Difference Between Shooting Guard & Small Forward

hello basketball coaches and basketball players my name is Alan from Isles basketball training and today I'm going to talk to you about the differences between a shooting guard and a small forward now in today's game I should pre mention that in today's game there is no such thing as an individual player who plays only one position we're going into a into a time where it's called position less basketball where if you're a shooting guard you could be also playing small forward power forward and maybe even point guard I was almost ahead of my time when I went down to the NBA Development League because I was what was considered a swing guard which means I was a point guard slash shooting guard when I went down there I was a lot lighter than I am today now going down from there shooting guard versus small forward I'm gonna go over the historical idea of what it used to be and now what it is used for today okay so historically back when I was growing up in basketball the small forward was a player who would slash and cut towards the rim and throw down some nasty jams meanwhile the shooting guard still did cut every once in a while but he was more designated just exactly what his name it complies in what his name says is he is a shooting guard so he needs to be your three-point specialist he needs to be like your Larry Bird who can jack up your shots and make them consistently he has to be like you're Ray Allen who can consistently hit near those shots and players like Green who played for the Raptors last year who can hit those three-point shots very very consistently however the small forward he was the one who was generally six foot six to about six foot eight six foot nine who could slash towards the rim be strong enough to battle against the big players who are trying to block his shot or his dunk meanwhile the shooting guard was somebody who was between six foot three and six foot seven who was able to consistently knock down those shots the small of the the small forward was historically around six foot eight and shooting guard is generally six five six six on average now going down from there even further later on in this video I'm gonna be breaking down different moves that you can use if you're a shooting guard or small forward in today's game that can help you score more points but first we're gonna be going down to the idea behind position less basketball I get tons and tons of questions about I am 511 in grade 8 what position should I play well it does kind of come down to what your what your coach's thinking that you're gonna be playing but also it's a position list game these days and what does position this mean it means that if you're a center you could also be able to defend and play point guard as well so there's no set positions on court and we're getting closer and closer and closer to being able to do that we're getting players who are like Xion williamson who was six foot five six with six who is massive 280 290 pounds who can drive and cut to the woods the rim and still having a pretty good three-point shot now he historically would have been a very strong point guard I mean not point guard what am I saying power forward he historically would have been a very strong power forward somebody like Charles Barkley however in today's game they may be still sticking him down there but in game he's gonna be playing more of what a small forward or what a shooting guard would historically be playing as well because they're running sets that don't just have him sitting in the the low post or the high post that they're also playing him in sets that have them out in the 3-point line so to keep that in mind okay so now some quick moves that you can do on court that can get you more abilities or more chances at scoring in basketball so for one if you don't have the ball just yet and you're cutting baseline the one thing some players do do is they just kind of cut out and they stand here they wait for a pass and now they're ready to go but instead what you should be doing is cutting out having your hand up and then when you catch that ball make sure that your pivoting to this right leg especially if you know you're gonna take that shot because now you can dribble out one step pick up that step foot and take that shot and you're Square to the basket so in quicker speed it looks like this or it looks like this and you can take that shot that's one move that a lot of small forwards and shooting guards need to learn so going really slowly you take that left foot that's when you catch the ball you pivot you now take your dribble and now you can square up to the basket and take that shot now another move that you need to learn as a small forward or shooting guard is also when you receive that ball how to do a drive fake or a shot fake and drive towards the rim now a perfect drive fake is when you really pivot right into that that fake like if you're actually gonna go and dribble in that direction you're gonna think if he takes a step in that direction you pick up that foot you you originally faked and you pick it up you bring it over you dribble with your left hand the reason why you want to do this is because now your right foot is protecting the dribble your right hand protecting the dribble and also you're not traveling either which is a fantastic thing to aim for is not traveling now when you do your shot fake what you want to do and a lot of what 99% of players do not do is when they do their shot fake they're just going like this this sort of can sell it to some players if you want to become a really good shot fake player you want to go up on your toes and then drive you're allowed to go up on your toes there's no travel involved with going up on your toes there's a travel involved if you take a little bit of a hop but you don't want to do that you want to get that ball up on your toes and then back down and drive that is what creates a very good shot fake in basketball so with that information as well as those moves if you practice those you will become a very good shooting guard and small forward in that hybrid position I hope that you've enjoyed today's video if you have hit that like button subscribe and I'll see you guys again tomorrow for another twice a day basketball video

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