Hey Coach Collin Castellaw with Shot Mechanics basketball and today I'm going to teach your
the Top 4 Kyrie Irving Finishing Moves.
Alright so Kyrie Irving is one of the best finishers in the NBA so today what we want
to do is breakdown his four best finishes that he uses once he gets into the paint to
score with these crafty finishes.
So the first one that I like is the one hand finish, so as Kyrie gets the ball at the top
of the key here and as he's getting ready to dribble drive he has his man in front of
him so it all starts once he beats his man it could be with the pump fake it could be
with the dribble whatever it is he's getting by his man getting his hips into the paint
just like this.
Now with the one hand finish its going to be a little bit different because you can
extend it away from the defender without having to gather and go up so what happens a lot
of times with younger players is they get in the paint with their man on their hip and
they gather to go up when doing this it enables the defender to go up and block it just like
that.
So what the one hand finish what you can do is use your off arm to protect the ball pick
it up with one hand then finish out right here so now if the defender wants to block
your shot he has to come through my body to come get it.
So the key here with the one hand finish is not neccesarily to finish up as much as you
are wanting to finish out right, if you can just out and away from the defender it will
make it that much easier.
Now you want to make sure you can finish with either hand because lets say on the drive
maybe I come this direction I want to be able to pick it up with my left hand and still
hold him off and still finish so if you can do that it's going to be a really easy way
to get a bucket.
So next we have the up and under finish now this is one of Kyrie's signature finishes
and it great because you really don't have to be that athletic to use it.
So it all starts the exact same you can up fake shimmy whatever it i that is going to
help you get by your man and now you and now you are attacking the hoop now the up and
under works great if you are coming at it from a good angle if you are attacking at
a flat angle little more towards the baseline this is a great one.
With the up and under we are looking for a couple of keys number 1 you want to show the
ball high so the idea is that if you have shot blocker someone longer and more athletic
guarding you is that they are going to want to come and get the shot right?
So what you do is show the ball high first and then its going to make him want to go
for it and then your wrapping the ball underneath finishing with the reverse lay in on the other
side.
If I just show it by my chest it doesn't look like I'm going up as much so I want to get
it by my forehead if at all possible get him to leave his feet.
Now really athletic players can jump up and under while they are in the air and finish
for younger guys its a little bit harder so what I recommend you do and what Kyrie Irving
does a lot of the time is shows the ball while he is still on one foot that way when he jumps
he's already wrapping it up and under and it doesn't require that much athleticism so
once you get to the other side its perfect cause the rim and the net are in the way of
a shot blocker and they can't come across and get it and you basically get a wide open
look.
So with this you want to work on finishing at different angles sometimes your up and
under might be really flat sometimes you might be coming along the baseline a little bit
sharper as you come across this way the key is to keep the defender behind you show high
and finish on the other side.
Now the next finish is super similar to the one we talked about earlier this one is the
inside hand finish.
So with this one you beat your man but the idea with this one is that he is a little
bit behind you so you want to be able to finish with your inside hand at the basket growing
up a lot of times we are taught that you need to finish with your outside hand every time
right?
Your coaches tell you there is a string between your knee and your elbow just like that, but
that doesn't necessarily always work especially for smaller players right if your a smaller
player and you are constantly finishing like this bigs will come out of no where and swat
your shot a ton so this inside hand pick up is nice because I can time it get it off early
as the defender is behind me and now my body is protecting the basketball Gibson can't
come and get the ball because I am extending out with my inside hand.
Now if I come out with my outside hand he has a much better chance at getting to it
so it's kind of like the first one where we extend out rather that up, but instead its
with out inside hand and we are protecting the ball with out shoulder on this back side
if you can do that you will get a lot of easy looks.
Alright next we have the body contact finish this is a great finish if you are a smaller
guard or a shorter guard or maybe if you aren't as strong as some players it's a great way
to initiate contact and that way you can get an open look and sort of stun the defender
so it all starts the same you beat your man.
So now lets say he's riding your hip a little bit more and you don't have an open lane to
the hoop instead the best way that I like to do it and the way kyrie does it is getting
contact high with his tri-cep on the defenders chest or upper body.
As soon as I come in I want to create the contact high with this off arm so even if
it gets knocked down it gets slapped I can still finish with my right so the idea is
to create the contact first before they are ready to jump if gibson is getting ready timing
his jump if I come in and try to create contact it's going to be off balanced and I'm going
to knock me kind of off balance a little bit so what we want to do is the exact same thing
but I want to create contact before I jump and jump off of that contact right if you
can create the contact first its going to make it so he cant jump and your going to
get an open look at the basket and possibly an and 1 so from there all you have to do
is create contact first boom jump off and finish high off the glass for the easy finish
again work on finishing with both hands.
Because you never know what situation your going to be in.
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