A fadeaway or fall-away in basketball is a jump shot
taken while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to
create space between the shooter and the defender, making the shot much
harder to block.
However, this benefit comes with a drawback. The shooter must have very
good accuracy (much higher than when releasing a regular jump shot) and
must use more strength (to counteract the backwards momentum) in a
relatively short amount of time. Also, because the movement is away from
the basket, the shooter has less chance to grab his own rebound.
The naturally lower shooting percentage (because of the difficulty of
the shot) and inability of the shooter to be able to get his own rebound
lead many coaches and players to believe it is one of the worst shots
in the game to take. However, once mastered, it is one of the hardest
methods of shooting for defenders to block. The threat of a fadeaway
forces a defender to jump into the shooter, and with a pump fake, the shooter can easily get a foul
on the defender. It takes many tries and practice to execute this
perfectly, and only a handful of great NBA players have been successful
shooting fadeaways. Michael Jordan was one of the most popular shooters of the fadeaway. Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, and Dirk Nowitzki are also well known for using this move.
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