to 16 points in the first six minutes of a game. Their opponents, the Lakers, hit zero threes but manage to make the necessary eight regular field goals to keep pace and tie the game at 16-16. Now, let’s convert this situation to pick-up. The Wizards would have 10 points ((4*2)+(2*1)=10) and the Lakers would only have 8 (8*1=8). As you can see, the long-ball goes a little bit longer for your team in pick-up. Start gettin’ your Antoine Walker on and launch away. When there are fewer players…: there is more paint to be had. Take advantage of the open interior. Whether the game is half-court or full-court, 4v4 or 1v1, pick-up basketball can offer a cleaner lane to work with than in traditional 5v5 hoops. Drive, post up, and score in the paint. To boot, there are no offensive three-second violations (which will be touched on later).
Know the situation Match-up exploitation: Because of the whimsical nature of pick-up basketball, the on-court talent gaps are often times larger than those seen in organized basketball. If your team has the LeBron of pick-up or your opponent has the equivalent of Squeak from BASEketball, forget the concept of teamwork and go to work on the match-up, instead. (This goes both ways–on defense, remember to offer constant help if you are cursed with Squeak for a teammate or LeBron for an opponent.) Likewise, avoid bad match-ups by ignoring any godawful offensive teammates you might have. Knowing your environment: Is the game half-court or full-court? And about that court– is it long/wide or short/narrow? Are you inside with the hardwood or outside on the asphalt? What about the hoops…do they have soft rims or double-rims? Hard or soft backboards? Are they 11 feet, 7 feet, or somewhere in between? We could go on and on…is the ball flat or pumped? Is the weather windy or calm? Hot, comfortable, or cold? Different environments complement different styles of play better than others. AGR can’t pick apart every potential environment (although I do recommend ruthlessly taking advantage of soft backboards), but we’ll say this: Wake up, smell the leather of your shoes and ball, and know your environment. Scouting: Waiting frequently accompanies the pick-up experience. No one likes waiting, so turn that waiting into scouting. Scouting can be the difference between winning and losing–scout the opponents, out their weaknesses, and rout them into oblivion.
Take advantage of the rules (or lack thereof) Lack of “shooting fouls:” In pick-up basketball, points shouldn’t come easy. There are no refs, so it’s the best time to get gritty and grimy. And because there are no refs, there are no shooting fouls or free throws; instead, a fouled shooter merely regains possession after calling the foul without the opportunity for freebies at the charity stripe. Thus, I recommend pummeling any shooter with an easy shot to eliminate an easy bucket. If they make the shot with the foul, they don’t even get the ball back (a recommended rule change from AGR, incidentally. Rewarding an and-1 with possession would add an exciting element to pick-up in lieu of free throws). The fouling-the-shooter strategy can be obnoxious and even dangerous for your opponent as well as yourself (via court-rage), but it’s a winning strategy, nonetheless. Lack of offensive 3-second violation: This can be exploited by anyone. The lack of a 3-second violation allows for the most physical of backing-down, the most patient of jump-hooks, and the most intricate of post-pivots and pump-fakes. Offense, take note.
Carom the ball (pick-up basketball has a love affair with lazy rebounding) Boxing out: I’m pretty sure the words “box out” are foreign to the average pick-up player. Get low, establish position, and make Paul Millsap proud. Tipping the ball: When attacking the boards–especially on offense when you are crashing from behind–take advantage of typical pick-up laziness and the lack of “over-the-back” calls by slapping the ball towards a teammate. On defense this can ignite a fast-break and on offense you can create quick shots for teammates. No other maneuver results in more obscenities from opponents.
The picks of pick-up… Setting picks (and moving picks): The pick-and-roll is one of the simplest and most unstoppable plays in basketball. The good news for pick-up players–other than that the play is simple and unstoppable–is that defending the play requires the opponent to fight through a screen, which necessitates effort and smarts on behalf of the defense (something pick-up defenders don’t typically possess). The even better news is that this play is made even more dominant by the use of the moving pick. The moving pick’s illegality is overlooked in pick-up and frustrates defenders more than Kobe himself. The fundamental play of basketball might be the screen-and-roll, but the fundamental play of pick-up is the moving screen. Making picks and picking up: To divide teams in pick-up ball, sometimes two “captains” draft players to create the teams for the next game. Assert yourself as a captain, pick up the best players to assemble the best team, and then pick up the inevitable onlooking females after hours of dominating the courts. Bro-life-win.
