Plant and cut injuries can be prevented by learning the rounded turn technique. Instead of planting the outside foot, turns should be made by planting the inside foot. In other words, the foot towards the direction of the turn should be planted. This allows the athlete to accelerate through the turn and lessen the risk of injury. Two repeated activities in basketball are jumping and landing.
Proper landing is very important.
Players should land with their knees bent and allow them to continue to bend to absorb the impact gradually. One step stop injuries can be prevented by eliminating this rapid deceleration and stopping in three steps instead of one. By gradually decelerating in three steps the risk of ACL injury can be lessened. While some basketball injuries are unavoidable, many can be prevented. Proper conditioning along with muscle stretching and strengthening should be initiated well before the basketball season starts.