Mastery: How to shoot the basketball lights out

Mastery: How to shoot the basketball lights out Increase your shooting accuracy and become a real threat on offense. Here are some simple tips you can implement in shootarounds, in practice and during games to develop a deadly jumper. How to shoot a basketball ? Stop taking ‘hero’ shots. Here shots are dumb. They seem harmless, but every time you shoot from half court 3 or an unnecessary fadeaway or with your eyes closed or you get too fancy with the layups and dunks, you’re hurting yourself and your team. Practice with discipline by only shooting jumpers that you would take in real games. Less is more, especially when it comes to hero shots. Stop trying to emulate Michael Jordan and just focus on getting better. You can only get better when you become comfortable and confident shooting the ball. You can only shoot with comfort when you accept and commit to your jump shooting form. You can only shoot with confidence when you routinely take hundreds and thousands of shots with consistency in your form. Same shot, every time. This is how Ray Allen and Stephen Curry shoot lights out. They always shoot with the same form. It doesn’t matter what your form looks like. You don’t have to listen to any coach or guru telling you that your shot has to look a certain way. It’s all about the repetition. Over time, if you practice consistently enough with the same rigorous form, you can adjust and work yourself into shooting with high accuracy.