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Posting up has changed in the NBA and college game over the last five or so years. Instead of posting up on the blocks, we post up in the middle, two/three feet below the foul line.

 


3 and 5 are posting up hard and stay spread apart.
1 is responsible for the off-side rebound.
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What exactly is posting up?
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Now, when posting up, that goes from 4 inches to 8 inches further than shoulder width and, of course, the most important thing is the concept of "sitting down" on the defender when you are posting up.

Being the great competitor that she was, she didn't get discouraged, but instead of posting up on the low block, decided to take her defender up high to the elbow area.

The post entry pass is any pass that goes down to a player who is posting up a defender.

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Also called a "reverse pivot", the drop step is a move in which the player posting up takes a back step on the side of a defender behind him and spins to that side to gain leverage.
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See also: Ball, Post, Pass, Shot, Point