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Why can’t I shoot a basketball anymore?
Form Shooting – Let’s say your issue is with the guide-hand thumb. Do 1-handed shadow form shooting by taking your guide hand slightly off the ball. This is going to isolate how you hold the ball in your shooting hand, which is the cause of why your guide-hand thumb is affecting your shot. In form shooting, some trainers would recommend using one hand and keeping the other down behind your back, but I prefer shadowing the guide hand close to the ball to mimic your shooting form as close as possible. You can also leave your hand down by your side.
Is 25 too late to start basketball?
Conclusion – It’s not too late to play basketball at any age but how good one becomes depends on their skill level and passion for the game – these are what will help them develop into a better player. Most importantly playing ball keeps your body healthy while allowing people to have fun playing sports with family members or friends which comes along with great social benefits as well! So don’t let anyone tell you otherwise because there isn’t an age limit for playing sports! At the end playing basketball is a great way to stay healthy while having fun with family and friends.
Is 17 too late to start basketball?
It’s never too late to start playing basketball, especially if you have some athletic ability. At 17, I doubt you will make your high school team or play for a college, but the best thing about basketball – at least in the US – is that you can always find pickup games that match your schedule.
Is 15 too late to start basketball?
It is never too late to play any sport – PERIOD. The same applies for basketball. If you are looking to start at 40, please do so. Or if its a younger age like 8–10 years old or in college when you’ve seen and are interested in the sport please pick up the ball or join a group and play.
Where does Steph Curry aim?
THE SETPOINT – 
When Curry shoots, the ball first travels backwards towards his head, before traveling forwards towards the net. The point right before the ball starts moving towards the net is called the setpoint. Steph Curry’s setpoint is just above his right eye. At his setpoint, his thumb is in line with his eyebrow and his palm is facing to the side. You will also notice that his arm makes a 90 degree angle at his armpit. The angle between his arm and his forearm is much less than 90 degrees. He always reaches his setpoint before his feet leave the ground, and then uses the power from his jump to push the ball forward.
Why do I miss shots?
- not enough care and focus given to actually visualizing and aiming the shot (see pre-shot routine ).
- not enough care and focus given to accurately aligning the cue and tip for the shot (see pre-shot routine ).
- inaccurate or inconsistent visual alignment (see vision center ).
- lack of understanding or intuition for how to adjust aim for squirt, swerve, and throw (see aim compensation for squirt, swerve, and throw ).
- poor, inconsistent, or inaccurate stroke (see stroke “best practices” ).
Most people miss shots because of reason 1 (not aiming carefully); although the other reasons, especially reason 5 (poor stroke), are also common. An inconsistent and inaccurate stroke can cause a miss, but it can also result in an inaccurate tip contact point and poor speed control, which can result in bad position for the next shot.
A solid understanding of (or intuition for) CB control principles is also critical. To win, you need to make the current shot, but you also need to make the next shot; so if your speed and position control are inaccurate or inconsistent, you won’t be very successful. For more info, see ” Top 10 Reasons for Missing,” (BD, February, 2022).
Here are some additional reasons people miss shots:
- misjudgment of the required line of aim of the shot, even with care and focus on aim and visualization (for help, see DAM advice ).
- too much focus on the leave and not enough on the shot.
- poor position left from the previous shot.
- uncertainty or thinking while shooting.
- inaccurate perception of cue alignment or the tip contact point (even with proper vision center alignment).
- tip not chalked properly.
- disrespect for shot because it was too “easy.”
- eyes, head, or body not still during the shot.
- poor eyesight with no vision correction lenses.
- excessive throw due to cling/skid/kick,
Often, people will make lame excuses for missing shots instead of trying to diagnose and improve their game. Here are some examples:
- It’s the tip.
- It’s the chalk.
- It’s the cue.
- I miss because I suck.
- I can’t focus on pool with all the pretty ladies in here.
- The music in here is too distracting.
- That guy three tables down took a sip of his beer.
- I missed the bank because Diamond table bank short.
- It’s too cold in here.
- I’m playing down to my opponent’s lower skill level.
- The lights are too bright.
- There is not enough light in here.
Despite what pool match commentators often say, pros usually “get up on the shot” because they miss. See: from Colin Colenso (in AZB post ): On near straight in shots, applying unintended side english throws the OB offline. On slow shots the throw effect increases, as does swerve on the CB, further messing up the shot.
On firm shots, throw is less, swerve is far less (unless the CB is hit high) and depending on one’s bridge position relative to the cue’s pivot point, deflection could counteract or add to the error. Bridging a little longer than one’s pivot point can reduce and even cancel out the effects of such stroking errors.
On cut shots, applying unintended outside english can throw the OB significantly off the intended path. Conversely, unintended inside english often has negligible effect on the OB path. So being careful to hit center or slightly inside can be a way to avoid the stroking errors that result from unintended outside english.
from Matt (in AZB post ): 1) If all you are concerned with is making the object ball and you are bridging at the effective pivot point and swerve and throw are insignificant, alignment is far more important than stroke accuracy.2) If all you are concerned with is making the object ball and are attempting a shot where you are compensating for swerve or throw, stroke accuracy is more important than it is in the first case.3) If you are trying to make a shot while controlling the cue ball, compensating for swerve or throw, bridging somewhere other than the pivot point, shooting down on the cue ball, and pretty much any other situation besides just trying to make a ball using BHE, I would say that the accuracy of the stroke is at least as important as the alignment.
That said, you can have a laser-straight stroke and still miss the object ball if you haven’t lined up correctly in the first place, including any necessary compensations. from 12squared (in AZB post ): I agree that poor alignment maybe the cause of a miss, but there are several instances where a bad stroke would cause a miss, most of which is when using side spin.
Here are a couple of examples I would consider reasons for a miss that was stroke related: 1) On your final stroke, you twist your wrist or do something to change the direction.2) If you decelerate during your final stroke using sidespin causing the swerve to increase over the plan. (I call this finishing my stroke before I hit the ball).3) You stroke slower or faster then planned (still accelerating through the stroke unlike #2) while using sidespin that changes how much swerve was planned.
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Can you jump and not shoot the ball?
Returning to the ground without shooting or passing: According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rule book, if a player jumps with possession of the ball, the ball must leave their hands before the player returns to the ground.
How can I get better at basketball fast?
Training Advice – Strength training, plyometric training, and drills to improve your speed, agility, reaction time, and hand-eye coordination can all be used to improve basketball performance. Whatever strength and conditioning program you follow, don’t underestimate the importance of your form or technique.
- It’s easy to do the right exercises the wrong way, which can reduce the effectiveness of your efforts and increase your risk of injury before you even get on the court.
- As for when to train, there’s never a wrong time to work on getting better at your sport.
- For best results, start putting together your plan to optimize your sports performance in the off season.
That way you’ll be that much further ahead when the season starts.