TROUBLE SHOOTING YOUR SHOT

Your shot is short.

A lot of times a short shot means you are not using your legs properly, not following through, or an uneven rhythm. Your legs might be fully extended before you release the ball.

Your shot is long.

Look to see if your shooting arm is raised to at least a 45 degree angle, less than this causes the shot to not have any arc. Try raising the ball to a higher shooting position or getting your shooting hand under the ball. Hands might be too far apart, not allowing you to get under the ball. You might not be using you legs at the correct time you are releasing the ball.

Your shot is inconsistently long or short.

Incomplete elbow extension, extend fully on every shot.

Your shot goes to the right of the rim (right handed shooter)

You are not squared up to the basket properly, square shoulders to basket. Ball is in front of your head and elbow is out. Ball should be on the shooting side of your head between your ear and shoulder. Your hand or arm is extending to the right on the shot, extend straight to the basket. Your follow-through isn't crisp & clean.

Your shot goes to the left of the rim (right handed shooter)

You are not squared up to the basket properly, square shoulders to basket. Right hip to far forward, square up to basket. Your follow-through isn't crisp & clean.

Your shot doesn't have consistency and control.

Look for consistency on your follow through with your arm fully extended until the ball hits the rim. Make sure ball is being release from hand properly every time. Use legs for power on every shot. Make sure you are looking at the front of the rim on every shot. Pushing the ball with the guide hand thumb when shooting.

Ball hits rim and spins out right or left.

Look at the release of the ball from your hand, you could be releasing the ball with your ring finger instead of the shooting fork or first two fingers. Releasing the ball with your ring finger could put a side ways rotation on the ball causing the ball to spin out of the basket. Pushing with the guide hand thumb can cause the ball to have a side ways spin on the ball, causing the spin out when ball hits the rim. Start with your hands in the block & tuck position.

If you can eliminate your shots from going to the right or left… you have improved your shooting by 50%

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