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From: Myles

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259625.4 in reply to 259625.3
Date: 6/21/2014 5:22:33 PM
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I throw a baseball with my right and I write with my right but, I shoot a basketball left handed.

Last edited by Myles at 6/21/2014 5:23:15 PM

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259625.5 in reply to 259625.1
Date: 6/21/2014 8:52:21 PM
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I have the same dillemma as you. My shot goes in too but my mechanics is really flawed. You know how you're told to shoot for the legs, I shoot with my arms and I shoot from my chest but it works. I've tried so hard to change it but when you get thousands of reps shooting a certain way, to change it is very difficult. Even when I shot in a fundamentally sound way, anytime it didn't go in, I found myself going back and shooting like I used to. It's very tough to change how you shoot, I guess.

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259625.6 in reply to 259625.1
Date: 6/21/2014 8:52:22 PM
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I have the same dillemma as you. My shot goes in too but my mechanics is really flawed. You know how you're told to shoot for the legs, I shoot with my arms and I shoot from my chest but it works. I've tried so hard to change it but when you get thousands of reps shooting a certain way, to change it is very difficult. Even when I shot in a fundamentally sound way, anytime it didn't go in, I found myself going back and shooting like I used to. It's very tough to change how you shoot, I guess.

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259625.7 in reply to 259625.1
Date: 6/22/2014 8:35:44 PM
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I play as a PF/C for a competitive team and my shot has gotten much better since getting coached the proper way to shoot by two previous university players who were some of the best shooters in CIS basketball a few years ago.

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259625.8 in reply to 259625.7
Date: 6/22/2014 8:58:25 PM
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What did they tell you was the" proper" way too shoot?

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259625.9 in reply to 259625.8
Date: 6/22/2014 11:41:30 PM
East York Thunder
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Proper fundamentals - feet facing the basketball, shooting hand foot in front a little, shoot with one hand and use the other balance, right bend in the elbow, follow through after shooting.

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259625.10 in reply to 259625.9
Date: 7/7/2014 8:00:46 AM
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I coach HS basketball. This is what I teach: http://focusedshooter.com/f-o-r-e-s-t/

From: Saumong

To: Phyr
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259625.11 in reply to 259625.10
Date: 7/8/2014 9:59:39 PM
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^love that site, its where I learned how to shoot^