You hear coaches say all the time, don't stand up out of your stance. That is because your center of mass then moves up and down making you more liable to lose your balance. The more you can control or stabilize movement of your head, for example, the greater the balance you will be able to maintain. Balance is maintaining the ability to react and move in any direction with equal quickness at any point in time during a game. That includes any vertical, horizontal, and lateral movement from any position you have the ball at any moment in time.
Balance is the battle over which the game is won or lost.
The defender who while pressuring you temporarily loses their balance allowing you to penetrate them to the basket loses the 1 on 1 battle. When you, the player with the ball, lose your balance, while pivoting to get into a position to make a good pass or explode past a pressuring defender, then you have lost the battle. Keep yourself in a position to win the battle at all times. The focus of today's playground pointer is on learning how to take away the fear of pressure. I want to teach you the importance of becoming a good pivoter in order to be able to have a weapon that no pressuring defender may ever take away from you.