Fundamentals - Keys to shooting

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• One-hand
  • Drew Hanlen - shooting arm extended, bouncy toes (see YouTube - 15 shooting drills)
  • Waiter position (Nash form, Torbett, Johnston)
  • Dave Love
    • 10 feet from the basket, knees bent
    • isolation position - guide hand beside but not on the ball
  • Rhythm shooting - ball at waist level in front on the shooting hand,
    • legs flexed, raise ball to waiter position, shoot in one motion (Filippi, Form)
    • ball-drop - drop the ball, squat to catch and move up into a one-handed set shot (Taylor Allan)
• Set point (ready position)
  • Waiter position, put the guide hand on the ball, shoot (Torbett, Tauer, Johnston)
  • Hanlen - in close, turbo shoot from the set point (lift pocket), extend elbow high (Quick release)
• Ready-set-fire
  • Ready position, bring the ball down to the shot pocket, jump shot (or set shot to start) (Torbett)
  • Johnston - start from the set point, down and up, shoot
• Elbow-in drill
  • Shot pocket to set point, back to shot pocket, repeat, no shot (Filippi)
  • Johnston - slow-motion down and up - legs extend then load up again (How to shoot like a pro)
  • Castellaw - hips down (ball to thigh) to ball up (set point, hips firing, up on toes), repeat (Steph Curry secrets)
• Shot fake
  • Shot pocket to ready position and back, shoot (Hanlen)
• Thigh taps (Castellaw)
  • Legs loaded, tap your thigh 3 times with the ball (shot line, lower shot pocket), shoot (Perfect shot pocket)
  • On a catch, tap your thigh and load up at the same time, shoot (3 must-do form drills, Creative form drills)
  • Triple-tap and hop at the same time, progression - face away from the hoop, triple tap & hop, jump 180 turn (#1 drill to increase range)
• Elbow tap (Castellaw)
  • Tap shooting elbow to your hip (body space, elbow tucks in, ball loads lower, alignment), shoot (Improve shooting form, 5 drills to improve arc)
• Shot pocket
  • In stance (Filippi), or flex down and up (Johnston)
  • Castellaw - slow-motion form - loaded position, ball on knee, really slow to set point then snap it (3 must-do form drills, see Love A-B-C shooting)
  • Hanlen
    • Quick release - in close, slow from shot pocket to set point, then turbo shoot, one motion up and forward
    • Developing range
      • two-hand form shooting in close, elbow above eyebrow
      • drop shooting - move back, spin a pass, hips sink with the ball, catch and shoot, progression - jump forward
  • Rocky Ullah (Unlimited range)
    • low squat position (knees bent), very high arc
• Floor pick-ups
  • Ball on floor (check shooting fingers), or partner rolls a ball (Steph Curry, Nash block, Form, Love)
• Drop (Nash) shooting
  • Drop to touch the ball to the floor (Johnston, Nash block)
  • Jordan Lawley - Best drill to get a smooth shot, Get the smoothest shot (then balance on one foot, land on two, see Balance)
• Stuff shooting
  • Hanlen - hold the ball in one hand, move it over to the shot pocket, shoot, or shot fake (or elbow-in drill) (also see Proper balance)
  • Castellaw - catch passes with one hand, load up (Knock-down shooting)
• Bounce-ups (Castellaw)
  • Bounce the ball, hop and catch, bring it down to your waist (load up), shoot (Curry; 3 must-do form drills)
    • option - let partner's shot bounce
  • Double-ups - shoot in the air, let it bounce once, catch and shoot at the basket (Creative form drills)
  • Catch high passes, load up (Knock-down shooting)
• Step-ups
  • Spin a pass, or from partner
  • Step-in with anchor foot (Tauer, Alford, Filippi), hop step (Torbett), 1-2 step (Frankston, Johnston)
  • Castellaw - on a catch, tap your thigh and load up at the same time, shoot (see thigh taps)
  • Ullah - spin a pass 3 times, 1-2 step (anchor foot), pump fake, shoot the 4th time (Quick release)
  • Mike MacKay - pick a ball up from the floor (into triple threat), step back with the shooting foot and bring the ball down (“backswing”), step up and shoot
  • Triple threat - jab-shoot, upfake-jab-shoot (backup move)
  • DJ Sackmann - wrap-around-the-back shooting (Ball wrap drill), also Reid Ouse - Old-school drill (3 times)
• Machine-gun drill
  • Doc Scheppler - hot feet, hop, catch, shoot (The hop is the secret)
    • can add quick turns
  • Scissor footwork - Coach Nick Scissor shooting, Reid Ouse Scissor shooting
• Quick turns
  • E.g. 90 or 180 degrees (90s, Love, Curry), pivot or hop
  • Castellaw - 180 free throws, pivot to shoot, both directions, then hop pivot (Perfect guide hand, also 3 drills for targeting)
  • See Shooting - Sackmann pull-ups.
• Pound stuff (ball-quick)
  • Hanlen
    • left-hand dribble, shoot, then right hand (see Torbett, Frankston step-up, Proper balance)
    • game shots - hesi, cross, between, behind, side step (5-minute shooting warm-up)
  • Filippi - one or more dribbles, a) no shot, b) shoot; progression - scissor dribbles
  • Ullah - catch, dribble move (single, double, triple), shoot (Quick release)
  • Pick-up shots - one-hand catch and dribble, shoot (Curry challenge, Eastman, Ganon Baker)
  • Micah Lancaster - pick the ball up just when footwork reaches completion (Shot timing off the dribble)
  • Drop moves (How to drop, The hip swivel)
  • See Dribbling - Pro Training workout #6 (combo-move jumpers), workout #7  (lateral combo moves)
• Hop drills
  • See GVRTC, Filippi
  • Ullah - hop once, shoot (Quick release)
  • Castellaw - scissor foot-fire, hop foot-fire (Lightning quick release)
• Balance (one leg)
  • Castellaw - balance on the non-dominant foot, spin or catch a pass, hop, drop (load), shoot (Instant accuracy Part 1)
  • Ullah - shoot off the non-dribble foot (Top 7 shooting drills)
  • Sackmann - balance on one, shoot off two (Advanced shooting warm-up)

