Lay Up Video

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Lay Up Prep

You want to be facing the basket. To shoot a lay up your shoulders should be parallel with the backboard.

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Lay Up Movement

As you approach the box/basket by using General Motion weither its running or walking take a half-step with your right foot, this is the outside foot so if you are shooting from the left side of the basket it's your left foot that takes the half-step. Push off with the inside foot by having Plantar flexion with your inside foot depending on which side your going to lay up on and. As make your final dripple towards the basket in the Transverse Plane you will have Horizontal Adduction with your inside hand, along with Supination of your outside hand (shooting hand) when your non-dominant hand comes to meet the ball at the Sagital Plane. There will be Hip Flexion in the Frontal Plane and you drive your knee past your Medialateral Axis and into more of a Superior position.Then attempt to bank the shot off the backboard by aiming at the square above the basket with your hand on the back of the ball in a Supination position with a full extention of the shoulder and release the ball off your fingertips with a flex of the wrist.

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Lay Up Follow Through

Your shooting hand should be in front of and under the ball with the fingers pointed up. You should release the ball with a slight flex of your wrist, fingers and elbow at or near the peak of your jump.

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Lay Up Recovery

The foot you jumped off should reach the ground second to the foot that you lifted in the air before you jumped.

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Free Throw(Foul Shot) Video

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 Biomechanical analysis has shown the importance of bent elbows and knees, and a snap of the wrist at the moment of release. This imparts the spin and the force that adds lift to the trajectory, increasing the range and the angle of entry. Also, eye fixation on the rim is important for accuracy and consistency.

Free Throw(Foul Shot) Prep

Align your feet in the correct basketball shooting position. Align your shooting foot exactly with the middle of the rim and your non-shooting foot a few inches behind and 12-14 inches apart from your shooting foot.

Find a routine for yourself. This will help you develop a consistent shot. Flex your knees a set number of times before settling into your stance, or spin the ball in the air in front of you a few times, or bounce the ball a certain number of times. Or do a combination of all three. Just be sure to do it the same every single time.

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Free Throw(Foul Shot) Movement

 You are to hold the basketball at shoulder, elbow, and wrist in a flexed position. As the movement proceeded the shoulder joint continued to flex as the elbow joint is extended. Wrist extension is performed as the ball leaves the hand.

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Free Throw(Foul Shot) Follow Through

Follow through by bending your shooting hand forward, as though you're reaching for the rim.

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Three Point Shot Video

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Three Point Shot Prep

Place your feet shoulder length apart and firmly underneath you. This solid shooting base is vital to your balance and accuracy.

Square up your body to the basket before shooting the three-point shot. This will keep your target squarely in sight and in a natural shooting angle.

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Three Point Shot Movement

Bend your knees and elevate off the floor in a normal shooting motion. The form and height of the jump should be the same from the three-point line as it would be from under the basket.

Tuck your shooting elbow into your body in such fashion that it is in line with your body-- straight up and down. This ensures that the shot stays in line and that you get good rotation on the ball.

Focus on the front of the rim as you are shooting the three. This allows you to have a central focus point and to shoot the ball just over the rim. If you are shooting from the sides or at an angle, move your focus to the front of the rim from your position.

Release the ball at the height of the jump and rotate the ball off your shooting hand with a backwards spin on the ball. Be careful to not allow your other hand to come into the shot. It is to be used only as a guide.

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Three Point Shot Follow Through

Follow through on the three-point by bending your shooting hand forward, as though you're reaching for the rim.

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Three Point Shot Recovery

You do not want to fade away or head back down the court until the ball is in the hoop

If shot is made, sprint back down to the other end of the court and get ready to play defense.

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