April 09, 2020 | Tagged Skills,
Beginning steps to become a Pure Shooter
Becoming great at basketball requires the ability to shoot the ball well, with accuracy and confidence.. A pure shooter is defined by a shot that is technically sound, consistent and effective.
Shooting involves several key components.
- Proper form
- Muscle memory
- Repeated success
Proper form allows you consistency and accuracy- 2 key qualities for great shooters. Make sure you are practicing the 9 keys of shooting-- taught at NBC Camps. Identify each key independently and measure if you are correct. Your accuracy at all stages of the 9 keys is important. You should be able to replicate perfect form regardless of the defense. Great shooters maintain great form whether they shoot from 2 feet or from 20 feet. Keep your form consistent.
Muscle memory—shooting is something that is created through perfect repetition. Great athletes, musicians, or anyone who has put the long careful hard work into their skill development has something the average person does not. They have tons of myelin. This magic substance is the key to talent. The more myelin, the higher your talent. The good news about this is that myelin is built through hours of accurate and intentional repetition. Try brushing your teeth with your non-dominant hand—it is difficult. The reason is that you have limited myelin for it. The signal that runs from your brain to your hand is on a road it hasn’t traveled very often. It moves slowly. However, when you brush your teeth with your dominant hand, the signal flies along quickly. You instinctively can brush your teeth without even thinking of trying. In the same way, great athletes have perfected their skills to the point that the signal to the brain is lightning fast. They don’t even have to think about it which gives their brain more space to focus on higher elements of the game. Your fundamentals are your foundation which must be built through careful repetition and hard work.
Repeated success: You can’t always take the game-winning shot, but you can do something that your mind thinks is just as good. You can visualize. Careful visualization is a mental skill that has significant physical rewards. Visualization requires intensity and detail. The more you can perfectly imagine a scenario, the better the results. Visualization has tremendous researched support on its efficacy in improving confidence.
About NBC Basketball
NBC Basketball has been teaching accurate shooting at camps throughout the world. Athletes who attend camp learn the principles of pure shooting including the 9 keys as well as other tools to improve confidence, accuracy and proper form. NBC Basketball works to train athletes to know and understand good shot mechanics as well as be able to know what is going wrong when there is a miss. Self-correction when shooting is a crucial skill that can be learned. For more information about NBC Basketball Camps and training programs visit www.nbccamps.com/basketball.