7 Shooting Drills That Will Make You Shoot Better IN GAMES

As simple as shooting a basketball is in theory, in the context of an actual game becomes significantly more complex. Every shot you take in the context of a game is a little bit different than the one before. It might be from a different spot, it might be moving in a different direction, it might be off the catch or off the dribble, you might be a little bit more tired because you just played defense for 30 seconds or maybe you just checked in the game. But regardless, something's going to be different. So in order to be a great in game shooter, it's important that you build adaptability as a shooter. So, so while spot up shooting and drills where you're shooting at the same spot over and over again has its place, if that's all you do, then you're going to be limited as a shooter when it comes to actual in game situations. So the drills in this video are all designed to translate effectively to the game because they prioritize adaptability and variability between shots. And what you'll notice is that when you add variability to your shooting drills, you'll probably shoot a little bit worse than you would if you just did spot shooting and didn't have any variability from shot to shot. But those reps that include the variability are going to transfer translate much more effectively to the actual game, where that's going to be an attribute that's required from you to be successful. Let's get into it.

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For this drill. Working out of two very common shooting actions, either a back pedal or a gap step, which is basically just a relocation either to your right or to your left on a driving kick. So they're going to alternate between those two movements and they're going to change the spot they start at every time, which is going to add another element of variability to this drill. Being able to hit shots coming out of these two movements is very important for any high level shooter. And being able to work on it in a variable way makes it translate even better to the game.

Same thing one more time, but this time if you catch it and I give you a go call, you get into some sort of pull up in the mid range or actually you can pull up for three too if you want. So if you it to be like a shop thing, side step, whatever you want it to be, go, go, mid range, wherever you want. We'll change spots, ball starting on the side, sliding to or away from it doesn't matter, catch it, shot.

So now we're Working different angles coming off the catch. And we kind of treated this as a warm up. So we're going from the mid range for this. So all they're doing is starting the ball to the side of them, sliding either towards the ball or away from it, and then turning and getting the shot up as quick as possible. Not every shot that you shoot in the game is going to come in a linear manner, meaning it's not always going to come where you're directly facing the basket and that ball is coming to you from under the basket. A lot of times it's going to come in a non linear fashion, meaning that it's going to come from the side of you. So it's important that we can handle that turn and still be able to be accurate after catching that ball.

Okay, so everything is coming off what we did yesterday with those different angles now. So pass might come from here, then we're into it, might come from there, we're into it, could come from straight on, but change up where that pass is coming from now.

Now we're working a similar concept coming from the three point line though this time it's going to come off of a self toss, so it's going to feel much more like an actual pass and we're just changing up the angle that we're getting the ball from. Sometimes it's from the side, sometimes it's exaggerated from the side, sometimes it's from straight on, sometimes the footwork is going to be different. Again, we're just shooting for as much variability as possible from rep to rep as we're changing spots as well.

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So another really easy way to do this is just by adding a constraint, which just means some sort of rule. So for this right here, it was very simple. They had to get into a three pointer off the dribble, but they only had one dribble and it had to be different every single time. This allows them to explore different movements and solutions in a variable and gamelike way. So here's another example of using a constraint where they're going to get to the mid range in any way that they want to, but they have to shoot the ball coming out of either a turn dribble or a push cross. Every shot's going to be a little bit different, but we can still key in on two different types of shots that we work throughout the workout. But again, giving space for creativity, different types of movement, and ultimately giving players the best way to find their own solutions.

Let's go three point line here. Anything you want off the dribble into a three. Going to go first to 10 here.

And then one of my favorite favorite ways to apply this is just by giving them free reign to get to a certain shot. So I might say get to whatever shot you want coming off the dribble from three. And this gives them the ability to take ownership over the shots that they're working on here. So if they feel like they want to work on a specific sort of shot, this gives them the freedom to do that. If they want to work on a certain sort of footwork, it gives them the opportunity to do that as well. And again, every shot is different, every spot is different, and it makes everything much more translatable when it comes to making shots in game. If you guys enjoyed this video, make sure you drop a like and subscribe. Make sure you guys check me out on Instagram as well at Vision Driven Basketball for more stuff like this. Grab my free Elite Perimeter Score Workout. That's the top link in my description below. I'll talk to you guys soon. Peace.