Basketball Shooting Form and Techniques: Do NOT Square Up!!! 

Now before you all lose your minds let me clarify a little... "Squaring up" will work well for some players but VERY FEW. If that works for you no biggie keep rolling with it. Try out different options and see what's best for you. Don't just bee a sheep and do something becuase someone told you to. Think for yourself and make an informed decision. Not everybody is going to have the exact same mechanics!

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I realized that what he's saying can be pretty accurate because I shoot both ways but I notice I make more shots with the tilt then squared up. Squared up looks much more proper especially on the spot up shots but the tilt is BETTER EVERYONE. Reason why is cuz from the tilt kinda foot positioning he's speaking of you can drive to the basket or crossover better. To each his own tho but the tilt definitely helps out your game

Amazing video. You have the most complete videos regarding improvement on your game. Not only you focus on major techniques you pay attention and very thoroughly explain small changes on your body mechanics or stance that improves greatly your skillset. One of the best teachers on youtube. 5/5

Does anyone else get in mad arguments with coaches telling them they're wrong about squaring the feet ? All these old guys need to adapt

instead of squaring my feet or lineing my foot up with the basket I've noticed that I can libe my shooting shoulder it an it works wonder. less room for error. what do you think about that coach ?

Wassup bro I'm a big fan of You 😄

Excellent - so many coaches teach improperly - great vid

I was just looking for this video! THANK YOU

Hi Coach! Keep it up. Your uploads are really great and helps me a lot in my game!

Is there a video on contact layups? Or how to at least defend a inside scorer from the fastbreak? Great video by the way, this motivates me to make it to the NBA at my age.

For some reason, I shoot better squaring up that tilting my feet. I tuck my elbow before I shoot and I make it most of the time 🤔

How do you keep your shot form consistent ? How do you get the same shot every single time?

Brilliant video coach. I always thought squaring up was better.

The reason you put your feet on a bias is simple, you create alignment from your foot, to your knee, to your hip, to your shoulder, to your elbow to your wrist. If everything is in line consistently, then it is just putting the ball on the basket. If you square to the basket, you are always going to have your knee, hip and shoulder out of alignment, which can lead to inconsistent linear paths. That can then get overcompensated for with elbow flares, wrist finishes in front of the head. At the end of the day you want an efficient repeatable process that doesn't require a massive amount of brain power. Alignment = More buckets. One other thing I would note as being a problem with youth is they tend to not understand right-eye and left-eye dominance concepts. So they finish in front of their head to put "their hand in the basket". This creates alignment issues because the go from "shoulder to nose". You will typical see a lot of shots going right or left of the basket. You have to remind them to keep their hands to the same side that they are shooting. The old, aim using your thumb two eyes open, one eye open technique fixes that real quick.

Just saw this video, and I’m already shooting better and more accurate. Thanks for the tips!

Awesome and easy to understand explanation as always Coach, kudos to you! May you please post someday a video about how to properly hold the basketball with the shooting hand, prior to shoot, avoiding the ball to slip away or to go deviated? I've been working on tilting my feet when shooting, but even if I try to stick my shooting elbow to my torso to avoid left-right misses, sometimes the ball slips off my hand at jumping

Could you please do a video on how to get better at 3 pointer

Could you maybe set up some drills for practising the fade-away?

Can you make a Ryan Anderson shooting secrets video plz?

Thanks for the tip

Hey coach you've helped me so much with your shooting workout and your great videos.

I square up my hips with the center of the rim when I shoot (not my feet) and this works very very well for me. When my hips are squared with the rim at the peak of my shot I almost never miss left or right, meaning the only variable I have to dial in is shot strength. This is what I have found works best for me after taking hundreds of thousands (if not in the millions) of deep jumpers over the past 15 years.

Love your shoulder and wrist action, though. I'm 52 still working on my shot mechanics. Going left off the dribble is natural, but going right off a pick and roll, I have trouble squaring to the basket. Any ideas?

I would like to see any video that will help me get better at basketball. I was taught to shoot terribly and now my shot is terrible, but these vids help me get better

This guy should have more subs

Can You PLEASSSSE make a how to video or break down video on Dennis Schroder finger roll finish

I've been waiting for this vid

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For your next video, you should do a Malik Monk shooting secrets

Smh this has been my problem the whole time thank you so much !

can u plz break down grayson allen's shooting form from duke ASAP? thanks

Do you know how much times I commented on ur vids saying "Pls do Brandon Jennings shooting secrets" Bro just do it for the people, I know people want to know how he gets his shot off. Just do it pls

make a video on how to release and put your follow hand when you shoot a basketball

do a derrick rose crossover and lay ups video

Thank you

can u do a video on how to gain confidence in a game

I’m a little more off that most. My comfort position is 50 to 60 degrees so I’m almost sideways. But I also don’t turn more that 5 or 10 degrees if at all, so I guess I turn before I jump.

