Basketball is a fascinating sports competition. Many people not only like to sit in front of the TV screen or in the stands of the stadium to enjoy the fierce competition, superb skills and bodybuilding of the players, but also like to try their skills themselves. But many people feel a little awkward and uncoordinated when running on the court. Even some well-trained track and field athletes, with beautiful running posture, have lost their natural and unrestrained demeanor on the basketball court and are stiff and clumsy.

The reason is that most of the characteristics of basketball players' running are that the direction of progress is inconsistent with the direction of the body:

The players who attack without the ball always run to the target "basket" or a certain tactical area, keeping their eyes on the "ball" and being ready to catch the ball at any time; When running, athletes should protect the ball by pushing and squeezing their opponents, or change the running direction at any time to get rid of their opponents; Defenders usually run with their backs to the ball and their opponents, striding sideways to the back of their bodies and the back of their sides. This kind of running can't be as straight as running track and field simply for speed, with toes touching the ground backwards and upper body facing forward.

But with the special running method of basketball players:

Upper body sideways, lean forward with one head and shoulder in the direction of movement [so as to face the ball or push the opponent with the shoulder], so that the center of gravity of the body is low and forward. The parts where the feet exert force are usually the inner forefoot of one foot and the outer forefoot of the other foot, and the toes should firmly grasp the ground. Both feet should exert their strength, and keep alternating horizontal backstroke and front cross of thighs as much as possible, so that the stride is large and the center of gravity is low. This posture can stop and change freely in arc running.

Stepping means that when the head and shoulders lean forward in the direction of movement, the inner forefoot of one foot and the outer forefoot of the other foot should firmly grasp the ground, and the two feet should try their best to keep alternating horizontal back pedals and cross the front of the thigh.

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