Comments on: The Key To Good Shooting? The Lower Body http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/04/06/the-key-to-good-shooting-the-lower-body/ A look at play-calling in the NBA Sat, 12 May 2012 06:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: khandor http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/04/06/the-key-to-good-shooting-the-lower-body/#comment-464 khandor Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:25:16 +0000 http://nbaplaybook.com/?p=1550#comment-464 Sebastian & Brian, Having the shooter's feet point toward the basket is an old school method of shooting. What's more important in today's shooting methodology is having a shooter's shoulders and torso angled in a way which allows the ball, elbow, shoulder and hip to be in alignment with the line-to-basket, while emphasizing a high release point. Cheers Sebastian & Brian,

Having the shooter’s feet point toward the basket is an old school method of shooting.

What’s more important in today’s shooting methodology is having a shooter’s shoulders and torso angled in a way which allows the ball, elbow, shoulder and hip to be in alignment with the line-to-basket, while emphasizing a high release point.

Cheers

]]> By: Sebastian Pruiti http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/04/06/the-key-to-good-shooting-the-lower-body/#comment-463 Sebastian Pruiti Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:13:28 +0000 http://nbaplaybook.com/?p=1550#comment-463 Brian, thanks for the comments and the kind words for the site. Totally agree that there are teams who still set screens for shooters. However in my opinion, the difference between that and shooting off the dribble is that most of the time, shooters when setting themselves up to make the catch square up and try to be on balance so they can rise and land in the same spot. But yeah, totally agree with your comments. Thanks for chiming in. Brian, thanks for the comments and the kind words for the site. Totally agree that there are teams who still set screens for shooters. However in my opinion, the difference between that and shooting off the dribble is that most of the time, shooters when setting themselves up to make the catch square up and try to be on balance so they can rise and land in the same spot. But yeah, totally agree with your comments. Thanks for chiming in.

]]> By: Brian McCormick http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/04/06/the-key-to-good-shooting-the-lower-body/#comment-462 Brian McCormick Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:01:47 +0000 http://nbaplaybook.com/?p=1550#comment-462 I agree with the overall statement. However, you wrote: "This is because when you shoot off of the catch, you are already standing still, which makes it easy to rise and land in the same spot." Not all shots off the catch are stand-still jump shots. There are still some teams who set picks for shooters to get them shooting off screens. However, most missed shots miss because of poor footwork and balance. It's obviously better in the NBA than in NCAA, and the defense contests harder in the NBA, but for most players, they make a mistake in their shot that leads to the miss. So many players lean back needlessly or are lazy with their footwork and it creates a miss. Fantastic site btw. I agree with the overall statement. However, you wrote: “This is because when you shoot off of the catch, you are already standing still, which makes it easy to rise and land in the same spot.” Not all shots off the catch are stand-still jump shots. There are still some teams who set picks for shooters to get them shooting off screens.

However, most missed shots miss because of poor footwork and balance. It’s obviously better in the NBA than in NCAA, and the defense contests harder in the NBA, but for most players, they make a mistake in their shot that leads to the miss. So many players lean back needlessly or are lazy with their footwork and it creates a miss.

Fantastic site btw.

]]>