Correcting Shooting Form Flaws (#2) - "One-Hand Alignment Shooting Drill" - Doug Schakel Basketball 

So many basketball tv, shooting science, shot breakdown videos floating around youtube and this one is still one of the best vids. I wished I saw this at the start of my basketball life.

Doug Schakel, where have you been all of my life? I started playing basketball when I was 6 years old and taught myself how to play...before RU-vid, of course. I developed a LOT of bad techniques that became INGRAINED into my shot that I have been trying to CORRECT the rest of my 40+ basketball life. I've always been a good player (smart, scrappy and quick) who was only an average shooter because I could never consistently make shots...especially 3 pointers. Watching these videos is the first time I've felt like I can honestly change it to be more fundamentally sound. If any young player or father of young player reads this comment, I have two equally important pieces of advice: 1. learn (teach) the fundamentals of shooting the basketball FIRST before you try to go shoot a million shots and 2. don't try to shoot ANY three-point shots or venture outside of the key UNTIL you have properly learned how to shoot the basketball in a proper way. I've played at the YMCA for over 20+ years and I always see kids trying to shoot 3's (or too far from the basket) and they incorporate a bunch of bad techniques to try to get the ball to the basket. When you're shot is fundamentally sound and your body is developed enough, shooting 3s should be almost like shooting layups! This is a great video!

I appreciate all of your videos! I am coaching my daughter's 5th grade AAU team, and we are improving because of your videos. Thanks!

Great explanation, hopefully it for me tomorrow!!!

this is really an excellent tutorial

Thank you!

Great video! It's the best shooting video on youtube One question tho Should the body be tilted sideways in order to make a comftorble alignment? Or should it be relatively straight... Nba players look like they have a tilt in their stance

Thank u very much I’ll pay attention to that next time I dhoot

Doug, thank you for including the QUBE in your video. Your videos are always spot on and very helpful. For more information on the QUBE please visit QubeBasketball.com

What’s the best tip to align your shot with the right eye, when I shoot my elbow flares out and I can’t fix it

coach can u tell me which finger force the ball while shooting?

Could I call you about a problem I'm having with my form? Or send you a video?

Coach are you shooting it one eyed? I'm really confused about how you do it

Doug I would like to talk to you, my shoot has a lot of flaws and I need to fix it I will practice all this this in all 3 shooting flaws videos but I don’t know if I’m practicing the right things and just making myself worse I need help I would like to contacts you please respond to me. I want to be a good player and bring my basketball career to a very high level like the NBA I’m willing to put in the work and I need your help I need to talk to you so you can show me what’s wrong and how to fix it, please respond to me.🏀

Hi doug. would you be interested in having a podcast conversation with me?