Footstep action is the general name of various methods for athletes to control their bodies, change their position, direction and speed, and strive for height in basketball games. It is the basis of shifting the center of gravity, changing the speed and direction of the body, changing the position of the body on the ground and in space, maintaining the balance of the body, and successfully and effectively completing various basketball action skills. In order to improve the level of basketball players and develop various technical and tactical abilities, we must start from the footsteps. Judging from the structure of basketball technology, almost all basketball technologies are composed of two key parts: footwork and technology, except footwork mobile technology itself. But footwork is the basis of technology. In basketball teaching, many teachers regard technology as the focus and difficulty of teaching, and go all out from beginning to end, but often ignore the problem of footwork. When used on the spot, it will cause foul or foul, which will directly affect the game effect and waste basketball technical teaching. Therefore, in the basketball elective course, we should pay attention to the teaching and training of footwork movements in order to gain the initiative and advantage in the fierce offensive and defensive confrontation. Summing up the past experience and lessons aims at systematically analyzing the technical principle of footwork in combination with the problems existing in basketball elective courses in colleges and universities, and providing theoretical basis for further improving basketball teaching and training in the future. Here are some common footwork exercises: when using an emergency stop in fast running, first take a big step forward, put your whole foot on the ground, bend your knees quickly, and lean back slightly at the same time, shift your center of gravity, slow down the momentum of progress, and then take the second step continuously. When your foot touches the ground, turn your toes slightly inward, push the ground with the inside of your forefoot, bend your knees, turn your body sideways (your right foot takes the first step, and your body turns right), lean forward slightly, center of gravity between your feet, and naturally open your arms to help maintain balance.

Action points: Step 1, bend your knees with your feet on the ground and shift your center of gravity to your upper side; Step 2: Turn around hard, sit under your hips and lower your center of gravity.

Jump emergency stop (one-step emergency stop) In running, one step or two feet take off (not high from the ground), the upper body leans back slightly, the arms naturally swing, and the feet land parallel (slightly wider than the shoulders). When landing, touch the ground with the sole of your foot (or quickly transition to touch the ground with the sole of your foot first), with your knees bent and your arms slightly extended to keep your body balanced.

Action points: bend your knees and abdomen, gently jump off the ground with your feet and turn your knees to the ground.

Back and forth is a kind of moving gait that changes the front foot into the back foot. When doing the back step, pedal the ground with the inside of the forefoot, turn the waist back hard, pedal the ground with the back foot at the same time, retreat the front foot, and then slide to maintain the defensive posture and position.

Attack step is a kind of footwork in which the defender moves suddenly, and it is also a kind of footwork in attacking and defending actions such as grabbing the ball, catching the ball, passing the ball and shooting. When doing the offensive step, the back foot should be pushed hard to the ground, and the front foot suddenly stepped forward quickly to approach the opponent. When landing, the center of gravity is biased towards the front foot, and the hands on the same side of the front foot stretch forward to do defensive actions of interference and interception.

Action points: the feet should suddenly move forward and the center of gravity should be stable when landing.

Around the previous step (for example, when defending from the right), take a half step with your right foot obliquely to the right, quickly lift your left leg close to your right foot to bypass your opponent, and step or jump to the left. Both arms should make corresponding actions according to the needs of defense. The action method of winding the back step is the same as that of winding the front step, only winding the back step, which is mostly used for the recovery and position adjustment of defensive cooperation.

Action points: the feet should move quickly, the center of gravity should shift quickly and steadily, and the arms should cooperate with each other.