Most good shooters have a slight turn at the end, but others like Kawhi are pretty square and good at shooting too. Others are Reggie Miller and Mark Price.

That works so much

I'm showing my dad this

What do you mean by shoes aligning to the rim? it's clearly have an angle to the rim

There’s a big caveat to this. If a shooter is turning their feet AND frequently missing short or missing in the same direction the toes are pointing (or rebounds of misses predominantly go the same way) they absolutely need to straighten out their stance some.

hey could u do a luke kennard shooting secrets

That’s huge help I went for a enraging 28 pig to 32ppg

what form do you recommend for left eye dominant players

How to shoot like Kyle Korver, pls

Squaring up seems to give me lots of left/right misses. Makes my shoulder tense

Comment if you noticed everyone wanted to start shooting 3s when curry got popular

lockdown defense plzzz. I love ur vids . thx bro u made me sweet player.

Can you please do a updated Kyle Korver shooting form because i have a similar form to his and i would like to learn more. Most videos on YT arent as helpful like yours

can you make a video about find creating your own shot?

Do steph curry dribbling drills

Higher Set point = harder to block, normal arc. One motion, no set point : cant score over defenders, easy to block in midrange (if not seperated) higher arc, quicker release. Basically, Kyrie and Curry respectively.

Hey coach, when you jump. Do you jump forward or the way your feet are pointing

do Collin Sexton

Tips to being a great point guard

jeremy lin shooting blueprint please

this help me

Hey coach got any handle and shooting tips for a big?

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Coach C , im a left hand dribbler and shooter . but I do all my other works with my right hand. does it make me a left or right hander ?

Hop step pls

Where do u these RU-vidrs find these empty courts to practice on

Do anything that work for you. Square up is work great also but need guide hand to follow through.

How to adjust in air..y'know like an up and under but not an up and under.. just adjusting the ball out of the defenders hand and finishing?

when you say shooting with one finger, say the middle finger. does it mean you have to shoot mainly with that one finger or shoot with all the fingers and have that finger in the middle?

So does my torso tilt with my feet or keep my torso straight and feet tilted

I tried to square like I did as a kid and it gives me so much more power. I am to far gone though at this point.

Can you just make an video on James Harden's Euro Step..

I love my tilt hit all my shots had to teach my little brother

Coach i would like to ask where did you get those under leg sleeves that just drops until ur knee? ; as the one you're wearing in this video

my elbow goes in too much when i shoot, how do i fix this

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I shoot with my right foot straight to the basket but left foot a little turned is this good?

I feel like shooting with a wide base helps you get better strength from your lower body

is it OK to shoot with 3 fingers: index, middle, ring

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Do a Jeremy lin shooting secretes

My foots are tilted outwards and i cant shoot good. Do you have any advices?

Whenever I tilt my feet I try to tilt my upper body toward the basket and my feet tilted away.If my upper body stays toward the direction of my tilted feet I can't seem to stay balanced and I end up airballing left to right.My squared up shot I shoot with nobody on me about 23-27% and I want it higher.Plz help.

I completely agree that you want your hip and arm aligned in a straight line when shooting but when you hear coaches saying to "square up," they're referring to facing the basket with shoulders square, feet and hips turning toward basket also known as facing up. I find the title of this to be problematic for kids because those that trust your teaching will only remember "Don't square up" when their coach is trying to get them going in the right direction by telling them to catch, pivot and square up or catch square on the hop.

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bro i square up and i got a laser shot and klay Thompson square up to

I always let go of the ball (my guild hand ) before I shoot how do I prevent that?

My shot is wet and I dont square up. Chen my game videos out!

@shotmechanics et. all.. to anyone trying out the tilt... does this make you jump diagonal? I can see myself jumping to my left, and then the ball tends to drift left... how to fix?

What if im left footed but right handed

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I think it depends as to who is teaching. Pistol Pete Maravich in his shooting video likes to square up to the hoop and its effective.

So when I’m shooting a jumpshot does my feet have to point towards the rim?

How to shoot from further distance

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squaring up helped me alot becausr i shot with an angled stance and i bricked everything i made like 2 threes a week, so i tried squaring up and i hit wayyyy more threes i say like 10-15 a day. i mean thats still trash but atleast i improved

SO if you're on the left side of the goal, do you tilt towards the rim or to the left still? Please answer bro.

Is it bad that i keep my feet together when i shoot? Like shoes are right next to each other.

I think this is my main problem and it ruins my shot flick making my shooting hand go another way

is it bad to have one foot pointing to the basket and the other one a little bit tilt?

Im annoyed i shoot it pretty well i make some good shots but people at school make fun of my form because I raise the ball above my head pretty high when i shoot should i change to this

Coach can you change your camera ? coz its quite bad now