How to Do a Finger Roll | Basketball Moves

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Gear for the court:

Right now we'll talk about how to finger roll the basketball. And what a finger roll is, is a version of a lay up when you're attacking the basket and you want to try and get as close to the rim as possible and finger rolling the ball right into the basket.

So it's probably somewhere in between a regular lay up and a dunk. The point of emphasis is that again you want to over exaggerate your follow through on you underhand motion and releasing the point at your peak of your jump.

So right now what we'll do is we'll work with Jerry and George as far as attacking the basket and really trying to explode to the basket and finishing underhand at the highest peak of their jump.

So we'll have both guys coming out now. We'll have Jerry first. So what we'll do is we'll start here with our right hand and we'll cross over and we'll take an additional dribble and then it's just like a lay up except with a lay up sometimes you finish on the right side or the left side.

With the finger roll you never use the backboard on a finger roll. Most of the time a finger roll is used to put the ball straight into the basket.

So right now we'll watch Jerry. Here we go. He'll cross, see how he releases at the peak of his jump. Here we go George, one dribble, he releases at the peak of his jump. So you see how both of those guys really explode to the basket and the same thing that we always talk about.

We want to be able to finish with both hands so right now we'll go the opposite direction. Jerry will take it at the peak of his jump, exploding finger rolling it in and then George at the peak of his jump, finger rolling it in.

So remember, whenever we do a finger roll we want to finish underhand, explode to the basket, release at the peak of our jump and we really want to try to finish above the rim.

[jazztom]

I'll never understand the physics of a finger roll. Where does the energy that makes the ball go up into the basket come from?

[tazirecadet]

I love doing finger rolls, I just don't have handling

[adritochowdhury]

I thought George ''Iceman'' Gervin was gonna teach us...

[robertsmilanich]

I pretty much always use scoop layups accept for when I am highly guarded

[Horst.Hemschel]

can u do a tutorial on how to maintain ankle stability while playing cus i alway twist my ankles

[darkmeadowproductions]

my biggest defensive moves are just plain jukes (or I think that's what it's called), twists, and a few other small things. there actual very effective to people at my age (around 11-13) and considering I'm 4 foot 6 I can do a lot of thing.

[AlexPerez-sytp]

On Thursday I practiced and did eight straight. But there's time where it hits the front of the rim and bounces out. Is it because of an early release? Or am I not tossing the ball high enough

[lenirasilva]

Do you gotta have a good vertical for this?

[raf]

The guy do fingerolls in the video with the neon shoes worked at a basketball camp I went too

[PettySince]

This is more of a “What is a finger Roll” than a “How to”

[theoneandonly]

I can do anything with both hands except this on my left hand

[theprotagonist]

jelly is a finger roll, but u know u just gotta add your own little spice to it

[heemalgrg]

how to roll the basket ball the board when we are corner of goal board

[markanuta]

can you teach together with professor??pls

[jcd]

thanks your a good teacher or a coach i hope that i can learn what are you teaching because i want to play basketball on a tournament
#IreallyWantToPlayBasketBall

[demonjon]

I'm a freshman in high school (5'10) and I play ball for my school but I can't get my hand above the rim so finger rolls are hard for me

[charlesalbino]

i'll just block that finger roll layup down!! mn!!

[ojbuckets]

Just do overhand layup easiest but not pro

[ChaunceyDos]

This video is missing the part where they show you how to do a finger roll. By that I mean explain it.