3 Workout Mistakes You NEED To Fix To Become A Great Shooter

There's no secret when it comes to.

Becoming a great shooter. The formula is great form plus reps equals great shooter. But when it comes to what those reps should look like, that's where a lot of players struggle and make mistakes. And these workout mistakes are many times what's preventing them from becoming as good as they possibly can be as a shooter. In this video, I'll go through three workout mistakes you need to fix if you want to become a great shooter. Let's get into it. The first mistake that players make in their workouts is that they don't have enough series or random work. Shooting, in my opinion, is 75% about reps and only 25% about having quote unquote perfect form. Even if you don't have that perfect form, as long as you get a ton of game speed reps shooting game shots, you'll be able to be an effective shooter. And there's certainly a time and place for just getting up reps from the same spot. But in the context of a game, how often do you shoot two shots in a rope from the same exact spot? Almost never. One of the most important skills in basketball, especially when it comes to shooting, is your ability to be adaptable. So it's important to add in some series to your workouts as well to target this quality.

All that I mean by series is.

A sequence of shots that are different from one another. So for example, maybe you do a four shot series in the wing. Shot number one is a catch and shoot three. Shot number two is a two drill pull up to the right. Shot number three is a catch and shoot curl at the elbow and shot number four is a two drill pull up to the left. This allows you to get a game like feel and get used to adapting and hitting different types of shots one after the other like you'll have to in games. I also like to use a reactionary component with players that I train. So for example people, we might start on the wing and work on catching, making a 0.5 decision and getting into some sort of shot off that. So I may give them a call, I may say shot, I may say jab, I may say shot fake. And if I say shot, they're going to catch and shoot. If I say jab, they're going to jab and then two through a pull up and if I say shot fake, they're going to shot fake and then pull up in the mid range and they have to be able to react and no matter what the call is, they've got to be able to make shots in a row.

So I encourage you from now on to look for opportunities to add series into your workouts. This could be as simple as combining three different shots that you were going to shoot in that workout out and shooting them back to back. For example, maybe you have a three shot series and you have to get four sets of three for three in order to complete the drill.

I think that utilizing series and becoming more adaptable is one of the biggest keys when it comes to making your shooting transfer into games.

The second mistake a lot of players make in their workouts is that they don't shoot enough shots close to the basket. Most of the time when players DM me or comment that they have inconsistent form that they can't seem to shoot the ball consistently in games, it has to do with the fact that they don't spend enough time shooting the ball close to the basket. This is where your form is built. This is where your confidence is built. And shooting shots close to the basket and in the paint isn't just a warm up. It should be an important part of your workout. Even personally, I've noticed that as I've taken more time to shoot in the paint during workouts, my shot is much more consistent and I feel much more confident about it. I love using the typical form shooting though. I like to stress the fact that it should be perfect. The only makes that count are if there's switches and if they feel good. I also like doing a drill called paint jumpers where I literally just shoot any sort of shots that I want in the paint as a means to warm up, switching up the types of shots that I shoot. So much of confidence as a shooter is just whether or not you feel good. So start off your workouts by putting yourself in a feel good state and see how much better and more consistently you shoot. And the third mistake that I see players make in their workouts is not doing any shooting warm patrols to target areas they need to improve. In the sports performance world, there's a term called prehab, which is essentially exercises done with injury prevention in mind. Instead of waiting until an injury occurs and then doing rehab, prehab takes a proactive approach to prevent the injury in the first place. As a shooter, you should be doing prehab work as well when it comes to your shot. Maybe for you that's just perfection form shooting, but there's plenty of other little fixes that we can target before the workout even starts. One drill I love to go to is the hip tap form shooting drill. This emphasizes keeping the ball close to your body, taking a straight line path up into your shot. It helps to emphasize the up and out motion that your shot should have instead of the out motion that many players have that leads to a flat shot. I also love using the 12 through drill to emphasize loading the wrist, letting the ball lead on the way up, and then smoothly getting into the release. There's many more fixes and prehab drills we can go to to hit different aspects. And even if you don't do anything specifically to target this stuff, it's important that during your form shooting you make sure that your shot feels perfect, that it feels good so that you can step back and shoot the ball with confidence. I want to let you guys know that on April 26th I'll be releasing my new shooting program that's going to be, in my opinion, one of the most comprehensive shooting systems available. Not only will there be workouts and a set program for you to follow, but there will be step by step videos to help you fix your shooting form and develop the habits to become a great shooter. There will also be numerous film breakdowns, basketball IQ breakdowns, and mentality and confidence videos as well, so that not only are you developing physically as a shooter, but you'll develop mentally as well. I think this is going to be revolutionary and I'm very excited to release this soon. More details are going to be on the way. For now, make sure you click the top link in my description below to get my free Elite Perimeter score workout and be sure to like and subscribe and drop a comment below to let me know what you think. Talk to you guys soon.

Peace.