How the Best Players Use Their EYES To Dominate the Game

[@ByAnyMeansBasketball]

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[@bwall3994]

Takeaways: 1. Look past initial defender more. 2. Lock in on the rim early. 3. Scan the floor more in transition. 4. Train in live situations.

[@greyfox3954]

Man I started watching these clips when there was nothing but footage and chill music with text, which was good. Then you started with a voice, now you have a face.

[@dbzenthusiast]

Evolution at its finest

[@amballin0349]

i started watching his videos 4 years ago when i was a freshman, his evolution is crazy but his info has always been gems since the start

[@alldaynba2593]

it's crazy the amount of details in some of the videos you make. That amount of precision is absolutely crazy

[@elitesmartathletes]

Much needed video because that difference between shooting in a walled gym and an arena is so real!

[@raveriv8981]

Is it??..I think that's only if you can't shoot..yeah it's somewhat harder to focus on the rim, but muscle memory kicks in and then vision is certainly secondary

[@elitesmartathletes]

@@raveriv8981 in my opinion, the depth perception changes and if you’re not used to playing in open arenas there is a difference at first. Takes a sec to get your feel

[@1smoove116]

I really feel dat. I practice shooting every day at my own rim in my backyard, after i while i got a chance to play at an outdoor basketball field, and suddenly my shot just felt weird, the vision is just really weird

[@vFlavourzz]

You actually killed this. Your attention to detail is on another level. This video is a must for players lacking confidence. Be confident with your eyes, lock in 🙏🏼

[@teddyp421]

Hands down the most underutilized skill that isn’t spoken about enough. This is the EXACT thing that hindered my game the most. Always being able to dribble and finish in practice but in game never being able to do anything. HEAD UP EYES UP! Allows you FOCUS, READ, REACT. We are in our own heads too much instead of letting instinct and hand eye coordination to take over. This is why they say don’t text and drive “if your staring down you can see the road ahead of you”. DEEP! Lol! THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO! UNDEFEATED!!!!!

[@ByAnyMeansBasketball]

Who has the best court vision in the league? 👀

[@Osasu.]

Chris Paul

[@mm-4b]

CP3

[@jaymoney6233]

CP3 no doubt!

[@imhim3711]

Chris Paul

[@theflesh9005]

Cp3

[@lifutao3446]

Always wondered how some guys play-make at such a high level, this definitely is a part of that

[@finn.1357]

You know he’s committed to his craft 💯

[@jaysebas3678]

I’ve never actually thought about this tbh. Great vid and deep look into what players are doing and thinking, keep up these videos.💪🏽🔥

[@danieldwyane6023]

This is a great video. The soccer analogy is perfect. This has alway been my weakness in soccer because i cant see whats going on. It actually take serious discipline and practice to get rid of the bad habit. If you do, your game would change drastically

[@louis_7118]

1) Past 1st def 2) Ground-Peripheric Help D and Shoot Blocker 3) Lock on Rim 4) Scan Floor on transition

[@AndOreos]

people telling me to look up when i dribble... bruh i can see the whole court through my periphrial lol

[@2kallday21]

Vision is so important. I’m training a kid that has decent individual skills, but looks lost out there in games. It seems like he doesn’t know where he is on the court, hopefully this helps.

[@danielreygonzales5207]

Your YT channel is underrated! It's really helpful to the hoopers out like Me a lot of information at tips you given are defenetly useful in game anyways Im from here in Philppines and I just wanna let you know that Im a big fan of your's 💯👏 I hope one day you came to visit here

[@jaysievers1595]

Always a good day when these vids come on my feed 💯

[@journeytothenba9580]

After recording my most recent video, I noticed "damn I am looking at the ground", I was hurt but then I saw Kyrie looking down too and felt better lol Great vid 🔥

[@childoflight3213]

IMO this is facts, when I used to play soccer you constantly have to scan the field and look for the open player and space. When you have the ball using peripheral vision is so key.

[@shamaranderson1209]

This Channel has Taken My Game To a Different Level Even though I don't have time to work on everything Everything I do learn makes me hoop better so thanks

[@lionelhemmingway]

Solid as vid bro. Very good advice and totally practical. Appreciate how you broke down the phases of the play with corresponding eye activity

[@petemaunderhoops]

Attention to detail on this video is incredible. Well done!

