Offensive Basketball Moves

Another solid presentation from sports coach Marty Schupak, Offensive Basketball Moves (the company's 21st release) centers on drills and tips to help players get defenders out of the way so they can take a shot at the basket. Directed at coaches as well as team members, each exercise is shown clearly, with an explanation of the rationale behind the fakes, slides, shimmies, sleight of hand, and jumps. Filmed on a home court in the center of an asphalt driveway with a single backboard, the program features one or two kids and an adult instructor, backed by creative props (a garbage can sometimes serves as a stand-in for a player, while at one point noisemakers and a broom are held aloft and waved in the air for a lesson in how to ignore distractions while shooting). Several segments cover form shooting, with one of the most interesting being a sequence developed by former pro and collegiate coach George Mikan, in which the shooter grabs the ball, shoots a layup, takes two steps for the rebound, and then starts all over again in the opposite direction to create a perpetual bucket machine in a very limited space. Recommended. Aud: J, H, P. (C. Block)