Improve Shooting Percentage Part 2 (tips 2-5)

Tip #2 – Always Hold Your Follow Through

You’ve probably heard this a hundred times but there’s good reason for it. Holding your follow through solves a multitude of shooting problems. This simple movement helps you maintain good basketball shooting technique without even thinking about it.

Tip #3 – Finish with a Floppy Wrist

A common mistake is for players to follow-through with a tense wrist. Your wrist should be as relaxed as possible. Your hand should finish on line and often bouncing during follow-through.

Tip #4 – Use a Colored Ball to Improve Rotation

To improve the straightness of your shot, try a colored basketball during practice. This makes it easy to see the rotation and direction of the ball. The immediate feedback makes it quick and easy for you to adjust and improve your shot.

Tip #5 – Don’t Shoot like Kobe

TOO many kids try to copy Kobe and end up with bad shots for the REST OF THEIR LIVES!

Youngsters have no business trying to hang like Kobe and shoot. Kobe is a freak of nature! You should shoot as you’re going up (at least 1 inch before you reach the top of your jump). Trying to mimic Kobe’s shot will just earn you a place on the bench and lots of frustration.


By: Jeff Haefner

Improve Shooting Percentage

Tip #1 – Locate Your Target (the Rim) Earlier

Getting in the habit of locating your target (the rim) earlier will improve your shooting percentage. Why?

Locating the rim just a split second earlier gives your brain more time to subconsciously calculate distance and focus on your objective. Your eyes should be on the rim as early as possible. To make this little trick work, you need to develop this habit in practice, which carries over into games.

By: Jeff Haefner

How to become Faster

Everybody wants to be a fast basketball player nowadays for several reasons (breaking ankles, getting past your man, etc.). This is one of my favorite workouts to do when I'm alone outside at the park.

First, go to your local park and jog around the Basketball Court 30 times then sprint up and down the Court 20 times non-stop. Then run up and down the court 10 times with the ball. Reapeat that everytime you workout and you will eventually become faster with and without the ball and will also gain stamina, which is very important!

First Basketball Camp

My first experience of a Basketball Camp was during the summer of 2011. (Of course I was beasting it and what not), but anyways FCA Sports Camp was very awesome!! There were lot's of people there (about 400 I believe) and not all of them were Basketball players, but the ones that were basketball players weren't very good. About 20% of them were an exception though. Although, I didn't just go there for basketball, but I went there to get closer to God, and if you were wondering what FCA means it means Fellowship of Christian Athletes. My goal there sure did work so I'm happy of that.

Anyways, I met a couple of college basketball players and I believe they play in NAIA (mostly Christian colleges). The coaches there were very helpful they tought me some ballhandling drills that I will surely share with you guys, but you might all know them. Just keep coming back to this blog and I will have at least one of them up this week.

I'm Back

Yeah that's right Miguel Mendivil is back, and I will be talking more and more about Basketball. This includes very new players that I have met ever since I made my "Last Entry", and I will also be talking about Basketball books that I would recommend for you guys to read. I will also post exercises that I have learned to really help you out with everything in Basketball, whether it's speed, agility, ball handling, etc. If you have any questions about anything involving me and/or Basketball please feel free to ask by just commenting on posts. Thank you and I hope you will use my drills and exercises.