Carlos Boozer - Post Clinic

As promised, continuing with the NBA fundamental series. Today's is Carlos Boozer giving instruction on post play.



Some of what I like from Boozer: First of all, love the fact that he is pointing out the work he does before he establishes position. The V-Cut to get down to the block, or the fake screen and then rolling to the block. Establishing position is half your battle. I once read somewhere: You "own" the paint with deep post ups. "Rent" the paint with simply posting up on the block. "Lease" the paint by posting up off the block.

Also Boozer talks about having the ability to mix it up and give the defenders different looks. A post player can be very easy to defend if they are predictable especially with a double team.

Final thing I'll say about post play is the term "having a plan". Guys in the post should have a general idea of what they're going to do, based off the defense. Ex. If he's playing me to the high side, I'm going to do this...

You're not scripting your moves, its just knowing your strengths and what will work. It's knowing what counter to use off your initial move.