How to Do a Rondo Fake Shot Fake Step Through Move in Basketball

Rajon Rondo is arguably one of the best point guards in the league, and one of the main reasons he is so good, is because of his craftiness with the basketball. When he attacks the basket he almost always uses a fake of some sort to get the defender off balance or out of place. This is one of the basketball fundamentals for finishing around the basket off of a pivot move.

This move is the advanced version of the Rondo fake, it is used when the defender doesn't quite bite on the first move, and you must use another fake before getting your shot off. Watch this video to learn how to do a rondo fake, and also get some tips to help make the move work for you. Whether you use this move in a game or not it is still good for working on your footwork and being under control when you drive the basketball.

Drill Name: How to Do a Rondo Fake Shot Fake Step Through Move in Basketball

Drill Goal: Teach how to use the Rondo fake shot fake step through the right way and how to really sell the move in a game.

Equipment Needed: 1 basketball and a basket

**Drill Tips: ** Make sure that your fake is at the rim and not out to the side. The time to use this move is when you have an athletic defender on your hip trying to run down your shot for a block. You must jump off both feet after you step through or it will be a travel. After you Rondo fake, don't step back too far but pivot around. When you step through after the shot fake, don't drop the ball down to where it can be stripped by the defender.

**Drill Steps **

Drive to your right down the middle of the paint or lane line with the basketball in your right hand.
When you get to the basket plant your right foot as your pivot foot and extend your left are up towards the basket like you are going to shoot a reverse layup.
The imaginary defender doesn't go for the fake so you are going to pivot on your right foot and bring your left foot around.
Now shot fake the basketball and then step through past the imaginary defender for the finish.

If you drive to the left you will pivot with your left foot and Rondo fake with your right hand.