On average the average player is right handed, most times when considering their skill level on the left side is often weak due to everyday everything is geared towards your right hand; from sissors, to the way you brush your teeth, to shaking hands, driving your vehicle and eating your food if you are right handed you most likely have a retarded performance using your left hand. In order to counteract that it would be good practice to start using your left hand for everyday activities to increase its abilities. Alright let’s get to the drilling and practicing to complete your game.

Working on your left hand will help your basketball game as a whole in order to have a better overall game. When doing layups on the left side often right hand players still rely on their right hand which is incredibly easy to block and used by those who do not put the time into increasing their ball handling skills. The four drills that will help your overall left hand game will be shooting in place, jumping off opposite foot with left hand shot, 2 step jump off opposite leg with left hand shot and dribbling with 2steps jump off opposite leg left hand shot. On average doing these drills will require at least 25 to 45 minutes to complete 100 reps each.

First drill shooting in place without moving
When practicing your left hand layup you should first start by practicing shooting on the left side without moving a foot or so close to the basket hitting the backboard or not for at least 50 to 100 attempts at a time.

Second drill shooting and jumping off right foot, left knee up
After you have completed the motionless left hand shot on the left hand side begin jumping off your close leg which is your right foot firing off, lift your left knee up and using your left hand to take a shot; attempt 50-100 times.

Third drill 2 step adding to the 2nd step
When you have completed the attempts then begin to take 2 step layups from a respectable distance by first stepping with your left then right, firing off your right foot, lift your left knee and aim for the backboard or goal with your left hand; 50 to 100 attempts.

Forth drill dribble adding to the 3rd step
Once you have built confidence in those 3 drills begin by adding a dribble then 2 steps left right firing off the right foot left knee aiming with the left hand; 50 to 100 attempts.

Fifth drill
Actually implement your left hand skills on one on one games to get practice with going to your left side.

Once you have mastered your left hand layup, left hand close up shot and feeling confident you should begin by practicing left hand dribbling skills with cones, drills that require you to focus on using your left hand and focus on increasing your left hand strength.

Often times young people tend to quit when things are tough and fold under any pressure, this is what separates winners from losers and often times individuals get caught in ruts and never recover from short comings. Not all sports require you to be ultra aggressive and often times when you are too aggressive you often times will set yourself up for failure. When fighting in MMA fighters who exhaust too much energy often fatuige themselves, boxers also who tend to be too aggressive without actually knocking out thier opponent and often times these individuals will beat themselves. So knowing when to speed up the tempo and knowing when you need to pace yourself is a skill that many people struggle with in sports.

When you do not go hard in some athletic events while your opponent is going hard it is more likely that you will be overwhelmed with extreme force and often times you will be beaten due to your non-movement. You have to counteract their movement with technique and good timing in order to keep a sustainable pace and not allowing yourself to be overwhelmed. Not all fighters, wrestlers or boxers are meant to be fast once you know your body you should use your strengths and make it a point to work with it. Often times coaches will try to have their competitor to do things they are not meant to due to the standard and not using their competitors strengths but their own.

Knowing your strengths, working on building on them and working on those weaknesses is the things that coaches/trainers need to focus on in order to build on the product. If your fighter lacks quick feet, feet work is bad or the fighter has bad movement coach needs to focus on speed ladder work, jump rope work, cone agility work and other exercises that help with the persons movement. Often times if a fighter is slower than their opponent they must find ways to slow their opponent down. When boxing often times the fighter clinch in order to lock up their opponents arms and they attempt to weaken them by doing so. In wrestling using front headlocks, plumming in and locking up your opponents wrist which often times causes your opponent to tire-er out due to the pressure. When fighting mma muay tai clinching, dirty boxing and many of the same moves used in wrestling can be used to slow down the competeion and attempt to overpower them.

So how much pressure is needed to break those who are overwhelmingly quicker and fster often relaze on your genetics and your training. If you can keep up and maintain amount of force through thewhole timesthen the ned to chain wrestle, bring compbination punches or having the right conbos in mma then the pressure can be more seamless as opposed to trying to slow their opponent down but instead looking to keep up and pass them. Often times what happens when competing your competitors have off days which they are not able to do what they normally do due to injuries, strains, fatigue and the limited amount of energy output. If you know you are not feeling well means you should alter your game to match your body’s potential.