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Shooting 101

The old saying used to be "you have to get your reps in." Although, I do somewhat agree with this for youth players, it doesn't always apply for players that are veterans. We have to progress and apply pressure (and different forms of stress) upon ourselves.

My high school experience of how taking 51,600 shots made me a worse basketball player to open your eyes to the truth.

Here is an article that will teach you the difference between blocked/constant practice and variable/random practice. We want everything that we do to transfer to the game: http://bit.ly/shoot-worse-in-practice-bball

Also, increase learning and retention by 36% in your practice shooting: https://bit.ly/bball-random-practice

Finally, an NBA study showed that 81% of shots came in 0-2 dribbles, and the remaining were in 3+ dribbles, so you need to understand the 80/20 rule (Pareto Principle) and how it can help drive your drills (Read Full: https://bit.ly/pareto-principle-in-bball-shooting) .

In order to get the most out of your shooting workouts you need to understand some principle of how your workouts should be structured and why. Read these articles to get caught up;

Here is the first Random Shooting Workout that I propose:

One of the best fastest ways to increase your percentage as a shooter is to correct an error in your shot, after this you can look to see your accuracy to jump up by 10-15%.