For All You Basketball Players
 

So I started this week coaching a Basketball Varsity girls team in San Francisco. So far for this week all I've been doing is conditioning. I noticed that these girls have horrible jump shots and I was wondering what kind of drills you have done or taught to improve jumpshots.

I have drills for coming off screens and shooting jumpers, but I wanted to see if you guys had any other drills...other than the simple answer of "keep shooting until you get better".

you know that shit on free throw line, how it goes up in a U to the top of 3 pt line then back to other side of free throw line. If that makes sense.

start running forward shoot from left side, then go around the line, run into shot on right side shoot, go back then do it to left, then back to right, then to left. Do it till they make 10 shots on each.

but shit, free throws better.

Way I got my shot good is from always shooting FT shots. My boy be hating on me when we always go to gym to ball up, I go to one hoop by myself just shoot 50 or how many free throws till I finally feel a groove going while he gets in on 2-on-2 or 3's and shit.

But that shit helps your jump shot so much. My range got so much better. Than that drill on top I talked about. Of course have somebody inbounding it to you.

then just look @ their form. Make sure they jumping all the way, instead of just like a weak jump.

Just be a don and tell them to shoot better.

I just stick with the simple and efficient, practice makes perfect.

The more you shoot, the better you will get. All you need to do is what Spul said, make sure they aren't doing some weak ass jumps, make sure they jump all the way and maybe take a look at their form and see how they can improve upon it.

It does help a lot if you have a decent jump shot yourself, because I mean if you suck at it then how can you coach others to be better at it.

but fuck a jump shot anyway, i'm all about the dunks.

Yeah I wish these 5'5" girls were about dunks too haha. That's not gonna happen though.

But yeah SPuL I used to do that one drill you were talkin about. And I'm gonna get them started on free throws. I saw this thing with Ray Allen talking about shooting free throws if you feel out of rhythm. So good stuff.

And my jumper is pretty good, but it's hard to teach these kids something in 3 months that I've worked on for 12 or so years.

rofl @ 5'5"

i suppose being 6'7" does give me a slight advantage, lol

just turn your training session into a mad orgy....

(as long as their legal) i should confirm before i make such statements...

LMFAO!! ooooh man... ftw...

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rofl @ Baph

he always has the best ideas

are you teaching them the fundementals while shooting or just making them shoot...
gotta figure out what each of them is doing wrong and fix that particular problem...
also once they start to get a lil better make them run or shit if they miss so they start to shoot tired to simulate having weak legs at the end of a game....it will help out...i got some specific shit you can do, but it all depends on the facilities you got, n where your girls are at in skill level n shit....

dude your whole team is horrible. girls can't fucking play ball, only a few can even touch the rim.
Go do some real shit and coach some men who know how to play.

LOL yea man, that inside the NBA shit.

I saw that and my boy was like "Damnn" and tried getting in on the FT action. Shit really gets you feeling it.

also make sure they follow thru. Like keep the arm up, not like extended periods like they're being cocky. But the follow thru is as important as the shot its self.

Haha ya know it might work.....if they weren't under 18.

Yeah I coached a guys High School JV team last year. And to be honest, the girls I got now are more aggressive and intense than the guys. Funny how that works. No no....not funny, just sad.