Question on shot mechanics

[mainerhuski]

It appears Ash read this thread tonight just before warmups.

Just what I was thinking!

 

[meyers7]

Mechanics, shemanics. LOL.

 

[DennieEddy]

I was there, I was hoping for more information on slot machines rather than shot mechanics.

Great game, good food, fair drinks!

 

[LwrcasefaN]

This thread died a quick death. RIP

 

[OldSchooler]

OK, show of hands. How many of us were convinced that Ash had irretrievably lost the mechanics on her jumper? The arrogance of us potatoes thinking we can coach a slumping shooter from our couches better than Geno, CD & staff can at practice.

 

[Blond D.]

Fair enough. I just remember being taught by my coach — 50+ years ago — to rely on my wrists and forearm strength to get off a good shot.

When I was 11, it was impossible to avoid using some of the muscular force of my legs to propel even a 15 footer to the rim. By the time I was 17, I was strong enough to rely upon n my wrists and forearms alone and separate the action of my legs propelling me upwards into the jump from the action of my hands making the shot.

My coach would say, “the less you rely on leg force, the more consistent your shot will be.” Separating the two actions was more of an aspirational ideal, for me at least. But for a couple of the kids on the team, they were eventually able to realize it.

This is what I see especially clearly in Azzi. She shoots with wrist and forearm, not with hips and thighs. It’s beautiful. Other muscles are involved in the entire process, but they are not directly affected involved in propelling the ball to the hoop. Back shoulder and abdominal muscles create a stable platform. Legs and abdominals contribute to the jump.

As my high school physics teacher would say, there’s a vertical component and a parabolic component. The more you can keep those two things separate the easier each one will be.

Try and shoot a shot sitting down and you will see just how much your feet, legs and core is used.
You don't really feel it cuz youve practiced so much that its just a natural movement.

 

[Bone Dog]

Try and shoot a shot sitting down and you will see just how much your feet, legs and core is used.
You don't really feel it cuz youve practiced so much that its just a natural movement.

Good point. It reminds me of the videos Paige posted of her first rehab in which she practices shooting from a chair.

 

[BRS24]

Call me crazy, however it looked like Ash was doing more of a Paige "catch and shoot" and not taking the mini bunny hop before shooting? Did I see something that wasn't there?

 

[HuskyNan]

Call me crazy, however it looked like Ash was doing more of a Paige "catch and shoot" and not taking the mini bunny hop before shooting? Did I see something that wasn't there?

 

[BRS24]

Yeah, it was just me, and maybe only on one shot where I didn't see the mini hop.

 

[Bone Dog]

Yeah, it was just me, and maybe only on one shot where I didn't see the mini hop.

Is the mini hop traveling? Or do the refs assume their feet don’t really leave the floor?

 

[Mandoo]

Paul Arizin of the old Philadelphia Warriors, a pioneer of the jump shot, used to shoot line-drives, supposedly because he grew up playing in low-ceiling dance halls. Not the best technique. Your hoop target is much larger, the more verticality in the arc. (Take a look at that rainmaker 3 that Morgan hit against Georgetown.)

So did Tommie Heinsohn shoot very flat shots. He said he learned basketball playing in a low ceiling gym and had to shoot 'em low. All his shots tended to be flat. Very flat.