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3 Reasons Why Form Shooting Should be Important to You

Form Shooting is a type of shooting method where each item of the technique is broken down into more easily manageable pieces and corrections made accordingly. Form shooting allows for a coach or player to spend time with their shot ironing out any particular flaw that maybe having a significant affect upon their overall shot.

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Handball Rebounding Drill

The Handball Rebounding Drill looks to build up a player’s stamina and control of the basketball when around the basket. The focus of the drill is on catching and pushing back the basketball while in a rebounding position. This requires the players to develop some additional coordination around their control of the basketball and familiarity with their own abilities in regards to jumping and maintaining balance.

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How to Teach a Jump Shot

Teaching a Jump Shot can be a very challenging exercise for coaches. However, it is at these lower levels of development where it is most important to set a good foundation for one of the most utilised skills a player will come across during their time playing basketball.

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Problems and Solutions for a Players Head and Vision during their Jump Shot

Helping a player with their Jump Shot is always one of the more important roles a coach must perform in assisting in their player’s development. The jump shot of a player can be greatly improved with some simple coaching points of emphasis. However, to become a good shooter,

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Jump Ball: Screen Back (Defensive Tip)

A Jump Ball might only happen once a game but it still should produce some sort of offense for a team. Many teams will never practice a jump ball play and just be happy to “have a go”. For this reason, a team that does practice the jump-ball situation can usually derive some scoring opportunities if for no other reason than the element of surprise.

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