im a girl and a guard in basketball tomorrow my second game?

Question

do you guys have any tips that will make me succesful playing guard i play j.v for a girls basketball team i have never played basketball before in my life so do you guys have any tips on deffense or offense? or anything

Answer 1

If you are playing player to player defense, stay at her shoulder or a half step behind her all the time. As soon as you see she's going for the ball or someone is passing it to her, just before she grabs the ball, she has to pause for a fraction of a section, get into the habit of not watching the ball but watching your player and sticking to her like glue. As far as you are concerned, there is nothing else going on in the court. You will see where the ball is in your peripheral vision. Keep close to your player and when see that pause, quickly just take a half step to the side and push you arm and hand if front of her, get in front of her or even just jump and wave your arms around. Some of the times you'll cause her to miss the catch, or knock the ball away or get it yourself. At the very least you will slow her down for a second, which can make a lot of difference.

If defending your goal if you are playing zone defense, just stay in your zone and any if a player that comes into your zone, stick to them like glue and watch only them. Again peripheral vision will tell you where the ball is so don't look for it. Think why are they are there. So keep your self between them and your basket. If one of the opps is holding back behind the key, and you see through peripheral vision the ball is being passed to her, then you want to instantly want to move and get between the opps player receiving the ball and the player in your zone. That will make a pass to the opps player in your zone difficult, just being there should tell her not to do that. If she makes the pass anyway, jump up hands reaching for the ceiling until you learn more. That will slow the receiver down or distract her, no matter how good she is.

If you should get the ball while defending your goal, dribble about five steps towards the opps goal and pass it to your defense partner if she is free (yell her name loud in case she's not paying attention). If she isn't free and being covered one of the forwards may make direct eye contact with you. Pass it to her, she knows you are new and she'll take it down. If your team is uncoordinated you will just have to do the best you can and dribble and run toward the opps goal. If someone better takes the ball away, don't worry about it, your team mates should have been helping you.

When you get more experience, the defenses role when your team goes on defense is to pass the ball between the two defense players until your forwards get down court. Should your teams forwards gets ahead of you and into the opps zone and then they start to make a turn their body towards you while turning their head even further around to look at you in the eye, it means they think they are free enough to make a play, don't wait, pass it to them a half step ahead of the way they are turning which will always be away from the person who is supposed to be guarding them. If you wait they are turned completely towards you, the opps will have enough time to get back into position. If you feel unsure about making the two hand direct pass, make a quick bounce pass aimed one step ahead in the direction the forward is turning. While the ball is bouncing off the floor it gives her an extra second to adjust to because you haven't had time to learn how to make accurate direct passes yet.

If you get stuck with the ball while making an attack and you are the outside player (the player farthest from the basket) and do not see anyone open, don't panic, but don't wait either, take a high looping 3 pointer at the basket, the forwards are trained to pick off rebounds or to do tip-ins.

At some time in the future you will have to take the ball inside yourself, but not tomorrow. Practice dribbling and dodging the opps defense so you can take the ball in the key yourself and take either the key lay up shot inside the key or a short just outside the key straight- in-the-basket shot. But again, don't worry about that tomorrow.

Answer 2

Well when your team is on offense (your team has the ball), it is your job to bring the ball in a little closer and then pass it to one of the forwards or the center, if they're open. You can take shots, but generally a guard takes less shots than other positions. When you are on defense (the other team has the ball) always make sure there is someone on your team defending your basket. Actually, even if your team is on offense either you or the other guard should stay near your basket to defend it because the play changes very quickly. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Offense:keep moving youll get the ball more, as a guard your not gonna want to turn the ball over so make good crisp passes, always be aware of whats going on, dont be afraid to shoot but dont shoot too much either
Defense:keep your hands in the air, dont watch their eyes or head because you will get faked so just watch the ball, shuffle your feet, and once again be aware

Answer 4

i have played guard for almost 4 yrs. the biggest thing for guards are speed & ball handling. just run as fast as you can. defense is huge b/c a lot of pt guards arent great at dribbling so if you are uck & can get the ball it can win the game. and on offense, dont e afraid to shoot an outside shot, and move the ball quickly through multiple passes if you get stuck. just do your best. it will come the more you play.

Answer 5

sure---keep your eye on the ball and the player your guarding.
also keep your hands up when your opponet has the ball and try to have a hand in her face (not touching her) or waving whenever she tries to pass or shoot