You must warm up before basketball practice, a basketball game, or before shooting a basketball. Each basketball coach and each athletic trainer have special ways to warm up and I do not wish to discount what your basketball coach or athletic trainer practices. I am providing you with guidance only on warming up your shooting arm and your basketball shooting form. If you need guidance on pre-game warm up and stretching check this page.
After your normal warm up/stretch routine grab a ball and begin your basketball shooting drills; shoot ONLY lay ups. That's right, your basketball shooting drills are lay ups. BUT - SHOOT THESE LAY UPS ONLY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BASKET FROM YOUR SHOOTING HAND, YOUR DOMINANT HAND (right handers shoot the basketball only from the left side, left handers shoot the basketball only from the right side). Shoot these lay ups with your dominant hand. Shoot these lay ups flat footed. Shoot them with a little hop in your delivery. Shoot these lay ups jumping. Shoot a minimum of 50 and really, you should shoot at least 150. If you want to learn how to shoot a basketball then use these free basketball shooting tips to lock in your basketball shot!
Thinking, while shooting a basketball, is not advisable. Basketball shooting drills condition both body and mind. Drills form habits. Drills performed improperly create bad habits. Proper drills performed perfectly create good habits. Habits allow us to perform without thinking. Now, think about this. Poor shooters must have developed bad habits. Good shooters must have developed good habits. The good thing about a bad habit is that it proves you can develop a habit; and bad habits, like rules, are meant to be broken. So, let's break a [bad] habit...
The drill that reforms bad shooting habits is a shooting mechanics drill. There is an easy way to learn shooting mechanics - a drill that’s easy to understand, easy to implement, and comes naturally. Simply stand under the basket like you're going to shoot a flat footed lay-up (a flat footed layup is a shot you shoot while standing, flat footed a little to the right or left of the basket). Regulation size backboards have a box on them just above the rim. Shoot the ball, hit the backboard near the upper outside corner of the box and the ball will go in the basket. I didn't say hit the corner exactly, I said near the corner. Of course you are aiming for the corner, but all you need do is hit somewhere near it and that's good enough to get the ball to bank into the basket. Shoot the lay-up with your dominant hand - and - if your dominant hand is your right hand, shoot from the left side. If your dominant hand is your left hand, shoot from the right side. If you're right handed your right foot should be in line with the left side of the box on the backboard. If you're left handed your left foot should be in line with the right side of the box on the backboard. We will call this spot on the court, shooting mechanics drill position #1. This is not a shooting drill. This is a shooting mechanics drill. When a basketball player uses proper shooting mechanics that form should be repeatable. The object of this shooting mechanics drill is to develop natural shooting mechanics and burn proper shooting mechanics into muscle memory.
Muscle memory (habit) is ingrained with repetition and success. When a player is burning in muscle memory it is imperative that the muscle memory be correct muscle memory. What do I mean? I ask you this; does practice make perfect? The answer is NO! - Perfect practice makes perfect. So to burn in proper muscle memory you must repeatedly shoot using perfect form and with a high degree of success. When shooting lay-ups with your dominant hand from the opposite side of the basket from your dominant hand your success rate will be somewhere around 100% and you will be developing perfect natural mechanics for your body and your build. You see when shooting from the opposite side, shooting mechanics drill position #1, you naturally tuck in your elbow, place your shooting hand in the proper position under the ball, and support the basketball naturally with your non-dominant hand. If you flex your knees you are using the exact shooting form you should be utilizing from the free-throw line. If you jump you are using the exact shooting form you should be utilizing with your jump shot. If you are standing on the proper spot on the court, shooting mechanics drill position #1, the rim forces you to do all this. Shoot 100 to 200 times in this basketball shooting workout. You should have a shooting percentage of 100% while practicing perfect mechanics. Now that's burning in muscle memory!
After shooting 200 or so from position #1, take one step towards the foul line away from the basket, we'll call this shooting mechanics drill position #2, and shoot another 50 or 100. If you miss even one time, go to your position #1 and shoot another 50, with 100% shooting accuracy. Then take that one step towards the foul line to position #2 again and shoot 50 without missing. When you shoot 100% from that position take one step towards the free throw line, we'll call this shooting mechanics drill position #3. Put up another 50. If you miss even one, go to position #1 and start again -
S L O W L Y . When you're successful shooting 100% from all three positions then go to the other side of the basket. Take up position #1 on that side of the basket and do it all over again from that side. Since this new position is on your natural side and you’re using your dominant hand you should shoot 100% from all three positions the first time out. If you do not - be grateful!! Why??? Because you have discovered immediately you are doing some part of your mechanics wrong. It's great catching this in the beginning, before developing a bad habit. You simply go back to your original position #1 and start again - S L O W L Y - and repeat all of the above. This basketball shooting system is great to do for the rest of your life. This basketball shooting workout will keep your shooting mechanics, or shooting form, in check. You, your team, and your basketball coach will all be happy.
