How where you taught to shoot?

kobe bryant has perfect form, i learned from him.

nobody, my shot looked like crap and nobody commented on it until i recorded it one day. Then i changed my form completely and now it looks like a normal jumpshot

[QUOTE=selrahc]kobe bryant has perfect form, i learned from him.[/QUOTE]

KB always did have a beautiful shot.
Actually his dad had a pretty release, when you get down to it, although he was maybe more of a catch spin and dunk artist or at least that's how I remember him best

I first shot a basketball at age 12-13. No coach or knowledgeable adult me.I taught myself.

I watched what NBA guys did and also what regular adults did (lots tended to shoot like Bird; hoisting the ball from the back and right side of the head).

Of course I wasn't strong enough initially so I shot like Shawn Marion/Joakim Noah and did that all through HS.

Then in my early to mid 20s I started to get stronger (late bloomer), I shot like Austin Rivers. It's a half Noah and half pseudo Ray Allen. I would jump, hang in the air, and shoot. But it was wrong bc I lost the benefit of leg power since I hung in the air too long. So I shot with a lot of upper body strength with a catapult action (relatively flat)

Now in 2013 I shoot more like an old man with some lift in my jump but now I have somewhat figured out how to release the ball at the peak of the jump. My elbow is nicely pointing toward the basket (even though the elbow is still sticking to the side). I push off the legs, then lift up my shooting arm, then finally flick my calves and follow through at the same time. I now make it a habit to hold my follow thru for a split second longer.

I just kept on shooting. I'm pretty nice at shooting 3s and I'm cash with that Nash one foot runner.

My normal jumper is an ugly version of Kobe's though :lol Whenever I try to copy his form, I usually air ball the shot so I made adjustments.

Coach? I never played organized team sports.

I just went to the court and started bricking shots until I got comfortable. I'm still very streaky, but I can get hot. I haven't playedin three weeks so I'll be rusty as ****.

I tend to shot turnaround and fade to the side jumpers far better that straight up or spot up. I need to be in some rhythm.

I don't remember who told me this, but I was told to keep my eye on the rim. I usually do that still, but not always.

In seventh grade I had about 35' range (around 30-35% from there) shooting from my shoulder. I was weak and that form added a lot more power, and thus distance, to the shot.

My gym teacher challenged me to a shooting contest... if he won, I had to shoot his way for an entire year. If I won, I didn't have to do any of the running in gym if I didn't want to.

I lost, and have not stopped shooting "his way" since. Basically Ray Allen(?) style. Elbow at a ninety degree angle, high release, hand above, and slightly to the right (I'm right handed) of my head.

Took a long time, but I eventually got most of my range back, hitting a couple 30' shots in High School ball, and in the Senior All Star game I had the crowd chant for me to take a half-court shot to end the game (airballed it :facepalm ).

But other than that, it's been a pretty successful motion. I have that gym teacher to thank for my relatively sweet shooting stroke, and my JV coach for my handle... it's not great, but instead of putting me in the obvious position of "catch-and-shoot guy" he forced me to learn how to handle a ball and be a guard. I didn't get any PT unless I was PG, so I worked and worked and worked at it, slowly getting better, but never good enough in his eyes to play. But that was his last season coaching for my school, and he went to a rival school. My senior year I gave it to his team.. something like 18p and 9b, lol. Total domination.

by watching a lot of this guy

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