When good shooters miss, it’s often because they repeatedly take bad shots, and they usually don’t recognize it was a bad shot and instead think it is their form, and this self-doubt begins to create a shooting slump.
Most missed shots occur because of three things: players shot with poor balance; players rushed their shot or worried too much about the defense; and lastly players have poor shooting mechanics.
If players work harder to take better shots and concentrate on their balance before starting their shot mechanics, they will shoot a higher percentage. For otherwise good shooters, lack of balance typically contributes to a little more than 70% of missed jump shots.
This does not mean they are bad shooters who should worry about their technique. Instead, they are lazy shooters with poor shot selection. Either work harder to get open and on-balance or pass the ball and work to get open again. Throwing up off-balanced shots – for the vast majority of players (Kobe Bryant and others excepted) – is like a turnover.
Work harder before the shot to have more success shooting the basketball.
(Thanks Brian McCormick)
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