How to Improve Basketball Skills: Shooting

Basketball is a very popular and competitive sport for high school students. At the high school, athleticism will not make a player dominant unless they also have the other skills to compliment it. The most dangerous skill to posses in basketball is the ability to shoot. A good shooter can score the ball from almost anywhere on the court. When a player can shoot from anywhere, the defence is forced to guard him tight all over the court to make sure they cannot get an open look at the basket. The shooter may not get as many looks if he is always guarded tight, but it opens up the court for the other four players on the court. When a shooter who can put up three pointers has the ball, it makes all five defenders ready and aware of him, leaving the other team mates to get open or cut to the basket. Shooting is the most valuable skill to posses in basketball.

While shooting is the most important skill to have in basketball, it is also the most fun. Everybody who has ever played basketball or even watched t has dreamed of making the game winning three pointer or the buzzer beating jump shot. So how do you improve or develop this skill? It is simple. Form and repetition. While you may see a person who just played a game and made two three pointers but have bad form, they are not a good shooter. Form shooting makes shots consistent. Every aspect of form needs to be if not perfect, excellent to become consistent The most important two tips on form is that shooting is done from the legs. Every time you see an NBA player shoot, their feet are always the exact same no matter how far away the shot is or who is guarding them. The feet should be shoulder width apart with the strong foot about an inch in front of the weak foot or have both feet equal. The second pointer is keep your elbow in to your body. While you do not want to force your elbow right under the ball, keep in in close to your body but comfortable. This will make the ball release straight out your hand every time. While these two things may seem really simple, not many high school players have mastered them The only way to master the form is to keep shooting at trying at it. If you decide to make a thousand shots a day, then the first day it may take nine hours, but the next day it will get easier and may only take eight and a half hours, and the next day seven. Just keep thinking that you are practicing the most effective and fun thing in basketball. Shooting.