Be a pal Sharing is caring: Share information and analysis–it’s good to get your team of likely strangers on some common ground. Share the rock (with the good players, at least). Go above and beyond. Offer water, ankle tape, rec specs, or a pregame prayer to share with a teammate. In addition to their material gain that will translate to on-court success, it will facilitate team bonding and chemistry. Sometimes I get odd looks when I pray to the pick-up legend Aaron Carter, but results are results. Know your teammates: Rarely do all my teammates know each other in pick-up ball. Learn each other’s names so you can communicate effectively. Learn where each player operates most effectively on offense. And learn their favorite players to pump them up by using said player as a nickname that invokes a vicarious identity for them to live/play through (nothing motivates me like being called “Baby Admiral”). Play with (talented) friends: This one is pretty straightforward. If you bring good players to the court for your squad, you’ll have guaranteed chemistry and talent. Personally, I always bring Kenny Anderson to my games to ensure victory (I give him free tennis lessons in exchange).
Conclusion As Team USA learns every couple of years, international basketball is its own unique game that affords different strategies; the same can be said for pick-up basketball in comparing it to organized basketball. That being said, one common thread remains amidst all the forms of basketball: the desire to win. Hopefully, this guide will serve as a Christmabasketbukkah present for hoops fans worldwide.
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Plan for a playoff push with these intramural basketball tips
Column by Joanie Barry
As the weather gets colder, have no fear. The Bell Center is as warm as ever. Believe it or not, we are already two weeks into co-rec basketball. Playoffs will arrive sooner than you think. So, here is some advice to make your team playoff-ready.
Get to the Bell Center at least 15 minutes early.
Signing in for basketball is more complicated and time-consuming than any other sport.
Surprisingly enough, intramurals is not the most well-endowed program at Drake.
So, when jerseys kept going missing last year we tightened up the security of our nice basketball jerseys.
To sign in for basketball, all athletes need to turn in their IDs one at a time to the scorekeeper.
The scorekeeper will then pick out a jersey and mark it on his or her corresponding score sheet. Without fail, every day we get tons of last-minute signatures and have to start the game late.
On a side note, please do not be that person who refuses to take any number other than 23 or 59.
The people who force the scorekeeper to go through every single jersey in the bag just to find their old high school number are just wasting time.
The only time requesting a number is acceptable is if you are an extremely large man or woman who requires an extra-large jersey that only comes from numbers 60 and above. Same thing applies to small people who really need a size large.
But, if you are a former jock who refuses to play with anything but your JV, second-string number, please just take the jersey and go practice your half-court shot.
This next piece of advice goes for my fellow upperclassmen athletes.
No matter what sport, at any level, I always hear the same complaint.
It varies in its verbiage, but essentially the complaint sounds like this, “Damn, I’m out of shape. I am sorry, you guys. I promise I was a stud in high school.”
I hear this complaint most often around basketball season both competitive and co-rec.
Maybe it is something about the fact that basketball season falls around the same time as the holiday season. Maybe it is due to the post-midterms/pre-finals stress eating.
Whatever the reason, that lack of conditioning leads to sore mornings. Stretching can alleviate that soreness and prevent that impending feeling of old age. It is a simple piece of advice, but it can be invaluable.
I know this advice may seem simple and obvious to the veteran intramural official. But trust me, take this advice, and you will be able to spend more time warming up.
You won’t be sore in the morning and you will have a championship team.
The last piece of advice is the most important and underrated strategy of co-rec. Pass the ball to the girls.
Many teams think that they only need two girls to run up and down the court while their men dribble around them.
Women get three points for every standard two-point shot and four points for every three-point shot. If you have women who can actually shoot the ball, odds are, you will win. Championship teams always have a few solid girls who can shoot the ball.
