Jul 03
Footwork for Shooting? — Ask Coach Contest — Shot Science Basketball
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arrowhead: It is difficult to know what is going on with your stroke. If you could get us a high quality video we will gladly analyze it for you. Hope to hear from you.
Also, make sure you take a look at all our videos because there are MANY instances when you can see where you should place your hands. Chase’s video on the set point is a good place to start. Hope this helps!!
You bet. We’ll have this soon and it will also be part of our downloadable video tutorials. In the mean time, you want your shooting hand to be slightly turned so that you can see the “Y” or yoke that is formed between your thumb and index finger. In terms of where on the ball, you want your hand to be placed on the bottom of the ball so that if your wrist were to continue up through your hand, it would go right through the bottom of the ball to the top.
You definitely don’t want to have your index and middle fingers together when you shoot. They should be spread to give you the proper control. Also, the release is less of a flick and more of a flop. You want your release to be very relaxed. The flick will make your shot too “live” and will give it less of a chance to stay around the rim should it rebound. Watch the slow motion release in some of our videos.
can you do a video on hand placement there are so many confusing methods like right hand on top and holding the side and then right hand on top holding the side a different way.
you have to flick the ball with your wrist to shoot but when you shoot put your index and middle finger together then shoot. thats how i do
omario: The ball will tend to go to where you focus as you already know. The nest is not like a spot (ie. front rim), but an area. We have our student focus on that open space inside the rim and they soon find that is easy to do. This, like many things in basketball or any sport takes time to develop. With practice you will get it. Good Luck.
i know, i know which height is confortable for me. it’s just that i kind of get distracted shooting, i found out that where ever i look the ball goes. so for example if i look at a spot on the front of the rim hoping it will go in. it just hits this spot and rebounds off. do you have any idea of how to look at the nest? or how to focus?
astro: The rotation or spin on the ball results from the finger and wrist follow through on the shot. It is our belief that you don’t want or need a lot of rotation because it makes the ball really live when it hits the rim. Slower rotation results in a softer rebound off the rim. The ball should be released off the first two fingers of the shooting hand. They should go directly toward the rim, but slow rotation is GOOD!
omario: It is not necessary to jump out of the gym for a jump shot. The jump wants to be a comfortable height where you can catch the power from the jump. This is why you lose your accuracy is trying to jump really high. This really tenses up your entire body and you want to be relaxed when you shoot. Keep working on it.
How can i make the ball spin straight like people in nba all their spin are so straight ?
yes i have watched it. when i jump really high, i mess my shot. i have found that i am reach but only when the shot is pretty flat. my arm fases forwards and so do my legs in the air. i only jump a little bit for a shot, when i try to jump high i lose accuracy. i know i use my legs, becuase i jump every time, but i don’t dip i dip as much as i would go for a dunk, which is like about 13 degrees
Are you certain you’re only shooting with one eye? You’d have to hold your arm pretty close to eliminate the vision of either eye. Also, your depth perception would be greatly affected by only using one eye, so gauging how far away the basket is would be really hit-or-miss.
How’s your shooting stance? Do you find yourself being completely squared up to the basket? We believe a staggered approach is best. Check out our Shooting Footwork video if that might be the problem!
There’s several things that might be going on here. Have you watched our video on “Getting your Legs into it?” That would be the place to start because most people that come up short on their shots lack power, which they’ll unlock with help from the lower body. If this doesn’t help, let us help you figure it out!
Try softening your focus and imagine a target in the middle of the rim. That’s precisely where you’re aiming for, so it makes sense that you’d want to aim there! Maybe even try imagining a cross-hair in the middle of the rim. People get too caught up in having a tangible target to aim for. You just have to program yourself to see the “Nest.”
i used to aim at the front of the rim and always hit the front, then i aimed at the back so i always hit the back. so i decided to look at the net, i suddnley started scoring. is it right to look at the net? i only look at the net bacause when you say look in the middle of the rim, there is nothing to focus on, so i always end up looking at the backboard or side of the rim
hellow coach, i live in the UK, we have a canadian basketball coach. im on;y 5′ 11″ nearly one of the biggest on the team, so he put me as center. i practice free throws for at least 2hrs a day. i wanted to be a shooting guard, but when i shoot threes i can’t seem to make the shot it’s always too short for some reason. my inside shots are good though. he keeps telling me my range is inside the three point line, but i am disapointed, how do i shoot threes?
astroboy: If you can fit thru the hoop, yes! haha. Once the ball is into the nest, visually, your work is done! It is not necessary to follow the ball after that.
so that means that i have to follow the ball thought the net after i shoot
astroboy:
We believe that the target is the entire middle of the rim area which we call the “nest” See the shot into the nest and you will be fine. We don’t believe that your target should be either the front or back rim. These result in more misses than makes, especially if your arc is low or flat.
hey , when i shoot should i just looked directly on the net or do u have to follow the ball through the net ?
when i shoot i use one eye the whole time and it still drops.i mean the whole time my arm is in front of my eye is this wrong?or is it ok.
sean: Using both eyes is very important for depth perception. The ball should be located in front of the shooting eye, but both eyes are necessary for success.
when ever i shoot i can never make it so my wrist makes flicks the ball all the way to the basket.i would like to be able to master that skill so i can all together get a better shot and better accuracy.
Also, make sure you take a look at all our other videos because you can see MANY instances of how to grip the ball when shooting. A good place to start is with Chase’s video on the Set Point. Hope this helps!!