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Basketball Shooting
Basketball Shooting - The Art & Science of Shooting a Basketball
Basketball Shooting Is Both Art and Science
Fundamentals of Shooting A Basketball
By Coach Jerry Tarkanian
Shooting a basketball is both an art and a science. Basketball shooting is an art form because it involves finely tuned hand-eye coordination rather than gross motor skills.
For example, unlike such skills as the defensive stance and pivoting, which are relatively invariable, shooting form is highly individualistic. There is no one correct way of shooting a basketball, although there are certain elements of basketball shooting form common to all good basketball shooters that may be identified.
[Related: Playbook Basketball]
Shooting a basketball is also a science because it involves such mechanical processes as depth perception, velocity, angle of release, and trajectory of the ball in flight. The comic strip Mary Worth once featured an episode about a brilliant mathematics student who became an outstanding shooter on his basketball team because of his analysis of the scientific principles involved in shooting a basketball. Though the episode is rather far-fetched, it illustrates that an awareness of the scientific bases for good shooting can help to improve a player’s shot within the limitations of his ability and time spent practicing his shooting. Larry Bird's Jump Shot
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All the fundamentals of offensive basketball are interrelated. Shooting depends on good
Shooting is the most important fundamental offensive skill in basketball. A team that shoots well will always be in ball games.--
Coach Jerry Tarkanian
I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody
- somewhere - was practicing more than me. -- Coach Larry
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