Here is your rule reminder for this week: There is no such think as over-the-back in intramurals.
I repeat this rule every year, and people still don’t seem to remember it. Anyone can reach above another person as long as they don’t make physical contact. Any contact, and that is a push.
Barry is a senior radio-television and secondary education double major and can be reached at [email protected]
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strategy and system tips - how to win more often
Basketball (along with baseball and hockey) is one of the most popular sports in North America, and basketball betting takes a serious place in the total amount of sports betting. At the same time, the point here is not only (and even not so much) that it is in North America that the matches of the strongest basketball league in the world take place - the point is the number of equiprobable outcomes that the basketball line offers. Also on our site you will find bookmakers for betting on basketball.
Content
Benefits of betting on basketball
Disadvantages of betting on basketball
Types of bets
Main Outcomes
handicap
Total
Basketball total betting strategy
Quarter Basketball Betting
Quarterly Basketball Betting Strategy
Pre-match analytics
Where to bet on basketball?
The vast majority of professional players and cappers, of which there are many in America, play just such “half-way” outcomes in order to get the most even profit over a long distance. In any basketball game, there are at least two equally likely events that you can bet on - handicap and total. It is thanks to this property that basketball has become one of the most popular objects for large bets.
Basketball bookmakers
Benefits of betting on basketball
A large number of equally likely events . As mentioned above, basketball is one of the most suitable sports for those who like to bet on equally likely events.
High NBA betting limits. The vast majority of big cappers make bets on the NBA, including the lion's share of US players who traditionally make big bets. In pursuit of this traffic, the best bookmakers are trying to create the most comfortable conditions for basketball betters by offering generous betting limits on the main outcomes, as well as handicap and total. True, this feature is more characteristic of large Western bookmakers. Domestic gambling establishments most often offer limits for NBA matches no higher than those given for the same Euroleague and the Russian Championship.
Low NBA margins. All the same competition between bookmakers in the struggle for the biggest players has led to the fact that in almost all leading gambling establishments in the world the margin for NBA matches is less than for all other competitions and sports offered in the line.
Regularity of games. The fact that most basketball teams play between two and four games a week makes this sport the most attractive for statistics lovers in calculations - the sample of analyzed NBA matches is very solid and allows you to make fairly accurate predictions. In addition, the NBA is often the only competition that can be bet on any day, including holidays - even on December 31 and January 1, at least two or three matches are invariably played in this league.
Disadvantages of betting on basketball
Low limits and odds for European competitions. Unlike NBA matches, European Cups and European Championship matches usually offer very modest upper betting limits; the odds are also generally 3-5 points lower than the NBA odds. All this makes betting on the same Euroleague not the most profitable business.
Rating of bookmakers by odds
You can find out which Russian bookmakers offer the best basketball odds on Legalbet in the Odds Rating (“Basketball” tab). Our experts have calculated the margins of all bookmakers based on real events in their lines and based on these calculations sorted the companies into categories in order to identify the best offers for fans of basketball betting.
Weak painting. The vast majority of bookmakers offer a weak list of basketball matches. Many are completely limited to handicap, total and main outcomes. Despite the fact that such painting is enough for professionals, for many players who are used to betting on football, it may seem very meager.
Types of bets
Main outcomes
The number of main outcomes offered for a basketball match depends on which bookmaker you play at. Some gambling establishments open three main outcomes: W1, X and W2, adding a win including overtime to the list, while others offer only two outcomes - W1 and W2 (this means that in case of a draw, the winner will be determined in overtime).
Before you start betting on basketball, it is very important to clarify which positions in a given gambling establishment take into account OT and which do not, because it often happens that the handicap with the total is calculated according to one rules, and the main outcomes are calculated according to others.
Handicap
Handicap in basketball shows the final score difference in favor of one of the teams. You are required to guess if it will be more or less than the specified value. For example, if you bet on a team with a handicap of -5.5, you need it to win at least 6 points. If you bet on it with a handicap of +5.5, you would be rooting for this team to lose no more than 5 points. The handicap in basketball is not much different from the handicap in other sports, and most bookmakers allow you to buy more handicaps, while most often the coefficient drops by 8-10 points for each point bought. You can usually buy in addition from 4 to 12 points (each office determines the exact value for itself).
