Building up your players’ shooting system will expand their consistency and guarantee they have the most obvious opportunity with regards to scoring with every shot, notwithstanding when under pressure.
The shooting system drills will guarantee your players have the right arm positioning, cadence and leg position when playing out the layup, free toss and hop shots.
Here are 5 Basketball shooting tips:
Tip #1- Always have your hand under the ball when you shoot.
Many times, a messed-up shot could be improved simply by changing where your hands lay on the ball before you shoot. Some shooters have a tendency to have the ball in front of your hand, instead of the ball laying down on your hand. If you were to practice shooting and stop the ball as it comes across your face (or side of the face) and draw a straight line through the ball to the hoop, your palm should not be on that line.
Tip #2 – Where the Air Hole is located
Now if you were to follow tip one and have the ball sitting on your palm before you shoot, where are your fingers located? If the air hole is in the center of the ball, it should be placed between your ring finger and your pointer finger. The specifics could vary depending on the shooter, but it is non-negotiable that it is between those two fingers. If your hand placement is to move any more to the right or left, you will begin to see the ball coming off your hand with weird rotation. You will begin to miss shots to the left and right.
Tip #3 – Shooter ready
Being Shooter ready means a lot of different things to a lot of different coaches and trainers. And usually depends on their generation. It is more important to have your legs loaded than it is to have one foot back and in a low stance. By having your legs loaded, or full of tension, means to be ready to jump or to explode up with your shot. Also, by keeping your legs loaded it also allows your feet to be closer together and closer to your shooting stance. The quicker you can get your feet under you and in your shooting stance, the better!
Tip #4 – Wrist Flexibility
If you’ve ever watched Steph Curry shoot you can understand why. His wrist easily gets to a 90-degree angle with his forearm every time he shoots. With this much flexibility this allows for him to have a quicker release, shoot from deeper out, shoot with more arc, and get better rotation on his shot.
These are all important and can be improved simply by having a more flexible wrist.