Many players, especially youth basketball players find it difficult to shoot from range. Three point shots are too far to be shot with any sort of reliability. This basketball workout tip can improve your strength and also improve the efficiency of your shot technique. You will be forced to fine tune your arm movement so that it is all power.
The basketball workout is performed by sitting in a chair in front of the ring. Great care should be taken by the player to ensure they have set their arm up exactly right for the shot. Instead of a catch and shoot situation where quickness is key, the player should take their time and ensure they have positioned themselves well. This will train the brain to position the arm in this position for future shots (this is sometimes called “muscle memory”). This happens on a subconscious level, but there are benefits at the conscious level, as it will teach players to reflect on their technique and make adjustments in response to their results.
The chair can be moved in and out according the the player’s strength and ability. If at any point correct technique is lost, then the chair should be moved in and not moved beyond that point. As players are shooting from a lower point than usual, they will be forced to put more arc on the ball. This is great for players that “shoot darts” – those flat, hard shots that are impossible to rebound with any sort of regularity. Inefficient shot technique is usually from too much effort in the forward plane rather than too much effort in the vertical plane.