Total
Total is a type of bet in which you have to predict whether the final result of the game will be more or less than the proposed value. Almost always, the coefficients for "more" and "less" are the same. Totals, as well as odds, can be bought in addition, both up and down. The dynamics of odds changes in this case is most often similar to the dynamics of changes in quotes for a handicap.
Please note! Bookmakers accept bets on both the total in regular time of the match and the total with overtime in basketball, and it is important to understand that when calculating these bets, different time periods of the game will be taken into account. The calculation of the total in basketball in regular time is based on the results of 4 quarters.
Basketball total betting strategy
Basketball total betting strategy seems simple at first glance. It is enough to look at the previous results of the teams and analyze how many points they score per game. However, not everything is so simple: anything can happen in one particular match, and several factors can affect the team's game at once: from the psychological state of the players to their physical condition.
Quarter basketball betting
This type of bet is very popular among those who like to bet on basketball. A quarter in basketball is a mini-match. The head coach uses different tactics, simulated combinations, there can be constant replacements of athletes on the court. Player fatigue accumulated over the previous quarters also affects the result. Often in betting lines you can see a bet not only on the outcome, handicap and total of each quarter, but also on a comparison of the performance of the quarters: more points scored, more fouls committed, etc.
Basketball betting strategy by quarters
Basketball by quarters strategy also has its own peculiarities. Here you need to have an idea how the team plays in the first half of the game, and how in the second, what are the features and differences in the team's actions in different quarters. In the case of betting on quarters, you should keep a closer eye on what happened on the court in the previous quarter.
Other offers. In addition to the standard set of positions, the vast majority of bookmakers include an additional painting in their line. An additional list can offer a variety of betting options: on the handicap and total of each quarter, on the individual totals of the teams, on the individual totals of the leading basketball players, on the presence or absence of overtime, etc. There is also a bet under the conditional name "even-odd". Basketball is a game that scores a lot of points. And the score at the end of the meeting or quarter will definitely be even or odd. Bookmakers also offer to bet on this. This type of bet, by the way, is the purest “guessing game” and does not require any knowledge of the game from the player.
Pre-match analytics
Pre-match analytics of basketball matches is somewhat simpler than debriefing in football matches, since the lineups in basketball teams are 2-3 times smaller, and teams play twice as often, so there is always plenty of information about opponents. Some difficulty is represented only by a small number of broadcasts of basketball competitions in the post-Soviet expanses. However, the availability of high-speed Internet fully compensates for this small drawback. So, what does basketball match analytics include?
Opponents current kit . The specificity of basketball lies in the fact that there are traditionally much fewer game recessions than, for example, in tennis and football, and therefore it becomes much easier to track the current form. It also helps that each team plays 2-3 matches a week, which means that it is possible to get the latest information about their current level and fitness.
Don't forget to check the results of the last 5-6 matches of each team. Separately, pay attention to the statistics of home and away matches: basketball is a sport in which the home court factor is extremely important, and sometimes even decisive, so when analyzing statistics, evaluate home and away matches separately.
Head-to-head history . Let's not forget about the history of rivalry confrontation. It often happens that the indicators of the last three or four face-to-face meetings of teams can tell you much more than dozens of live matches watched with their participation. Again, do not forget that in basketball, the statistics of home and away matches differ significantly, and therefore it is worth evaluating it differently.
Tournament position and motivation. And, of course, we could not forget about such a key factor as motivation - in such a hard and strong-willed sport as basketball, motivation is of particular importance. Be sure to evaluate who needs what from the upcoming match and, based on this information, try to adjust your forecast so that you do not bet on a team that no longer needs anything against an over-motivated opponent.
List of injured and disqualified. With basketball's busy schedule, it's no surprise that injuries and suspensions are common in the sport. In order to be sure that your bet is considered, you should definitely monitor the press regularly to keep abreast of any personnel changes in the composition of each team.
