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Prolific Shooting Exposed Manual
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Prolific Shooting Exposed Manual
Exposed
The Training Manual
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Its short, sweet, and to the point (because seriously, those darn videos are long enough on their own!) The material that we cover in this manual and more in depth in the video truly separates the men from the boys when it comes to shooting. The real big-timers know exactly what to do at exactly the right times, and more importantly, why they are doing it. They can read the defense, react, and then Make. Them Pay. And thats what its all about. So lets not waste any more time. In this manual, youre going to learn everything you need to know to become a truly prolific basketball shooter. From mechanics to footwork, to creating space and speeding up your release, weve got you covered. So sit back, relax, pop in your copy of Prolific Shooting: Exposed, get out the notepad and lets get to work.
Stroke
- Comes down to two factors: Mechanics and Footwork. - Focus on Automation and preventing power leaks. Automation: Stroke looks and feels the same every single time. It comes second nature, we dont even think about it. No power leaks: Every link in the chain must be working efficiently and in-line with the rest for maximum power. Lets get into the two big keys: mechanics and footwork. Mechanics - We need to focus on every single link (joint) in the chain: feet, knees, hips, shoulders, elbow, hands (grip), and neck.
- Each link above in the chain (for example, knees are above feet) follows the link below. So if our feet are out of line, our knees will also be out of line. - Everything begins with the feet. Our ten toes must be pointed at the rim, with our strong-side foot roughly one inch in front of the other foot. Feet approximately shoulder-width apart.
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- The hips will follow the feet and knees, so be sure to get your feet square and your hips will also stay square to the basket. - The shoulders will follow the hips and stay square if the hips are square (and the hips will be square if the feet are square again, it all comes down to the feet!) - Our grip on the ball must form a shooters T with our two thumbs forming a T angle. The ball is controlled with our finger pads, which are tight to the ball.
- Our elbow is tucked, but more importantly forms a direct line down from our perfectly squared strong-side hip, knee and foot.
- We cradle the ball in a 90 degree shooting pocket, with our elbow squared up to the rim.
- We follow through by flicking the wrist, and allowing the ball to roll off our index finger which points directly at the rim.
- Our neck forms a strait line with our spine (read: not tilted up or down), as if we are standing on air.
Footwork - Only two methods to be concerned with: The 1-2 step and the hop step. 1-2 Step:
- Inside foot goes down first, followed by the outside foot. Our inside foot then becomes our pivot foot. The biggest mistake shooters make is putting down their outside foot first. - Remember, our first foot down always becomes our pivot foot. We can then change directions and rip through off of this foot to beat defenders. The Hop:
- The hop should be more appropriately called the drop. We arent looking to actually catch air on this move, just to efficiently drop down into shooting stance. Remember, the fastest man wins. Drop, dont hop. - Our hop foot becomes our pivot foot. - This is not as efficient as the 1-2 step when we need to change direction and beat the defense off the dribble. The BIG Key to Footwork:
- Be versatile! You will have to adapt to the defense and the passer during the game. DO NOT pre-determine what you need to do before hand, simply practice and drill it home so that it is second nature during games.
- Get the defender moving quickly in one direction. Whenever you have the defense moving quickly and reacting to your move, you have them right where you want them (coaches: applies to team offense too!) - Get the defender not only moving quickly and struggling to keep up, get the defender on your hip before you stop on a dime to rise up and
shoot. Do this by getting low to the ground try to turn the corner shoulder-to-hip. - You cant create space if you cant dribble! We have included the Basement Ball Handling workout in your Prolific Shooting package, and www.EffectiveHandle.com is another incredible program that fits perfectly into Prolific Shooting.
- Again, as with our footwork, we need to be versatile and able to shoot off all three movements. We cannot pre-decide what we will do, we have to react to the defender.
The Quick Release - 3 Components to a quick release: 1.) Bounce to pocket speed: We must be quick at picking up our dribble and getting it to the correct shooting pocket. 2.) Catch to pocket speed: We must be quick at bringing the ball to the shooting pocket from the triple threat position off the catch. 3.) Ability to shoot from the pocket off the catch: Sometimes we will catch the ball in a high position on our body, around our head area we must be able to shoot from this position.
- All three of these aspects are trainable with the correct programming. - We must have smooth shooting mechanics no hitch at the top of our jumper. - Make sure that you arent getting air when you do your hop step. Remember, drop, dont hop. - The key to bounce to pocket speed (which is the most important factor to a quick release for guard and wing players) is great ball handling ability. Work hard at your www.EffectiveHandle.com program, or your Basement Ball Handling program.
The Wrap Up
These manuals are designed to be a quick reference for you, so that you dont have to watch every hour-long video over and over. However, its very important to watch every video at least once, so that every prolific shooting concept is completely clear. This is what truly separates the pretenders from the real shooters: the ability to execute with perfect mechanics on autopilot. Continue to reference this manual (cmon, its only ten pages!) as you progress through your career. Review the principles and commit to ingraining them into your game. You will be successful. There is information in this manual that most players will never even know about. Being a prolific shooting student, you have taken action to be better than the rest. You will be successful. So lets keep the momentum rolling. The next step in our process is to watch the Unstoppable Scoring Moves DVD and get those 12 moves added to your game so that we can bridge the gap from being a shooter to being a scorer. See you over at Unstoppable Scoring Moves!
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PS. We also need to decide, at this time, on a ball handling solution for our 16 week program. Ive seen two different options work well. The first option is Basement Ball Handling. We have provided you with a complementary copy so that you can plug it into your Prolific Shooting workouts. The second is www.EffectiveHandle.com. No, this isnt a free resource like Basement Ball Handling. Its for more serious, more advanced players who need to pay extra attention to their ball handling ability. Whatever decision you make, stick to it and go hard. Do you need Effective Handle to get results? No. Will it get you better results than simply following Basement Ball Handling? Yes. Whichever solution you decide on, stick to it and train hard. Because, after all, it all comes down to one question: How hard do you hustle?