The Rip Through
The Rip
Through is also known as a sweep.
The Rip
Through is a quick motion moving the ball from one side of the body to the
other without allowing a close defender to get their hand on the ball.
The Rip
Through should be done low below the hands of the defender.
A double rip
brings the ball from one side of the body to the other and then back to the
original side the ball was on.
Jab Step
The purpose
of the jab step is to get the defense to move and react to your fake and then
attack.
Too many
players try to take their man off the dribble.
You can move
much faster by faking without the dribble and then attack with the dribble.
You can see
here that Curry’s jab step has caused the defense to be off balance.
Curry can
now drive or shoot because the defense is in no position to stop him.
After the
initial step you can continue on in the same direction, cross over with the
next step, or step back to shoot depending on how the defense reacts.
The fake is
best sold if the player with the ball moves quickly and has a lot of body and
ball movement to sell the fake.
