Trainer Reacts To Steph Curry's Team USA Shooting Workout

In this video, I want to break down Steph Curry shooting workout at a Team USA practice. This video came out a couple weeks ago and obviously Steph Curry is the best shooter in the history of basketball. So I want to go through this workout, see what we can take away, what you can take from this, maybe add into your workouts, maybe use it to inspire your workouts or make adjustments or, or just maximize things you're doing right here. There's a lot of really, really good stuff in here, so kind of want to go through it. Just kind of give you my reaction to things that I see. Let's hop into it. So I love this right here. This is what we would refer to as variable training or variable shooting. So he's staying at the same spot, but he's changing up the shot that he's shooting every time. So like he'll go off of the cat and go off the dribble, changing up the direction that he's going right there. And, and so it allows us to get different types of shots every time, which is much more similar to what it would be like in a game where you know, you're not going to get the same exact shot every single time. And so this is actually a great way to make your spot shooting a little bit more game like and a little bit more transferable. And so like for me, pretty much all of the spot of shooting or the like the high rep shooting drills that we do in workouts looks like this, where no two shots back to back are going to be the same thing. It's going to be continuous. You're going to shoot this shot and then you're either going to go to a new spot or if we're staying at the same spot, you're going to shoot a different type of shot every single time. So that's a really, really good example of variable shooting. And I think when you get really, really good at that, it transfers to the game much better than shooting the same shot over and over again. Which is why again, the majority of the shooting that we do in our workouts looks kind of like that. So here we see him really mixing it up where now we're getting two dribble stuff. You know, he's moving, he's almost running off of like screens or handoffs. Mix up the type of moves that he's getting into, which I like a lot. Again, just making it very, very similar to how it's going to be in a game where you're going to get different types of shots, different types of pickups you even see on these. So really, really good stuff to start this workout. So here we have like some mid post one on one reps right here where he's like getting different shots. Obviously now I'd have to look on like synergy to see the clips, but I doubt steps ever getting any shots coming out of like a mid post or a high post touch like this here. But I like this just because you're working on like difficult shots, right? You're working on shots that are, that are contested off of like different types of pickups, different types of movement. And so you're just challenging your ability to be a shot maker and maybe what's kind of an uncomfortable situation or uncomfortable environment for you. And so I like this a lot. Just, you know, thinking about playing one on one in, in uncomfortable situations, places you don't see yourself that often. And then for this like he's obviously going to get to some sort of shot and he's not trying to like beat him to the rim or whatever. And so it's going to be a tough shot. And so I like just kind of throwing stuff like that in there. Again just to kind of challenge your ability to be a shot maker. When you're the best shooter of all time, you have to continuously find ways to challenge yourself. So I think that's really, really good. Good. So now we see some of that what we would call block shooting, which is like your traditional spot up shooting. Like when you think about working on your shooting, it's. You typically think of this where it's just kind of repeated over and over again, which you know, has its purpose, I think for me. And when you look at like what the science is about it, for someone like Steph Curry, this is not like challenging, right? You're not really getting better from this because it's something that you can do so easily, right? Especially, especially him. And so you're not necessarily doing it as a way to like improve that. The stuff we just watch where he's going out of the midpost and get into a shot that's like contested, difficult, that's actually forcing you to get better because you're working on stuff that's difficult, that's going to force your brain to say, hey, we've got to get better at this specific skill. We missed this. How do we adjust to be better with stuff like this? That's not really the case, but what I think it really does is, is it builds confidence. You're seeing the ball go through the net over and over and over again. So even with the great shooters that I work with, like, we'll do a bunch of challenging stuff throughout the workouts, but sometimes we'll end with stuff like this, where it's just simple stuff that they're familiar with, like block shooting. And so they feel really good leaving the gym just because they get to see the ball go in over and over again. And if you're Steph Curry and you're about to go play in the Olympics, like, you want to feel good, you want to feel confident. So I think that's like, the. The best reason to throw in something like this is just to make sure that you're feeling good, that you're seeing the ball go in a lot. And ultimately, when you play with a lot of confidence, you're going to play better. Your results are going to be better. So to me, that's why the best takeaway, the biggest takeaway, when you look at something like that. So I thought this was really interesting. You see on all these shots how he has, like, perfect spin. He's, like, almost like, lacing the ball up when he shoots it. And that was, like, a lot of these shots where he's shooting it, like, on the seams. And then here he just mixes it up where he's shooting, like, off the seams now. So you see how his rotation is different on the basketball. So he's working on being able to shoot it when he doesn't have it perfectly lined up on the seams, which I think is a really, really interesting concept, too. Again, just