1. You need good form to shoot. Your form is the base of being a good shooter. If you have bad form your shot can go to the left or right and you won't be able to fix it. To have good form you need to make sure you make an L with your arm, with the ball on your fingertips, with a small window in between the ball and your hand. You need to keep your elbow close to your body not sticking out or the ball will go all wonky. Make sure your feet are facing where the ball needs to go while being shoulder width apart with your non kicking foot slightly behind your other foot. When extending flick your wrist and point your index finger to the ground.
2. Ball handling is not easy. If you want to have better ball handling you’ll …show more content…
Lay-ups are the best shot you can get in a game. You need touch, versatility, and be able to use each side of the basket. To be able to reliably make a lay-up you need to be able to finish which needs touch. A good drill for touch would be to be next to the basket and then spin the ball slightly in front of the basket and grab the and lay the ball into the hoop with the correct hand without using the backboard or hitting the rim. This drill will help with using the right hand on the right side. A simple drill that will help with being able to use different styles of a lay-up is called rapid fire. To start be at about a 45 degree angle at the three point and attack the basket and lay the ball in the 6 different styles: normal, lead, euro step, reverse, passing, and jump stop.
4. Range is not the aspect that makes you good. Range is how far you can shoot from, usually you don’t see centers shooting threes. Your range should not change your form because you don't have enough power to get it to the basket. Depending on what position you play really does determine where you should be shooting from, if you're a wing or point guard then you can be shooting beyond the free throw, or 15 footer. If you're a post or center, than you really should be shooting inside 15
2. Ball handling is not easy. If you want to have better ball handling you’ll …show more content…
Lay-ups are the best shot you can get in a game. You need touch, versatility, and be able to use each side of the basket. To be able to reliably make a lay-up you need to be able to finish which needs touch. A good drill for touch would be to be next to the basket and then spin the ball slightly in front of the basket and grab the and lay the ball into the hoop with the correct hand without using the backboard or hitting the rim. This drill will help with using the right hand on the right side. A simple drill that will help with being able to use different styles of a lay-up is called rapid fire. To start be at about a 45 degree angle at the three point and attack the basket and lay the ball in the 6 different styles: normal, lead, euro step, reverse, passing, and jump stop.
4. Range is not the aspect that makes you good. Range is how far you can shoot from, usually you don’t see centers shooting threes. Your range should not change your form because you don't have enough power to get it to the basket. Depending on what position you play really does determine where you should be shooting from, if you're a wing or point guard then you can be shooting beyond the free throw, or 15 footer. If you're a post or center, than you really should be shooting inside 15