text: how to play basketball better? i want to know how to be trained get the fundamentals down first.  some of the simplest things people forget.  don't look down when you dribble.  deliver a 2 hand chest or bounce pass.  set picks, roll off the screen, etc etc.    just goto your local parks and get in a pickup game.  if they're all heads and shoulders better than you, good.  that's the only way you'll get better.  you need to play with people who are better than you.  good luck.