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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5146858, member: 12088"] 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. [/QUOTE]