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Shado.
Profile Joined February 2008
United States187 Posts
June 10 2009 05:48 GMT
#21
Very few people have perfect textbook form while shooting, even up to the NBA level. The best advice is to try to stay away from the really bad habits and build consistency.
GoSu
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Korea (South)1773 Posts
June 10 2009 12:33 GMT
#22


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Shuray
Profile Joined July 2008
Brazil642 Posts
June 10 2009 13:05 GMT
#23
Nice guide, but I still rather soccer
Terranlisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Singapore1404 Posts
June 10 2009 13:06 GMT
#24
:O i shoot with my index finger in the middle
aka myheronoob
ilovejonn
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada2548 Posts
June 10 2009 16:40 GMT
#25
This guide is b a l l i n.
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ff7legend
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States213 Posts
June 10 2009 17:09 GMT
#26
When you say its good to shoot with feet straight it really depends, because some people can't line their elbow up with the basket without doing so. And Also the ball can differ sides when shooting as it depends on what eye you aim with. Finally when shooting you should try and aim for the little rings where the net hangs on the rims and use those as bull's eyes
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SlayerS_`HackeR`
Profile Joined November 2008
United States190 Posts
June 10 2009 18:49 GMT
#27
just learn to shoot by yourself and refine your method

takes longer but works better

my shooting underwent perhaps ~4 different shooting styles until it happened to "land" on the "correct" style of shooting... eventually even if you dont read this guide, with practice you will be just as good
- i pwn n00bs -
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 10 2009 22:19 GMT
#28
Video 1:


Video 2:


Video 3:


Video 4:


Video 5:


Video 6:


It was Pete Maravich, not Havlicek... my bad. There you go =P
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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 10 2009 22:21 GMT
#29
These videos helped me A LOT when I was fixing my shot
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Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
June 10 2009 22:23 GMT
#30
embedding disabled, lol you fail

:'(
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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 11 2009 03:53 GMT
#31
it works for me ? O_O
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b_unnies
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
3579 Posts
June 11 2009 08:49 GMT
#32
Those videos are really nothing similar at all to any part of my guide. Only thing that's same between the two videos is flexing the wrist. Not sure how having that 1 thing that's the same can be seen as an entire transcript of pistol pete. =/

i dunno, maybe you haven't watched it in a while and sounds similar, but i can say that at least 90% of it is different to my guide
rei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3594 Posts
June 11 2009 09:53 GMT
#33
The right foot should be slightly in the front, the body shouldn't be complete square to the basket, because if it is completely square, in the same time having the ball right above the head, then it means the shooting elbow has to be bending inward so that you can hold the ball in the center above your eyes and head. I tried that today, my forward arm is blocking my right eye if i do that.
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jjun212
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada2208 Posts
June 11 2009 09:58 GMT
#34
all you need to do is watch jordan tapes and copy until you get your own feel
rei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3594 Posts
June 11 2009 10:01 GMT
#35
On June 11 2009 18:58 jjun212 wrote:
all you need to do is watch jordan tapes and copy until you get your own feel


that's exactly what i did, on a huge mirror too!
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b_unnies
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
3579 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-11 10:07:38
June 11 2009 10:06 GMT
#36
On June 11 2009 18:53 rei wrote:
The right foot should be slightly in the front, the body shouldn't be complete square to the basket, because if it is completely square, in the same time having the ball right above the head, then it means the shooting elbow has to be bending inward so that you can hold the ball in the center above your eyes and head. I tried that today, my forward arm is blocking my right eye if i do that.


in my opinion, the ball shouldn't be in the center of the head. what happens is just like you describe, your shooting arm will block your right eye. the ball should be on top of your eyes and on top of your forehead. the elbow shouldn't be bent and it should be at 90 degrees

but again, if your shot works for u, don't change it
artofmagic
Profile Blog Joined March 2005
United States1951 Posts
June 12 2009 17:22 GMT
#37
hey good basic guide. I play lots of streetball as i live in nyc.

I'm not at my prime right now, thanks to work and college, however i'm trying to get it back this summer.
I want to improve my endurance, speed and power.
So far I'm only doing lateral pushup. do you know any good plyometric workouts especially for the legs?
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SirNeb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States243 Posts
June 13 2009 01:08 GMT
#38
Great guide, I just starting playing ball again and really want to improve my shooting. Only problem is.. it's really hard to understand everything without images or videos. I've watched quite a few shooting mechanics/fundamental videos, they all differ from each other in little(or sometimes drastic) ways. It would be great if you can add at least images to the guide for sure.
broz0rs
Profile Joined July 2008
United States2294 Posts
June 13 2009 02:15 GMT
#39
[image loading]


I play a lot of ball, and I think this Youtube has the best basic basketball tutorial videos. I totally agree with all of the nuances.
b_unnies
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
3579 Posts
June 13 2009 07:02 GMT
#40
On June 13 2009 02:22 artofmagic wrote:
hey good basic guide. I play lots of streetball as i live in nyc.

I'm not at my prime right now, thanks to work and college, however i'm trying to get it back this summer.
I want to improve my endurance, speed and power.
So far I'm only doing lateral pushup. do you know any good plyometric workouts especially for the legs?


jump rope actually helps a lot, which is something i really recommend if you want to workout. it helps in all the areas you mentioned. jump roping helps both your speed/power and definitely on your endurance (basically cardio). its a really good idea, cheap to buy, and fun if you don't want to go to the gym

other ideas you can do are squats and jumping sideways onto something high. eg. have a box next to you, and jump sideways on top of the box
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