  • Lawley - Get the smoothest shot

• Line shooting
  • Set shot, jump shot (Torbett, Form, Filippi)
  • Castellaw - shoot in the air, let it bounce once, catch and shoot, continue (5 drills for better arc)
• Square-ups
  • GVRTC (step-up 90s), Torbett (square in the air)
  • Hanlen
    • 1-2, hop, reverse pivot off a pass (5-minute shooting warm-up)
    • spin a pass (or one dribble), square-up (Proper balance)
• Dribble step-ups, square-ups
  • Frankston, Torbett (1-2 dribble, pivot square-up), GVRTC
  • Tony Watson - pound dribble, 1-2 step (inside-outside), shoot (Get a quicker release)
• Pull-ups
  • Hanlen - one-dribble pull-ups right, left
    • catch in a split stance (see Beat the closeout)
    • pull-up or catch and shoot
  • Triple-threat attack - jab step, upfake, sweep, jab-upfake (rocker), upfake-jab (backup move)
  • Stepbacks, pullbacks
• Free throws
  • 2-3 dribbles, up and out, or flex then up

Other form shooting (can be with a partner)

• Lying (or sitting)
  • on the floor (Nash form, Filippi)
• Range shooting
  • step back on 2 or 3 makes in a row, start over (or step in) on 3 or 2 misses in a row
  • Tauer form, Nash block, Johnston, Ullah (Unlimited range)
• Chair shooting
  • seated, and rising up (Johnston, Filippi, Form)
  • Altizer (Become a better shooter at home), Johnston (Drills to improve shooting form)