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How to Teach Basketball Shooting to Kids

February 14, 2013 By CoachMyKid Leave a Comment

How to Teach Basketball Shooting to Kids

You can learn how to Teach Basketball Shooting to kids by watching and listening to one of the greats Dave Hopla.

Below he answers questions and give 10 tips to better shooting and consistency.

It starts with “Practice Form Shooting”.

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3 Steps to Shooting a Basketball

February 12, 2013 By CoachMyKid Leave a Comment

There are 3 critical areas to shooting the basketball successfully.

  • Before the Shot: Shot Preparation
  • The Shot
  • After the Shot: Shot Follow Through

You have to work on all of the areas to maximize your kids potential.

 

Shooting the basketball into the hoop is how you score points and ultimately win games. When first learning how to shoot there are several things that you want to make sure that you are doing. These are called the fundamentals of shooting. Not everyone’s shot is going to look the same but without the fundamentals of shooting you are not going to be able to become a very good shooter. There are 3 different shooting phases that you need to work on to become a good shooter. They are shot preparation, the shot, and follow through.

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