[@2kdemiks816]

BRUH this exactly what i was lookin for. Steph Curry type beat

[@ssj_primal]

How ironic that we see drose in a New York jersey in here

[@jduce4051]

dude i fr asperate all the work u put into these videos. i take notes about this stuff to better my game, so thanks bro

[@d0nchik_fpv]

1. Watch past your defender 2. Lock on the rim early when you finish 3. Scan the floor, take quick glances to create action picture in your mind. 4. Train in live situations.

[@michaelharvey935]

Yup even on those set of basketball drill/tip videos MJ did early 2000s he had a segment about defense and explained defenders should be using their peripheral more instead of constantly turning their heads. It works. Keep turning your head and somebody can cut in a split second and score. And in transition that’s why younger Rajon was so spectacular bc in transition sometimes he’d take 1 or 2 looks down the court, get on the break and make the play he saw 3 steps before kind of like the Equalizer

[@willdykema]

Also looking down as you make a move helps these guys get their footwork and timing right, it’s a good way to gauge distance to the basket without losing vision of the whole floor that happens if you look up at the rim

[@matisyahuzamir2293]

Hey coleman! It's Matis that kid you had a workout with on a Friday... We worked on this in that workout!

[@exposehim1728]

Im tired of my coach telling me to stop looking at the floor(when im clearly trying to read the court and my defender) and look at the goal 24/7

[@enrique-lopez]

YOOOOOOO THIS IS SO GENIUS I LOVE THIS CHANNEL

[@sam-eq4bf]

This channel is so underrated

[@roy7661]

Looking at the floor while dribbling is essential to make quicker actions with the ball. When you dont look at the floor when dribbling in tight areas you dont catch the ball the exact way you want. Theres a good reason best ball handlers in the nba look at the floor, they can catch the ball exactly how they want and pass/shoot quicker off the dribble without the need to correct the position of the hand when catching the ball.

[@shinigami_3094]

This is fcking gold bruh, like priceless info. I enjoyed your video, and insight, your bad arse bud.

[@theforgettables7793]

Great points!

[@rickylauda8459]

I learned so much from your videos, you made me a better player

[@jashardwallington]

This why i say your the best basketball channel

[@tayxicfox9512]

A lot of my individual game came from playing as a midfielder Soccer definitely helps with it

[@mazharnaqvi2859]

Some keys points to pin point that can go unnoticed while playing. Nice hair lol

[@petricaleksa]

"you dont need to use the actual basketball to fake. just use your mouth"

[@ghostrodney3690]

Please do a point center breakdown Do a off arm activation drills

[@mikebilly4599]

EXCELLENT Video! Thank You!

[@patricksinclair9590]

Amazing stuff man

[@Tschay_13]

one of your most important videos!

[@yuanjiuli9167]

For real, I've been shooting at a hoop that has a wall behind it. The basket feels really far away when I play at a court that has nothing behind it.

[@ethanking625]

Could you please do a video picking apart Villanova's defense?

[@Ryan-iw2rg]

You have any ideas for small sided games that would encourage scanning? I was thinking 3 vs. 3 (or however many ppl), one person with the ball in the backcourt. Before starting, get them to close their eyes, You can place the teammates to their left or right, infront or behind them (change it from Rep to rep), the defenders can be in a position to trap the ball handler, play man-to-man, be trailing, etc (change it from Rep to rep). And give a time limit to score within. Once you start the game, the ball handler opens their eyes and has to scan the floor in order to score within the allotted time.

[@victoooriaful]

Goat content. What tool do you use to breakdown nba film?

[@IamZaye]

Known of this for a long time but when in games its hard to do especially when going 1on1 with a defender, tend to get TOs from not knowing where help is

[@RobertDavisDaily]

There still is so much more that goes into a drive to the basket or catch and shoot. Most of basketball is using your awareness, reaction/s, timing, communication. There of course is more to that but not everything works all the time, confidence will build your game

[@chris_swank9160]

Great video!

[@rafaelzamot42]

Maan i feel like i've always had this problem, even one time i said to a coach of mine "man, i can't see" and he just told my mom i probably needed glasses but it was not that couldnt see, but it just that i feel like i move my eyes way too much in game and don't actually see anything because im not picking up information

[@oworld4057]

So basically treat the court like a driving a car on the road 😂

[@versatillion15]

Idk if you’re keeping your “Pick & Roll” series going but if you are, *D-Wade* might be the best player to study other than CP3 which you did already

[@quilava9994]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@nirumashuhernandez1910]

Very important thanksss!!!

