Ahmet Dedeoğlu
05-18-2008, 03:29 AM
Cutting
There are a number of different types of cuts that can be made, in addition to making the correct moves in running a specific play or set motion offense, and in addition to setting and cutting around screens (see Setting Screens).
Here are some tips in making a good cut:
1. A key in making an effective cut is timing. Try to "time" your cut, so you arrive at the correct time to receive the pass.
2. Make a good fake and cut hard. Often I see kids make a quick fake, and then a somewhat slow cut. Do just the opposite... make a slow, sleepy fake followed by a quick cut move.
3. This is another important tip: kids often try to avoid contact with the defender and try to run away from him. In trying to get open, go right up to the defender and make contact with him, then quickly "bounce off" in the direction of your cut. He won't be able to react fast enough to your quick first step.
In addition to the cut moves described below, don't forget this move: slip behind the defender (who may be in "deny" and over-playing the passing lane) and move below him toward the baseline. The defender should always see the ball. Try to slip out of his field of vision, so that he loses you briefly... then you can get open.
Types of Cuts
Front cut
The front cut is a cut made with the defender behind you, on your back. This is the typical "give and go" cut (see Diagram A, FC). See video clip. (javascript:openpopupFrontCut())
Backcut
A back cut is when you cut behind the defender. Make a fake toward the ball, then cut quickly behind the defender. Back cuts can be a "ball-side" back-cut (see Diagram A, BBC), or a "weak-side" back-cut which means on the side opposite the ball, or "back-door" (see Diagram A, WBC). See video clip. (javascript:openpopupBackCut())
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A cut made in the shape of a "V". The first leg of the "V" can be slow. The last leg of the "V" is quick (Diagram B, VC). When making the V-cut, plant the inside foot hard, and step off quickly with your other foot in the direction of your final cut. See video clip. (javascript:openpopupVCut())
L-cut
A cut made in the shape of an "L", often along the lane (or "lane cut"). Diagram B, LC. The cut can be made up the lane, or down the lane (from the wing position). Use footwork similar to the V-cut.
Curl-cut
A curl is a somewhat circular cut often made around a teammate (Diagram B, CC). See video clip. (javascript:openpopupCurlCut())
Button-hook
A quick cut made with a quick stop, a pivot toward the ball, sealing the defender on your back side, and receiving the pass from your teammate (Diagram B, BH).
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A perimeter cut used to exchange positions with another perimeter player who dribbles into your position, while you "shallow cut" to his/her vacated position (Diagram C, SC). See video clip. (javascript:openpopupShallow())
Deep cut
A cut from the perimeter all the way to the basket and out to the side (Diagram C, DC). See video clip. (javascript:openpopupDeepCut())
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There are a number of different types of cuts that can be made, in addition to making the correct moves in running a specific play or set motion offense, and in addition to setting and cutting around screens (see Setting Screens).
Here are some tips in making a good cut:
1. A key in making an effective cut is timing. Try to "time" your cut, so you arrive at the correct time to receive the pass.
2. Make a good fake and cut hard. Often I see kids make a quick fake, and then a somewhat slow cut. Do just the opposite... make a slow, sleepy fake followed by a quick cut move.
3. This is another important tip: kids often try to avoid contact with the defender and try to run away from him. In trying to get open, go right up to the defender and make contact with him, then quickly "bounce off" in the direction of your cut. He won't be able to react fast enough to your quick first step.
In addition to the cut moves described below, don't forget this move: slip behind the defender (who may be in "deny" and over-playing the passing lane) and move below him toward the baseline. The defender should always see the ball. Try to slip out of his field of vision, so that he loses you briefly... then you can get open.
Types of Cuts
Front cut
The front cut is a cut made with the defender behind you, on your back. This is the typical "give and go" cut (see Diagram A, FC). See video clip. (javascript:openpopupFrontCut())
Backcut
A back cut is when you cut behind the defender. Make a fake toward the ball, then cut quickly behind the defender. Back cuts can be a "ball-side" back-cut (see Diagram A, BBC), or a "weak-side" back-cut which means on the side opposite the ball, or "back-door" (see Diagram A, WBC). See video clip. (javascript:openpopupBackCut())
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A cut made in the shape of a "V". The first leg of the "V" can be slow. The last leg of the "V" is quick (Diagram B, VC). When making the V-cut, plant the inside foot hard, and step off quickly with your other foot in the direction of your final cut. See video clip. (javascript:openpopupVCut())
L-cut
A cut made in the shape of an "L", often along the lane (or "lane cut"). Diagram B, LC. The cut can be made up the lane, or down the lane (from the wing position). Use footwork similar to the V-cut.
Curl-cut
A curl is a somewhat circular cut often made around a teammate (Diagram B, CC). See video clip. (javascript:openpopupCurlCut())
Button-hook
A quick cut made with a quick stop, a pivot toward the ball, sealing the defender on your back side, and receiving the pass from your teammate (Diagram B, BH).
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A perimeter cut used to exchange positions with another perimeter player who dribbles into your position, while you "shallow cut" to his/her vacated position (Diagram C, SC). See video clip. (javascript:openpopupShallow())
Deep cut
A cut from the perimeter all the way to the basket and out to the side (Diagram C, DC). See video clip. (javascript:openpopupDeepCut())
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