How To Play Forward In Basketball Video

The forward position in basketball is made for scoring and rebounding. Learn how to play forward from a former college basketball player in this sports video.

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Unique Anderson is a certified personal trainer and former college basketball player who is currently working on her master's degree in Exercise Physiology.

UNIQUE ANDERSON: Hello. My name is Unique Anderson and I'm a certified personal trainer. All right. In this clip, we're going to talk about how to play forward. You got different types of forwards out there. Back in the day, it used to be small forward and a power forward. Now you can be known as a three and a four. Most of the time, three, the small forward, is a little bit smaller than a power forward, a little bit more movement with the basketball. If I'm the point guard and I'm bringing up--if I'm bringing it up the court, usually I'm going to have my shooting guard on one side and my small forward on the other, my power forward and my center at the bottom. What I'm focusing on is trying to dish it off to my small forward. He usually is going to come down, try to crash the board with a lay-up or a jump shot depending on what his skills are. Again, now I'm going to bring the ball back up and I want to give it to my power forward. Now, remember we talked about how to crash the boards. Power forward is a little bit more aggressive, a little bit bigger, too, more in the center end. We're coming down. I'm bringing it down to my power forward. He's bringing it down hard and try to make that ball happen, make that shot drop. Again, small forwards and power forwards, I mean, centers, point guards, shooting guards, they're all very--they play very key points in basketball, but it's all about bringing those key points together to make a good team.

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