How NBA Players actually make decisions - Film Study

How do NBA players make reads and decisions?

A highly common question I receive as a coach is How do NBA players make reads and decisions, so I thought I would answer it in this video!

Basketball provides many challenges for players to face, teams such as the Milwaukee Bucks optimise their defence to completely prevent you from finishing at the rim, others like the New York Knicks aim to out muscle and hustle you on both ends and other NBA teams like the Golden State Warriors try to force you off the 3 point line in to Mid Range Jumpers.

Making reads and decisions really comes from your ability to see the floor. But it is more than just dribbling with your “eyes up.” You have the have the IQ and knowledge to understand where you need to be looking and where you shouldn't be looking.

This is known as the Perception - Action Coupling. What you perceive drives your action. So, if you are looking at everyones shoes because you don’t feel comfortable attacking with your eyes/chin up, all you are going to perceive is that everyone has cool shoes.

But, if you know where to look, you will begin to make amazing plays and start to really have a positive impact on the game! Learn more through watching this video!

Intro: 0:00
Perception: 0:19
Perception Action Coupling: 0:58
How NBA players make reads: 1:24
Importance of Basketball IQ: 5:04
Study: 6:50
Summary: 7:30

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[Boris-yuxx]

helped a lot and i could focuse great because of all the lil quizzes and stuff

[MarcoDPolo]

As a PG/SG pursuing pro ball that has the skills but not the brains, I’m absolutely loving your film breakdown videos 🙌

[ry_an.]

very good video. explains real time quick decisions in easy to understand steps.

[zakariahbah]

I feel like reading your main defender should be the main thing and then you read your help defenders. But then again I’m 13 and my dad says I don’t have enough IQ yet.

[fivesthespeeddemon]

Bro getting all these right makes me much more confident as a point guard in my decisions on court

[shakiid]

dude the fact that u made this vid 2 yrs ago and only recently I saw that ky interview u were talking about
I've been playing basketball wrong my entire life smh

[AndrewMHoops]

Intro: 0:00
Perception: 0:19
Perception Action Coupling: 0:58
How NBA players make reads: 1:24
Importance of Basketball IQ: 5:04
Study: 6:50
Summary: 7:30

[jimmygui]

Very helpful video! Please differentiate signal and noise with colors, that would make it much easier to follow along.

[ODSKhari]

this was an amazing video. criminally underrated !

[Icealwayshoopin]

So the signal means they paying attention to the offense and the noise is they are not relate to it anymore because they have another objective?

[randomstudent]

Extremely informative
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[toxicediter]

What’s a Signal a drop a noise and trail

[jpgaming]

Now everyday I will watch this and study the game of basketball and get ahead of others.