General step-by-step guide to doing an up and under

• Dribble past your defender with dribbling skills and moves.

• Drive towards the basketball hoop with speed

• Take a step and a half or do a powerhop towards the basketball hoop

• leap towards the rim when you are in the paint

• Hold up the basketball in the air and fake a runner ('up' phase)

• Draws it back down and squeeze by defenders in the air ('hang' phase)

• Take any impact from your opponent and recover

• extend your arm with the basketball pass your opponent and lay the ball in under his arm

The up and under basketball shooting move is a tough one to master. Nevertheless, once you master it, you are almost unstoppable because it is hard to guard someone faking both on the ground and in the air. you can further improve it by jumping up on one side of the rim, travel in the air behind the backboard, and extend your arm back out on the other side of the rim for a lay-in. This is the basketball shooting combination move of an up and under and a reverse lay-up. Adding creativity to your basketball game makes you a better basketball player.