During major basketball tournaments on the Legalbet website, you can get acquainted with the expectations of the forecasters of our website, find out which basketball bets they recommend choosing, as well as get acquainted with their arguments in favor of one or another option.
Basketball predictions at Legalbet
Where to bet on basketball?
Modern bookmakers try to offer players the widest possible line of basketball. Bets on matches of the NBA, VTB United League, Euroleague, as well as the World and European Championships can be made at absolutely any legal bookmaker in Russia.
The bookmaker's office "1xBet" offers the most complete list. On the site of this bookmaker, in the left menu, you can click on the sport, and this will open all the championships available for betting. After selecting a specific match, the entire list for the match will appear in the center of the screen. Also, BC "1xBet" offers a wide variety of live basketball bets, in which the bettor, using various strategies, can try his luck. A good painting for basketball is also offered on the official websites of the online bookmakers Paribet and Winline.
View basketball bets on the 1xBet website
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View basketball bets on Paribet website
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NBA betting
Basketball World Cup Betting
Euroleague betting
Bets on VTB United League
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Next time your teammate asks you, “Yo, who’re you checkin’?” think to yourself, “No, who am I hand-checkin’?”
5 the value). If this still doesn’t make sense, play out a short scenario with me: The Wizards hit four trey-balls and two regular buckets en route to 16 points in the first six minutes of a game. Their opponents, the Lakers, hit zero threes but manage to make the necessary eight regular field goals to keep pace and tie the game at 16-16. Now, let’s convert this situation to pick-up. The Wizards would have 10 points ((4*2)+(2*1)=10) and the Lakers would only have 8 (8*1=8). As you can see, the long-ball goes a little bit longer for your team in pick-up. Start gettin’ your Antoine Walker on and launch away.
AGR can’t pick apart every potential environment (although I do recommend ruthlessly taking advantage of soft backboards), but we’ll say this: Wake up, smell the leather of your shoes and ball, and know your environment.
If they make the shot with the foul, they don’t even get the ball back (a recommended rule change from AGR, incidentally. Rewarding an and-1 with possession would add an exciting element to pick-up in lieu of free throws). The fouling-the-shooter strategy can be obnoxious and even dangerous for your opponent as well as yourself (via court-rage), but it’s a winning strategy, nonetheless.
On defense this can ignite a fast-break and on offense you can create quick shots for teammates. No other maneuver results in more obscenities from opponents.
Assert yourself as a captain, pick up the best players to assemble the best team, and then pick up the inevitable onlooking females after hours of dominating the courts. Bro-life-win.
Pass the ball to the girls.
At the same time, the point here is not only (and even not so much) that it is in North America that the matches of the strongest basketball league in the world take place - the point is the number of equiprobable outcomes that the basketball line offers. Also on our site you will find bookmakers for betting on basketball. 
In any basketball game, there are at least two equally likely events that you can bet on - handicap and total. It is thanks to this property that basketball has become one of the most popular objects for large bets. 
Domestic gambling establishments most often offer limits for NBA matches no higher than those given for the same Euroleague and the Russian Championship. 
Unlike NBA matches, European Cups and European Championship matches usually offer very modest upper betting limits; the odds are also generally 3-5 points lower than the NBA odds. All this makes betting on the same Euroleague not the most profitable business. 
If you bet on it with a handicap of +5.5, you would be rooting for this team to lose no more than 5 points. The handicap in basketball is not much different from the handicap in other sports, and most bookmakers allow you to buy more handicaps, while most often the coefficient drops by 8-10 points for each point bought. You can usually buy in addition from 4 to 12 points (each office determines the exact value for itself). 
The calculation of the total in basketball in regular time is based on the results of 4 quarters. 
Bookmakers also offer to bet on this. This type of bet, by the way, is the purest “guessing game” and does not require any knowledge of the game from the player. 
Be sure to evaluate who needs what from the upcoming match and, based on this information, try to adjust your forecast so that you do not bet on a team that no longer needs anything against an over-motivated opponent. 
Bets on matches of the NBA, VTB United League, Euroleague, as well as the World and European Championships can be made at absolutely any legal bookmaker in Russia. 
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