Techniques of the Point Guard

The Point Guard is the person on the court who has the most chances with the ball, controls the game, and organizes the offense. They have to bring the ball safely from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and then pass the ball to other teammates to create scoring opportunities for their teammates. Assists are their primary job, and the point guard plays the role of a director on the court like a director of a great show.

A qualified point guard, first of all, to have excellent dribbling ability, can bring the ball smoothly across the half-court; secondly, but also have a very good passing ability. The point guard has to make the ball flow smoothly, and they have to be able to pass the ball to the easiest place to score.

The point guard is often the last scorer on the team, and unless his teammates don't have a good chance to make a shot, he's not going to shoot easily. Even with a strong scoring ability, the point guard's goal is to destroy the opposing team's defense with his scoring ability, thus creating scoring opportunities for his teammates.

The rule for the point guard is that when any teammate on the court has a better chance than him, he must give the ball to the teammate with the better chance. Therefore, unless it is a very good shooting opportunity, the point guard is not going to take a shot, so the point guard hitting rate requirements are naturally very high, usually to be more than 50% - this hitting rate is higher than the small forward and point guard. In terms of specific scoring tools, the perimeter perimeter and cutting are two essential tools for the point guard.

Represented by Jason Kidd (New Jersey Nets)