A brief instructional transcript from Ethan Khoza explaining the importance of making ‘momentum’ or ‘movement’ three-point shots in basketball. Khoza outlines that these shots arise from off-ball actions (pin-downs, flares, staggered screens, elevators) and emphasizes controlling various momentum states (sprinting, backpedal, moving forward) to reliably rise and hit the shot.
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The third type of three that all elite shooters can hit are momentum or movement threes. Now, this covers a few different types of movement. First of all, we can talk about off ball movement. So three is coming off of pin downs or flares, or staggered screens or elevators, or any other type of off ball screen. This is important because typically, in order to get a three that's open off ball, you're gonna have to utilize these actions in order to get open. So not only is it important that you can use these to get open, but you have to be able to make the shot after you're already moving at a high speed because of these actions. And when we talk about movement, three is more than to mention the momentum aspect of it too. So not every shot is going to be where your momentum is. Stand still and move forward. Sometimes you're going to shoot it off a backpedal, or sometimes you may be sprinting one way or the other. But it's important that you're able to control and handle that momentum and still be able to rise up and hit the shot, even when it's not necessarily a normal catch and shoot.