To really focus and concentrate on your form while shooting I recommend doing  a basic form shooting drill.  Coaches can use this but I use this every time I go to shoot baskets just to get my shot comfortable and to get warmed up.  It teaches me to focus on fundamentals and making sure I’m doing the little things.

Start by identifying 5 spots on the floor all within 3-5 feet of the basket.  Don’t leave a spot until you’ve made 5 shots from each spot while maintaining correct shooting form.  Ensure that a couple of the spots are shots that need to be made using the backboard.  Get your own rebounds and then start over taking a step back from each one.

When i watched Larry Bird do this drill he didn’t make it out to 15 feet for a half an hour and worked up a great sweat in the process.  He was so focused on making the short shots and making sure that his shot was correct that by the time he got out to 20-25 feet the form was already in place and it was easy for him.

We are not all Larry Bird but we can take we he did and learn from it.

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