Why the opposite side? Shooting a lay up on the opposite side, standing on position #1, naturally forces your elbow in front of you, and in turn forces you to be aware of your elbow positioning. Shooting a lay up on the opposite side, standing on position #1, forces your shooting hand to the best natural position behind and beneath the ball. To practice your free throw shooting mechanics, shoot the opposite side lay up as a set shot, imitating your free throw shooting stance. To practice your jump shot shooting mechanics shoot the opposite side lay up while jumping, imitating your jump shot motion. The opposite side lay up sets up a self policing naturally individualized mechanical shot. USE THE EXACT SAME SHOOTING MECHANICS FOR YOUR JUMP SHOT and USE THE EXACT SAME SHOOTING MECHANICS TO SHOOT YOUR FREE THROW. Now that you're physically and mentally warmed up, and your shooting form is locked in, because of these basketball shooting drills, move out 1 step and put up a few shots as you move around the basket. Then move out another step and throw up a few as you move around the basket. As you continue moving out from the basket, 1 step at a time, you will eventually reach a point on the court where your shooting percentage drops below 70%. When that happens, return to position #1, put up a few until you're feeling natural again, then quickly work your way back out. Return to the 'opposite side lay up' to reestablish your basketball shot, your shooting form, your shooting technique, before moving out again. This is the ONLY way you should warm up for shooting a basketball. If you come out after your normal warm up/stretching routine and begin shooing a basketball from behind the three point line, or shooting from the free throw line, or any silly shots, you do yourself a terrible injustice.
For obvious reasons my favorite basketball shot is the lay up, and after practicing these basketball shooting tips the lay up should be your favorite basketball shot too. Not only is the lay up the most accurate shot on the basketball court, it is the most repeatable. It is the EXACT SAME SHOOTING FORM YOU USE FOR YOUR JUMP SHOT, and the EXACT SAME SHOOTING FORM YOU'LL USE TO SHOOT A FREE THROW. So as you're practicing that measly little 'opposite side lay up' you are actually reinforcing muscle memory for your entire basketball shooting arsenal. Muscle memory is reinforced by success and by standing under the basket and shooting hundreds of "opposite side lay ups" in a row, with somewhere near 100% shooting accuracy, you are radically reinforcing muscle memory. Repeatability is the reason basketball shooting mechanics, shooting technique, or shooting form is so important. We all hear basketball shooting coaches harping on elbow positioning. Well, if your elbow is not in front of you when you're shooting, that means your elbow is somewhere off to the side. When your elbow is in front of you and your elbow and upper arm are in a locked position, that motion is repeatable, and since it is repeatable it can, and will eventually become muscle memory. If your elbow is "somewhere" out to the side, that exact motion is not repeatable. 'Opposite side lay ups' naturally enforce and then reinforce your elbow positioning, and your hands natural positioning.
Why, you may be asking, is muscle memory so important? When you're in the flow of a basketball game, thinking is actually the last thing you want to do. You need to be relying on instinct and muscle memory to be controlling your actions. Normally the pace of the basketball game does not afford a basketball player time to actually think. Which is a reason ball basketball coaching staffs repetitively drill you and drill you over and over on the same issues. A coach wants learned behaviors to rule your play during a basketball game. A coach wants you to predicatively react to situations presented during a basketball game.
A basketball shooting coach will tell you he wants you to shoot free throws at the end of practice while you're tired, to simulate basketball game conditions, your basketball coaching staff keeps a real close eye on the shooting form you display at this time because this specific basketball shooting training exercise is when perfect practice makes perfect. So, before you begin shooting these late practice free throws, take a moment and shoot a few from position #1, to reestablish your free throw shooting technique.
The best advice I can possibly give on how to shoot a basketball is study my NEW FREE Basketball Shooting Book, Basketball - It's All About The Shot offered on this website.
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