Topic 3: Improve your eyes during shooting
Perfect form would be worthless without concentration on a target
- Seeing the target is vital. One study shows at least 75% of all errors in sports are related to visual inaccuracy.
- Never watch the flight of the ball. Lifting the eyes causes the head to raise which throws the shooter off balance. Use your eyes to lock in on your target.
- Learn the bull’s eye concept of shooting—a target within a target. The target is not the rim. Shoot to a specific point on the rim. Select one of the rings that hold the net. Burn the target with your intensity.
Activities - Observation
Drill 1:
– Divide the team in four columns;
– Start with 2 basketballs in column 1 and 2;
– Player from column 1 passes to player in column 4 and goes behind column 4
– Player from column 2 passes to player in column 3 and goes behind column 3
*Coach can add more balls and require different type of passes.
The players must observe the direction of the passes and movement.
