Guard Up Badge

For Best Results:

• Combine this Badge with:
  • Deadeye Badge
  • Catch & Shoot Badge
  • Circus Threes Badge
• Builds this Badge is Best Suited for:
  • Outside Shooters
  • Stretch Bigs
• Attributes to Increase:
  • 3 PT Shot
• Gameplay & Playstyle Tips:
  • Makes an outside shooter even deadlier if opponent fails to get a hand in the face
  • Will boost low contested shots even more
  • To increase the success rate of jump shots:
    • Learn and practice your jumpshot timing (if it’s not working for you, try a new one)
    • Take open shots
    • Space the floor / spread out to create open looks
    • Know and shoot from hot spots on the court
    • Use on-ball and off-ball screens to get open
    • Read the passer and move without the ball, bluffing changes in direction, etc. if necessary to get open.
    • If the defender is overplaying you, utilize back cuts and pump fakes
• Notes:
  • Simulated games do not count towards earning badges
  • Badges have 4 Tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Hall of Fame
  • Badge availability depends on the archetype

Name: Guard Up

Description: Increases the ability to make jump shots when defenders fail to properly contest.

Controls: Jump Shot: Press and hold X / Square or move and hold Right Stick then release

Skill(s): Offense > Shooting

Type: Shooting