There is one thing to consider when it comes to shooting

In Reply to: Purdue's improved 3 point shooting in 1 year, can we do it? posted by klkl on April 01, 2024 at 17:09:42

You can take a decent/fairly good shooter, one who has decent "touch", and through various drills with thousands of reps, make him into a great shooter. But it is near impossible to take a poor shooter, one who has poor touch to start with, and make him into a great shooter.

That's particularly true with free throw shooting. Free throw shooting should be one of the easiest shots in the game. But for many players, it isn't because they lack good touch and lack the ability to completely focus on the task at hand---and without worrying about missing. Positive visualization is a big key.

And as far as drills go, there are many and most are effective if done properly. But it takes discipline, attention to detail and many, many reps. Even better with someone who knows the fundamentals watching and making sure you are not just practicing bad habits in performing the reps. That's been my experience.

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• My theory is that the older the player, the tougher it is ej 08:50:52 04/02/24 (3)
  • I've always believed the most important physical trait traprh 12:08:09 04/02/24 (2)
    • When I first started coaching ej 12:43:45 04/02/24 (1)
      • All really good players can and generally do what you suggested traprh 14:12:40 04/02/24 (0)
• Like a golf swing ;-). * mikeo 19:00:15 04/01/24 (1)
  • Good example and very true* traprh 20:02:21 04/01/24 (0)
• Re: There is one thing to consider when it comes to shooting Dr.Bruin 19:00:07 04/01/24 (2)
  • Agree-if you want good shooters, you must recruit players traprh 20:00:14 04/01/24 (1)
    • Re: Agree-if you want good shooters, you must recruit players UCLA78 11:02:16 04/02/24 (0)

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