Basic Basketball Tricks-Shamgod

Now what is Shamgod?Mainly,it is a form of a breakdown move in basketball where you fake your opponent with your initial-created-on-purpose situation and quickly changing it to cut in.It's actually not as easy as it sounds like because it takes a lot of practice than you can ever imagine.This move has been done by many street basketballers around the world and it is essential for you to know it too.Like other basketball moves too,you can manipulate on how are you going to perform it with your own creativity.Here are the basic steps;

1)Hold the ball with your two hands.Assume that you just received the ball after being passed from your team mate.You can position your foot casually by this point.Do it.It strengthens the effectiveness.

2)Now try to fake as if you just lost the ball from your hand-as if it slips out from your hand.You'd want to do this with only one hand.Assume you're using your right hand to fake it.Palm facing upwards at 45 degree direction to make it look more realistic.

3)Quickly.move your left foot to the direction of the ball,right foot on the ground,static,and 'steal' the ball as fast as you can with your left hand.I don't mean 'stealing' by catching it with your two hands,instead,dribble the ball to your left side with your left hand,as fast as possible.

4)Continue dribbling forward quickly passing over your opponent and...never look back.

Practise this move by focusing on your agility first.Try to get the ball to the opposite side as soon as you fake it.You can manipulate the way you want to perform this.As an example,you can start by dribbling lightly in front of your opponent and start faking as if the ball slipped or maybe purposely throw the ball between you two and launch the Shamgod directly!Depends on your creativity folks!