Reggie Miller Break Away & Fade Away
See that leg right there in the bottom right hand corner? That's Reggie's opposing defender. Was his D being lousy in defense. No, he has been running all over the court. Was he not giving Reggie any respect? No, everybody gives Reggie respect, even the ref. Then why? It is because of Reggie's signature basketball move. Reggie uses a pick, pushes the defender into the pick, and run beyond the arc to shoot a fade away three. What unblockable? That's unblockable.
Here is a step-by-step guide of using Reggie's signature
1. Walk slowly towards the baseline of the court on one side. Walk to conserve energy for continuous burst
2. initiate a quick eye contact with a teammate for a pick at a blind spot of your defense. Set the pick 6 steps away from the defense
3. Look away from the pick and suddenly sprint towards the pick
4. At the moment you run past the pick, use your shoulder (or your arm if no refs are paying attention) to push your d into the pick
5. Run towards the three point arc, receive a pass, and turn around
6. If the defense is still far away, just do a regular shot, otherwise, fade-away
Physical requirement
- great stamina and explosiveness for continuous bursting
- great shooting skills for threes (fade-away if applicable)
Skill requirement:
- running through a pick smoothly
- turn around jump shot
- turn around fade away (if applicable)
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Applicability 7.5/10
You need a good cooperation of three teammates, the picker, the passer and
yourself. It is not something you can do in just any pick-up hoops.
You need to work on the timing with your teammates.
Flexibility 8.5/10
As long as pick is legal in basketball, this basketball move is formidable.
If there is help defense, so what? You can always pass it off in the air
to the unguarded person.
Flash-ability 9.5/10
If you drain threes after threes after threes like Reggie, who has the
spotlight? You do!!
Don't use this basketball move too much in streetball. First, the game just becomes a shooting game and no one will ever play with you anymore. Second, no one likes to be pushed around all the time. Chances are you are gonna get a bad beating after you pretend to be Reggie because no one is going to give you respect the Reggie gets.
