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Ways to Improve Your Shooting

You will find here 6 major tips to improve your shoot.

1. Get open.
Create a lead before you receive the ball. Take advantage of your teammates to find an open shot position. Set up the shot you want. "Hoped Shots" rarely end up in the basket.

2. Shot selection.
Know your ability and your shooting percentage. Concentrate a lot while shooting practice. This is important to have a higher percentage during practice. Some good practice shooters may become only average game shooters, but there are no poor practice shooters who are excellent game shooters.
Know where your teammates are before shooting. Make sure no teammate is open for a better shot. Know when to shoot. Passing up a good shot is just as important as taking a bad shot. Be aware of defensive players’ and offensive rebounders’ positions.

3. Shoot with consistency.
Be on balance. Take off is with opposite foot of shooting hand or with both feet. Hold ball high with wrist back and elbow pointing directly at the basket. Release ball quickly but do not hurry. Ball should have good back spin. Follow through. Keep shooting hand and fingers extended until ball goes through the basket.

4. Concentrate on shot.
Shoot with touch. Focus on the rim. Do not watch the ball - a shooter that take eyes off the target usually blows the shot.
Concentrate on every shot in every practice and every game. Concentrate despite any distractions of noise and movement. You should have only one thought on your mind, and that is making the shot.

5. Shoot with confidence.
To be a good shooter, a player must have the confidence in his shooting ability. "You are only as good as you think". Practice. "Shooters are made - not born." The secret to good shooting is countless hours of hard work and concentration. This why coaches love to see baskets in player’s backyards.

6. Acknowledge the pass.
This will result in receiving more and better passes. Become a proficient passer. Passing will build better shooters because the principle of throwing to a teammate is the same as shooting at the basket.

Shooting drill
This drill is for two players. Player 1 takes seven outside shots in a semi-circle around the basket while and player 2 tries to tip in any missed shot. If Player 1 makes a shot it is worth one point. If Player 2 tips in a missed shot they get two points. After seven shots players switch positions. First player to 21 points wins.

Note: A tip is valid only if Player 2 has both feet off the ground.
This shooting drill is great for practicing your shooting concentration and accuracy since every time you miss a shot it provides your opponent with an opportunity for two points. It is also great to improve rebounding skills and establish the proper position for a putback shot or tip.

Article courtesy of Hooptactics.com.

27 Comments: Ways to Improve Your Shooting

Posted by
victor lytle
on 11.13.2009

i am a good three point shooter but i always am looking to get better and more consistant and i have a pretty good inside game as well as midrange but it took me alot of practice and time devoted to getting better at times i felt like giving up and just quiting but then i remebered that everyone has bad days and if you really want to become better you need to practice practice practice and have confidence in yourself believe that every shoot your shoo is going to go in and that will lead you to become a better shooter all around it really works i used to be bad and now i am being scouted for basketball and i am only a sophmore in high school .

Posted by
victor lytle
on 11.13.2009

i am a good three point shooter but i always am looking to get better and more consistant and i have a pretty good inside game as well as midrange but it took me alot of practice and time devoted to getting better and i felt at times like giving up but i remeber that everyone has bad days and if you really want to become better you just need to practice practice practice and make sure you have good shooting form and have confidence in yourself believe that every shoot you shoot is going to go in and that will lead you to become a better shooter all around it really works i used to be bad and now i am going to start varisty for my high school as a sophmore if any one has any knowledge on how i can improve please send it to my email at lytlevictor@yahoo.com or cridelytle@yahoo.com thanks .

Posted by

on 11.9.2009

i can shoot average from 3 and i can make foul shots but i can make the 5-7 footers to well what should i do .

Posted by
tsumpi
on 11.7.2009

thanx a lot .nidd that ol of it .

Posted by
Jonathan
on 10.30.2009

I’m a good shooter but I need concistancy in my shoot what should I do? .

Posted by
cody
on 08.6.2009

im a pretty good shooter but i dont have consistency like i should, what do i do? .

Posted by
youngmoney
on 05.17.2009

i am 12 , my upper body is strong , i’m very quick and about 5feet; 5inches and i play small forward . my mid range shot is in the middle but i can’t seem to hit that much 3 pointers like kobe or lebron . what’s the problem .

Posted by
Luke
on 05.11.2009

i can hit a 3 with out jumping over and over again but when i jump i tend to miss can some one tell me why i do this. i think it may be that i don’t land right and don’t set my feet but i dont know. every where else in the D im fine. .

Posted by
larry bird
on 04.23.2009

for all you guys who say u got a good mid-range but not a good 3 point shot, here are some tips:1. If your young or not strong then it might not be in ur range so just practice getting stronger.2. maybe ur just unconfiedent about your strenght. your upper body is for your accuracy and ur legs are where the power comes from. shoot with the same form that u would shoot with if ur 5 feet 10 feet or 30 feet from the basket, just use more leg power. .

Posted by
fernando vanhook jr.
on 02.21.2009

see i have a great mid-rang shot bt i have to start workin more on my jump shot from the outside thanks hope your teaching teach me something .

Posted by
Paige Spatz
on 01.11.2009

I play center and I heard that if you line the ball up with the hoop then you can make it. And in practice I heard that you can practice shooting by pretending that your hand can reach a cookie! .

Posted by
Alex
on 10.26.2008

i am a great point guard with excellent court vision, passing,speed,agility, and mid range shooting but i need to be able to shoot 3’s more consistant. Any Tips? .

Posted by
kovic
on 10.12.2008

erm,ican’t get any backspin,even though i flick my wrist.It always ends p with a little bit of backspin.Can you teach me?[I am 10 this year and is shooting overhead.] .

Posted by

on 10.10.2008

i need ten steps!!! not 7 .

Posted by

on 06.26.2008

i think too much when i shoot how do i prevent/stop that?? .

Posted by

on 04.16.2008

thanks i really need to work on the technices that you have pointed out thanks alot .

Posted by
slasher kid
on 03.19.2008

im a good slasher and my jumpshot is good but my 3 is not always the best. How can i improve my 3?? .

Posted by
Maxi
on 11.10.2007

Improve your shooting.Balance. Keep your feet open, the same distance that you have from shoulder to shoulder, that’s the correct distance. The right foot must be a little forward than the left (the oposite if you are left handed). Stoop just a little, and jump. The ball go up in the same time than your jumping. When you are in the highest point of your jumping, release the ball, always looking the bastet.Arms: When you are shooting, your hands must be in front of the top of your head, your elbow has to be on a 90� position, then you extend only your shooting hand, and you "break" your wrist, to create good back spin. (IN AIR)That’s all. Really works. .

Posted by
brandon
on 10.10.2007

I heard your elbow should be in around your nose when shooting but than your arm is blocking your vision slightly.How far should your shooting elbow be in? .

Posted by

on 10.5.2007

yeah man i know what you mean, keep ya head in the game .

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