a way to challenge yourself. Like, when you're this great of a shooter, you've got to find ways to make it a little bit more difficult. And this is such a microscopic detail that he's working on right here. And so I'm a big fan of that. So you're working on some floaters right here. Some tough momentum on this. Working both hands on it, too. I like this. So starting off there, and then we get the makes, and then we get. So he's basically going two and two. So two off the catch and then two makes off the dribble. One going left, one going right. So again, working on, like, he's working on different ranges here, so he's kind of backing up, starting in the mid range. And I like it. Again, it's going back to that variable shooting where we're mixing up the shot. So he's got to make those two shots, and then he's going to his left and going to his right, and then eventually there becomes like a pressure aspect to it here. But what I love a lot about this, especially when he goes off the dribble, is like he allows himself to be creative and it's not super rigid. Like he's not saying, oh, I have to shoot with this footwork. I have to do it the same exact way every single time. He's super creative with, with how he gets to it. And so that you can see that when he plays like he's very free flowing, you don't know what you're going to get is why he's so much fun to watch. And you see it here with his training where he just allows himself to be creative and not be too constricted with things that he's doing. So now we see him working all the way back to that half court line. Again, just challenging that range. When you're a great shooter, like you do stuff like this because you want to get better. You get better by challenging yourself. That's the way to do it. So right here he has to get, he has to make three shots in a row. He has to make a half court shot. Then he has to make that three coming off of like that sprint, almost like a handoff maybe on the right side. Then he's got to sprint all the way around to the left and make it here too. So again, finding ways to challenge yourself, not only are the shots difficult, like, like there's a half court shot, just a jump shot from half court, which is tough, but then there's pressure because he then has to make shot number two going to his right, shot number three going to his left. And that gives you again that challenge that we want, but it also gives you that game like sense of pressure, like, oh, I have to make this shot. And again, you see right there he's, he's willing to like be a little creative. Like, okay, he's catching it like little like head fake almost to a step back, going to his left on the shot. Like that's Steph right there. He's going to switch it up and I love a lot about this right here, make that shot, sprint off going to his right again, just a little different in the shot every time. And I love it. Now he makes that right shot, he's got to sprint around, get himself to that left and boom, give him the three in a row right there. So I think some of the big things that I took away from this is that number one, Steph finds ways to challenge himself. So whether it's the range he's shooting from, he's shooting half court shots. He's mixing up like the type of shot each time so he's not able to get in like that autopilot rhythm mode. He has to keep mixing it up like you would in the game. Or even we saw like the really microscopic detail where he's shooting shots where his, you know, he's not lining up the seams. And that is another challenge in and of itself right there that you, you might not even recognize if you don't really look at it. He find ways, he finds ways to challenge himself. And that's what, that's. Obviously we're watching the best shooter ever do that. And that's a big reason why he is as great as he is. Because he's not just going in there shooting the normal spot shots and calling it a day. He's saying, okay, well how can I kind of push the envelope a little bit and make this more difficult on myself? And then you're going to get to games and be prepared to hit those difficult shots because you work on them, you're constantly challenging yourself. And so all that leads to him being such a confident player. You watch Seth Curry, the one word that pops up is confidence, right? Like you watch him play, he plays with so much confidence. I think it has to do with the way that he prepares himself as a shooter. And so I think for players, you know, for, you know, if you're a player watching this, finding ways to make your, your spot up shooting or your reps variable so, you know, kind of not completely going away from block shooting, where it's like the same shot over and over and over again. Obviously we watched Steph do that a little bit in this, but like I said, it's kind of to build your confidence seeing the ball go through the net, but then mixing in times where you're going at the same spot, you mix up the type of shot that you do. So maybe sometimes it's off the dribble or maybe you just mix up the type of shot off the catch. So the first time it's a backpedal and then it's a sprint and then it's a slide and then it's a standstill. Just gonna make it much more game like and much, much more likely to translate to game success. And so for me, that was something that was really cool to see, is him kind of mixing that, that stuff into his workouts as well. So hopefully you took some stuff away from this. Obviously you're watching the best ever do this. So there's going to be takeaways if we really dig into it. So appreciate you for watching. If you want a workout, a program is going to help you take your game to the next level. I have a free program down below. Top link in the description. Two week program that's going to touch on your shooting. So some of the stuff that we've talked about we have inside of that as well. But also your ball handling, finishing, overall scoring, your footwork touches on everything. So it is the like. You will see more improvement in the next two weeks and you probably ever have in a two week period going through this. So highly recommend you check that out. Top of the description down below. I appreciate you for watching. Talk Soon. Peace.