Basketball Training: Skills, Speed, and Strength » basketball shooting video http://www.richstoner.com The purpose is to provide information to basketball players and coaches that will help increase basketball skills, strength, and speed. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:54:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Game Shots at Game Spots at Game Speed http://www.richstoner.com/game-shots-at-game-spots-at-game-speed http://www.richstoner.com/game-shots-at-game-spots-at-game-speed#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:31:04 +0000 Rich http://www.richstoner.com/?p=1116 The title of this post says it all.  Too many times, basketball players go out and work on their jump shot and the work out does not consist of anything more than bouncing the ball a few times, firing up a shot from NBA range, getting the rebound, and repeating the process over and over again.  This does not in any way produce a good jump shooter and will improve the players jump shot only slightly more than if they stayed on the couch and played NBA Live.  Basketball players need to take game shots at game spots at game speed.  They need to run themselves through drills that will get them shots off the catch or off the dribble.  Doing so will create a basketball player that is more versatile than one that can only shoot the basketball off the catch.  Players must also work on shooting at spots that they usually shoot from during the game.  Do not go out and shoot the ball from NBA three point range if you are not even a three point shooter at the high school level.  Shoot the basketball from a distance that allows you to keep good form because if you are straining yourself to shoot further from the basket that you actually can, you can ruin your jump shot by creating bad habits.  Finally, these shots need to come at game speed.  Shooting the basketball at half speed can produce more bad habits and it makes it difficult to shoot the basketball during the game when the pace is much quicker.  Practicing this way will make for a much better jump shooter.  The following video is a  prime example of a drill that gets the basketball player game shots at game spots at game speed.  The shooting drill is called  Corner, Wing, Elbow Jumpers.       During the drill, the basketball player will shoot jumpers from each corner, then each wing, then finally each elbow while touching the opposite sideline after each jump shot them stepping into the next jumper.  It is recommended that the player complete this drill for a set number of made shots.  For example the player will continue to run through the drill until they have made 10 jumpers.  Doing so will force the player to shoot while they are tired consequently making the drill more game like.

]]> http://www.richstoner.com/game-shots-at-game-spots-at-game-speed/feed 0 The Curl Series http://www.richstoner.com/the-curl-series http://www.richstoner.com/the-curl-series#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:38:02 +0000 Rich http://www.richstoner.com/?p=565 Learning how to come off screens and get an open shot is a very important part of the game of basketball.  It requires the player to read not only where their defender is going but where the help defender is as well.  In this video, the player is running through a series of drills that are designed to get her an open jump shot while curling off a screen.  The type of curl she uses all depends on where the defense will be. 

In the first drill, she is running a tight curl coming off shoulder to hip with the screener.  She sees that her defender is trailing and that the screener’s defender is not “showing” to help out.  In this video she actually pulls up for a short jumper.  However, in a game, she would want to curl as tight as possible to her screener so that her defender cannot get through, catch in the paint, take one dribble and finish with a layup on the opposite side of the rim.

In the second drill, her defender is trailing again however, this time the screener’s defender is showing.  She once again gets low, shoulder to hip, as she curls off the screener, but this time she catches and shoots a jumper at the elbow. 

In the third drill, her defender is trailing, and the screener’s defender is once showing.  This time, as she curls low around the screener, she runs through the catch takes one dribble for a pull-up jumper in the middle of the paint.  In this situation, she must read the defense and continue past it with the dribble and be sure not to slow down on the catch. 

Finally, in the fourth drill, her defender is trailing and there is help from the screener’s defender once again.  This time as she comes low off the screen and sees the defender closing out on the shot, she rips the ball back through (in the direction the defender is coming from) and takes one dribble for a pull-up jumper.   In this case, she is using the defender’s momentum against her in order to get an open shot.

In the final two drills where the dribble is added, she is using the dribble to create space for herself thereby making it easier to get her shot off.

The curl series can be used in a variety of ways at differents spot on the floor.  These are highly effective drills that will help a player learn how to read the defense and get themself an open shot coming off screens on the catch and with a dribble.

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