Layup - Wikipedia

A layup in basketball is a two-point shot attempt made by leaping from below, laying the ball up near the basket, and using one hand to bounce it off the ... Layup FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch "Lay-up"redirectshere.Forshipsthatare"inlay-up"or"laidup",seeInordinaryandReservefleet. Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Layup" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(February2020)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) AlayupbyTreyBurkefortheMichiganWolverinesinthe2012–13BigTenConferencemen'sbasketballseasonopeneronJanuary3againstNorthwestern Alayupinbasketballisatwo-pointshotattemptmadebyleapingfrombelow,layingtheballupnearthebasket,andusingonehandtobounceitoffthebackboardandintothebasket.Themotionandone-handedreachdistinguishitfromajumpshot.Thelayupisconsideredthemostbasicshotinbasketball.Whendoingalayup,theplayerliftstheoutsidefoot,orthefootawayfromthebasket. Anundefendedlayupisusuallyahighpercentageshot.Themainobstacleisgettingneartherimandavoidingblocksbytallerdefenderswhousuallystandnearthebasket.Commonlayupstrategiesaretocreatespaces,releasetheballfromadifferentspot,orusealternatehands.Aplayerabletoreachovertherimmightchoosetoperformamorespectacularandhigherpercentageslamdunk(droppingorthrowingtheballfromabovetherim)instead. Versions[edit] EmmanuelMudiaydoesareverselayupinthe2014McDonald'sAll-AmericanBoysGame Asthegamehasevolvedthroughtheyears,sohasthelayup.Severaldifferentversionsofthelayuparearoundtoday.Layupscanbebroadlycategorizedintotwotypes:theunderarmandtheoverarm.Theunderarmlayupinvolvesusingmostofthewristandthefingersto'lay'theballintothenetorofftheboard.Thislayupismorecommonlyknownasthefingerroll.WiltChamberlainwasoneoftheearlypractitionersofashowyfinger-rolllayup.NotablepastNBAplayerswhorelyheavilyontheunderarmfingerrollareMikeBibbyandAllenIverson. Fingerrollstodayhavemanyforms,includingthe"AroundtheWorld"whichinvolvesacompletecirclearoundtheplayerbeforethelayupandavarietyoffakingintheapproachtotherim.AclassicexampleisaplaybyJasonWilliamsduringhistimewithSacramento,inwhichWilliamsbroughttheballbehindhisbackwithhisrighthand,inafakeofabackpass,andthenbroughtitfrontagainwiththesamehandforthefinish(reminiscentofBobCousy,whopioneeredthemove). Theotherlayupistheoverhandshot,similartoajumpshotbutfromaconsiderablycloserange.Overhandlayupsnearlyalwaysinvolvetheactionofthebackboard.PlayerslikeScottiePippenandKarlMalonehaveusedthismovetogreateffect. TheReverseLayupisamorestylishmethodofmakingtheballfromclose.Generally,youfakethedefenderintodefendingaregularlayuponthenearsideandthenjumptothefarsideofthebasketbeforeshooting. OnenotableReverseLayupwasthatofMichaelJordan.HisReverseLayupconsistedofhimstayingonthesamesideofthehoopwhiledoingtheReverseLayup. Itiscommonforplayerstocreateroomforalayupbymakinguseoftheallottedtwostepsbeforethelayupattempt.Variationsandimprovisationsexist,yetthemostcommonformistheEuro-Step.So-calledasitwasintroducedtotheNBAbyEuropeanplayers,ithasbeenadoptedmainlybyguardsandforwardsasitreliesheavilyonagilityandfootworktoavoidlargerdefenders,althoughbiggerplayerssuchasJoelEmbiidhavebeenseenmakinguseofthemove.TheEuro-Stepitselfinvolvespickingupone'sdribblewhiledribbling,takingonestepinonedirection,thenquicklytakingastepintheotherdirectiontoavoidthedefendertocreateroomforalayupattempt.Tomakeuseofthemoveefficiently,itisbesttodribbleinaggressivelythentaketwobroadstepsindifferentdirectionswhilesimultaneouslybringingtheballoverone'sheadinthedirectiononeissteppingformaximumevasionandprotectionwhilepotentiallydrawingafoul. Gallery[edit] Playmedia SamVanRossomlayupsinaValenciaBasketmatch. Externallinks[edit] InformationonLayupandVariants "HowtodoaReverseLayupinBasketball".Wikihow.com.Retrieved11Feb2014. 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