[@ejsmith8415]

Thanks , good information

[@ArkbladeIX]

The stamina and awareness requirements made playing center midfield in soccer waaay to hard for me. So much easier to play wing/wing back and I can just have my back to the sideline half the time

[@wilvoi2148]

I'm not that good but I'm always looking to get better and these are a big help bouta go work on this rn

[@titusdeitrich9277]

Your videos are so good

[@COOLSAUCE21]

Wow. So I'm not wrong to look at the ground on moves after all. So many people keep saying it's wrong to look down.

[@DoyouphilsMee]

Good video, thanks for sharing

[@lazyymaster0390]

Peripheral vision is one of the best weapons for basketball, doesn't matter the position you play in.

[@KahinAhmed72]

I wouldn’t look at the rim early because the defenders might have an easier time to block you if you’re driving to the rim.

[@ByAnyMeansBasketball]

Why? Why wait til the last second?

[@KahinAhmed72]

@@ByAnyMeansBasketball Because the rim protectors might figure out that I’m trying to finish at the basket early by seeing me look at the rim. But that’s just my opinion

[@ByAnyMeansBasketball]

@@KahinAhmed72 Nah I definitely think there is a time and place to delay looking at the rim! Not wrong at all. But I think most times, rim protectors know you're trying to finish by you driving straight at the rim. So locking in on the rim a half second before you jump may not be the worst thing in the world

[@mcmerry2846]

Well, actually when you watch the floor, your have vision of ball, defenders, teammates and your current position

[@jackthomasson1918]

I think this is really interesting

[@gabrielkristofferisidro2134]

Didn't know Donte Divincenzo have a youtube channel.

[@antoineproductions6069]

Can you drop a video on body moment as like shitfiitng weights and that kinda thing and accerlartions

[@bruhmoment3558]

wow this is tough tough

[@Harrisonhendricks]

Goodness RUBIO 3:40

[@r1pher]

Oh you lookin tanned tanned coach

[@franciscojaviermunoz252]

what to do if the defender is agresive? I have seen Marcus Smart going for the steal when the hopper it's not commited to the ball, and it's dribbling it loosely

[@benjenkincpa]

Very interesting

[@esbenlange9659]

very intresting

[@alchemistjay2845]

At what point would be early enough when looking at the rim, would it be during the pickup or even earlier before that?

[@johnigasasira9866]

Great

[@Balla-ph2rd]

My dad told me not to look at the defense but to look up at the rim

[@pedroluisdesouzaresende777]

5:55 5:22

[@diegon0495]

Use your sharingan to dominate the game

[@Balling4Jesus]

That’s how I play

[@clhswade]

Key Note 6:38

[@surveycrypto8622]

Entendi tudo, mesmo ñ falando inglês

[@AnonymousFire-bq3zx]

I have a question I very good in pickup games in neighborhood and it doesn’t transferred to game at all can you tell me what to do to transfer pickup to real games i would be happy

[@remylemonade]

Implement real game situations in pick up games because it is usually casual

[@itay1207]

5 on 5 is a different game Watch a lot of games and try to learn the game.

[@cmayy8317]

Psalms 23

[@horasiopurperhart4203]

mans look like donte from the bucks

[@juanameric7653]

DETAILS...

[@hzskammy6138]

McTowson balls

[@raveriv8981]

You kinda stole this idea from someone else..I hate when people used to tell me to look up though..I used to average like 10 assists a game and people still used to tell me that..I think they were just trying to bring me down

[@ByAnyMeansBasketball]

Rave Riv who’d I steal this from? That’s news to me lol

[@raveriv8981]

@@ByAnyMeansBasketball ummm...I think the short Spanish looking dude

[@raveriv8981]

@@ByAnyMeansBasketball no offense, but someone made a video almost identical to this one..can't quite pinpoint the face

[@ByAnyMeansBasketball]

Rave Riv gotchu. Honestly have no idea who the “short Spanish looking dude is.” I just read a shit ton about eye movement in sports and watched a ton of hoops over the years, and frankly only go on KZbin to post my videos anyways so I have no idea lol

[@raveriv8981]

@@ByAnyMeansBasketball the guy from ilovebasketballtv..coach rock or whatever

[@dekngpasig]

How the best player using referee

[@otvcash4315]

First

[@TheAirSpaceMentaliity]

Yo I can blow your mind when it comes to the game haha. HMU if you wanna see the game through a different POV. HMU on insta and ill see it haha

[@Dghtdchut]

5th

[@igethighhighhigh]

Best players can slow down or speed up the game at will !!