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  • Dwayne 'Swoop' Simpson: So now, Broadway.

  • Eric 'Broadway' Jones: Yeah?

  • Dwayne: I'm loving this thing were doing here, man. Now you taught me some great stuff. But

  • I really want to know how I become better rebounder. All right? I told you, I'm a little

  • tall, and I don't get any rebounds down there. And I want to figure it out, how can I be

  • a better rebounder.

  • Eric: Couple of technique we can show you.

  • Dwayne: Okay.

  • Eric: We bought in DP to show you exactly how to become a better rebounder.

  • Dwayne: Who, the expert?

  • Eric: Obviously.

  • Dwayne: Oh, okay.

  • Eric: See the first thing you want to do, usually when you're guarding a man, you're

  • facing him.

  • Dwayne: Right.

  • Eric: So you want to know where this guy is at all times.

  • Dwayne: Okay.

  • Eric: Why? Because you want to make sure he doesn't get the rebound from you.

  • Dwayne: Okay.

  • Eric: So the first thing you want to do ...

  • Dwayne: Mm-hmm.

  • Eric: ... you're trying to get the ball.

  • Dwayne: Okay.

  • Eric: You're facing this way.

  • Dwayne: All right.

  • Eric: DP's on you. The first thing you want to do is make contact.

  • Dwayne: Make contact.

  • Eric: Not you, him.

  • Dwayne: Okay.

  • Eric: He's gonna show you.

  • Dwayne: Okay.

  • Eric: So he's gonna make contact with you.

  • Dwayne: Oh, me. Okay.

  • Eric: Yeah. So he knows where you are now.

  • Dwayne: Okay.

  • Eric: Got to get a feel for the guy. You moved over.

  • Dwayne: Right.

  • Eric: You moving again.

  • Dwayne: Okay. You got me.

  • Eric: Now, you want to turn and do what's called a box out.

  • Dwayne: Oh, okay.

  • Eric: The box out is when you move the player back ...

  • Dwayne: Right.

  • Eric: ... from getting the ball. So the ball drops here, you can't get it.

  • Dwayne: But I want to go around him. So he's boxing me out. I can't ...

  • Eric: He's boxing you out.

  • Dwayne: I can't ... .

  • Eric: You can't move. You're locked in. You're in jail.

  • Dwayne: Okay.

  • Eric: You're done.

  • Dwayne: So he's gonna box me in.

  • Eric: So I'm gonna put the ball right here, and I want you to try to get it.

  • Dwayne: Okay. That, oh.

  • Eric: See that? You're boxed out.

  • Dwayne: Oh, okay.

  • Eric: Go get it.

  • Dwayne: Okay.

  • Eric: Go get it. You see that? You see you're boxed out.That's what happens. And then he

  • gets the ball. You see that, Swoop? He made contact with you first, boxed you out, go

  • get the basketball.

  • Dwayne: Positioning.

  • Eric: Yeah. And then you always want to grab rebounds with two hands.

  • Dwayne: Two hands, right.

  • Eric: You want to make sure you grab that ball with two hands. Why?

  • Dwayne: Securely.

  • Eric: Because if you have it with one hand somebody could smack it out.

  • Dwayne: Oh.

  • Eric: Two hands, harder to get it.

  • Dwayne: Yeah.

  • Eric: Makes sense. Doesn't it?

  • Dwayne: It is, man. You guys are helping me a lot, man.

  • Eric: Yeah. You're gonna become a better basketball player yet, son.

  • Dwayne: I hope so. I hope so.

  • Eric: So those are the keys to rebounding. Make sure you box out first, make contact,

  • grab the ball with two hands. That's how you become a better rebounder.

Dwayne 'Swoop' Simpson: So now, Broadway.

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