{"id":2214,"date":"2017-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/four-ways-to-miss-a-shot\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:58:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:58:58","slug":"four-ways-to-miss-a-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/four-ways-to-miss-a-shot","title":{"rendered":"Four Ways to Miss a Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shooters have two simple tasks, shooting straight and judging distance. This means that if one misses left or right, one is not shooting straight.&nbsp; If one misses short or long, one is not judging distance properly.&nbsp; Common flaws cause these types of misses and can be easily corrected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Players at all levels have shooting flaws<\/strong>, yet have succeeded because of superior athleticism and depth perception. Yet, they are streaky shooters, rather than consistent ones. Eliminating common flaws can make a good shooter <em>consistently<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Missing left or right tends to be caused by one or both of two very common flaws.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The most common shooting flaw is the use of the non-shooting hand to help propel the ball.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Shooting with two hands causes the ball to be pushed a bit sideways in the shooting hand.&nbsp; The shooting hand may or may not compensate for that.&nbsp; If it does, it cannot do so the very same every time.&nbsp; The sideways push of the off hand will cause shots to miss to the left or right.&nbsp; Another significant flaw is found in a diagonal line of the shooting forearm, more commonly noted as the flying elbow (elbow out).&nbsp; When the line of the forearm is not straight, the ball cannot go straight, unless the shooting hand compensates somehow.&nbsp; Again, this cannot be done consistently well.<\/p>\n<p>Correcting two-handed shooting means making the off hand separate from the ball just before the ball is released.&nbsp; A training aid that is very effective is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starshooter.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow noopener\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.starshooter.net\">Star Shooter strap<\/a>. Correcting the forearm problem involves making it a habit to start the shot with the ball in front of the biceps on the shooting arm.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The primary reason that shots are missed long involves the bend of the elbow during the lift of the shot.&nbsp; <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When the shot begins and as it lifts, the elbow should be at a 90-degree angle until it naturally extends to straight.&nbsp; We call this the &#8220;L.&#8221;&nbsp; The &#8220;L&#8221; must not pinch into a &#8220;V&#8221;.&nbsp; The &#8220;V&#8221; is the primary reason for missing long.&nbsp; Another way to recognize the presence of a &#8220;V&#8221; is when the ball comes closer to the shooter&#8217;s face in the lift.&nbsp; The &#8220;V&#8221; is a major part of the two-motion lift, which robs the shooter of some strength and flattens out the arc.&nbsp; Traditional, yet faulty reasoning says that missing long means that a shooter has put too much power in from the legs.&nbsp; Too little leg power is by far the more common lower-body flaw.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Missing short can come from either a grip problem or a <strong>follow-through problem<\/strong>. Gripping the ball on the fingertips causes the ball to roll off the fingers too soon and with too little control.&nbsp; A shooting-hand thumb that flicks under the palm is a typical reason for this.&nbsp; The ball should sit on the length of the fingers at the beginning of the grip.&nbsp; Two different, but common follow-through problems can also leave shots short.&nbsp; Hands that drop too soon can be corrected by freezing the follow through in place with elbow above the eyebrow until the ball contacts the basket.&nbsp; Another follow-through problem that leads to missing short is called string pulling.&nbsp; We see the shooting arm recoil back instead of locking straight at the elbow.&nbsp; String pulling often happens with the two-motion (&#8220;V&#8221;) shot.&nbsp; Those need to be addressed together.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bob Topp<\/em><br \/><em>Shot Doctor Basketball Shooting Coach<\/em><br \/><em>Annapolis (MD) Area Christian School<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em><em>CoachUp is the safest and easiest way to find a coach for personalized training. With our 100% money-back guarantee and vetted coaches, anyone can achieve their full athletic potential.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/?utm_source=content&amp;amp;utm_medium=CoachUpNation&amp;amp;utm_content=ArticleFooter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow noopener\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/?utm_source=content&amp;amp;utm_medium=CoachUpNation&amp;amp;utm_content=ArticleFooter\">Find your perfect coach<\/a><\/em><em>&nbsp;today and become the athlete you want to be!<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shooters have two simple tasks, shooting straight and judging distance. This means that if one misses left or right, one is not shooting straight.&nbsp; If one misses short or long, one is not judging distance properly.&nbsp; Common flaws cause these types of misses and can be easily corrected. Players at all levels have shooting flaws, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":2215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[491,385,698,1732,1731,169,426,18],"class_list":["post-2214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","tag-basketball-practice","tag-basketball-training","tag-getting-better-at-basketball","tag-good-at-basketball","tag-shooting-tips","tag-sports-training","tag-training-tips","tag-youth-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Four Ways to Miss a Shot - CoachUp Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/four-ways-to-miss-a-shot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four Ways to Miss a Shot - CoachUp Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shooters have two simple tasks, shooting straight and judging distance. 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