SHOOTING

Being a great shooter is the easiest way

  • To create an advantage

  • To get a faster first step because you don’t actually have to have one

  • To draw help / a second defender

  • Punk fake is one of best moves in basketball but if only as effective if a good shooter  

  • It’s not just about being able to make shots it’s about having a reputation of hitting shots

Keys To Being A Great Shooter

  1. Quiet Eye - one specific spot focus on a small specific target consistently - how quickly you lock your eyes on to the target affects accuracy

  2. Arc

  3. Range/Power

  4. Reps (get shots up)

  5. Power Generation Efficiently (rhythm, wrist twist, quick short knee bend, feet turn)

SHOOTING TUNE UP/WARMUP

8 Shots, 10 Shots of Each

A) Line - footprint (hit like x10)

B) Wall - where finger tips can paint the wall, ball has to go twice height of head and skim wall on way down at eye level (hit 10)

C) Squeeze - squeeze ball as hard as can for 2 seconds win finger tips then relax hands and shoot - relax guide hand and blast off guide hand, guide hand comes off before release, ball above square arc (10 shots)

D) Swish - wrist rotation, feel rotation not flexion, tap ball 3 times with trigger finger, ball doesn’t stop, above the square arc (10 swishes)

E) Rocker - heel to toe relationship, rock 3 times and on 3rd one ball has to come off index finger when toes dig in the ground, effortless and smooth, quick release (10 shots)

F) 3 Drop - drop hips don’t jump (10 shots)

G) Groove - off dribble, boom 1-2, the harder dribble, faster the feet, the quicker the hands the quicker the shot...ball doesn’t stop (10 shots)

H) Speed - catch and shoot as fast as can with quick feet, dip and release (10 shots)