Shooting Fundamentals
 

Jump Shot
Keep your feet approximately shoulder width apart
Keep your knees bent
Place shooting foot slightly forward
Keep shoulders square to the hoop
Focus eyes on the target
Right handed shooters place their left hand on the side of the ball (support) and the right hand behind the
 ball (force)
Keep your shooting elbow in and at 90 degrees
Cock your wrist
Follow through (straight arm and snap wrist)

Lay-up
Foot work:
Plant with the right foot
step with the left
drive right knee upward while jumping off left leg

Ball work:
Aim towards top corner of square on backboard
 
 

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