Basketball Jump Shot PREPARATION PHASE EXECUTION PHASE 1

Basketball Jump Shot PREPARATION PHASE EXECUTION PHASE 1. Knees slightly bend with buttocks out 2. Shooting hand has spread fingers with palm up. 3. Shooting arm makes an “L” and points toward basket 4. Non shooting hand faces ball to balance ball on shooting hand. 1. Body uncoils into a vertical jump 2. Ball rolls off fingers to create backspin 3. Flip wrist, make rainbow with arm 1 Haefner, J. (n. d. ). Proper Basketball Shooting Technique, Fundamentals, and Form. In Breakthrough Basketball. Retrieved January 20, 2014, from http: //www. breakthroughbasketball. com/fu ndamentals/shooting-technique. html 2 Haefner, J. (n. d. ). Proper Basketball Shooting Technique, Fundamentals, and Form. In Breakthrough Basketball. Retrieved January 20, 2014, from http: //www. breakthroughbasketball. co m/fundamentals/shootingtechnique. html Autumn Mc. Kenzie FOLLOW THROUGH 1. “Reach hand into cookie jar” all fingers pointed to floor. 2. Freeze hand up top after release 3. Feet land on ground shoulder width apart. 3 Haefner, J. (n. d. ). Proper Basketball Shooting Technique, Fundamentals, and Form. In Breakthrough Basketball. Retrieved January 20, 2014, from http: //www. breakthroughbasketball. co m/fundamentals/shootingtechnique. html