NBA Shooting Drill: Drew Hanlen on Proper Balance 

He looks like a smaller Kevin Love.

I love Drew's way of teaching. He explains things so clearly and perfectly.

Some of the best shooting advice and series of drills I've seen in a long time. Just practicing the balancing drills shown in this video will greatly improve your shot by leaps and bounds. Coach Nick always has the best guests on his videos.

every since i started watching the pro shot shooting system, i look at every shooting video and shooting drill differently

perfect demonstration from coach Drew, love it.

Great stuff!

always find some excellent stuff here. definitely would help my training to be a consistent shooter. Thanks Coach Nick

He's good! He's incredibly knowledgeable!!!

good video!! I am Japanese and my english is not perfect , so putting important phrases on the video helps me to understand.

Great drill to teach balance and core when shooting off the bounce or pass.

Hmm great concepts and philosophies from that man! I've always focused on the "staying square" style, with feet pointing towards the rim and too many specific mechanics. Never really focused on the "stabilizing my core" aspect. I really like his approach cause he's not stopping guys from having their comfortable leg motion or elbow in/out or anything like that. Interesting stuff

makes a lot of sense thanks!

Excellent video

In the early 70's I took a biomechanics course in college. Probably the most important principle in skill improvement is keeping your head and shoulders slightly forward and absolutely STILL. It's called the pike position in gymnastics. Drew is calling it stabilizing yourself. By keeping your head and shoulders still (stable) your brain doesn't have to adjust for extraneous motion. No adjustment means greater accuracy. Batters in baseball, golfers at the tee, and tennis players stroking the tennis ball - all keep their head still.

Wow that’s very detailed, props.

Great Video🏀

WOW!

I changed my shot from two motion in my early 10's from one motion fast release in my late 10's, I am a short player(1.68m) so, slow mechanics are not reliable for me. I'm working on getting an insane arc and even more speed now, I'm 24, I missed more shots at the beginning, but now I'm getting back to good %. Needs lots of visualization and of course practice the same movement over and over again.

When I take standstill jumpers, I always fade slightly away, and use my left leg a little more than my right. I only do this when I'm wide open, and I've done some real statistics (trust), and have found that when I fade slightly, I make more baskets then when I don't. If you look at Chris Bosh's shot, he always slightly fades away but I don't do it nearly as much.

Drew *boom* Hanlen

Good knowledge & Dope intro graphics. Props to the graphic designer.

coach nick, it seems easier to do a dribble pull-up when you're bouncing the ball from your weak hand, because it's going to be on the side when you gather the ball naturally. however, if you're doing it from your strong hand, it doesn't feel as natural, because your shooting hand will be on the side, even if you believe in the index finger release paul hoover talks about. any tips for a dribble pull-up from your strong hand?

Good drills, thanks for getting this guy in Coach. I'll be able to work on this along with Pro Shot so I can become a knock down shooter before I go to Uni next year!

Thanks for this vid coach!

great video! but when are we going to see coach Nick sink some buckets?

I especially liked the dribble pick up drill. It looks simple but I know from experiene it isn't as easy nor comfortable as it looks

Shooting coach that shoots ten toes to the basket with his shooting elbow not even close to straight up and down. Also anyone else think it was weird there was kids that looked like they were gonna help out but just sat there?

I appreciate the experience of Drew Hanlen. I follow him on twitter and have watched many of his videos. Also, I am thrilled to see on court demonstrations of advanced concepts. I do believe that the ten toes to the rim emphasis causes confusion with kids and those who have adapted proshot on your previous videos suggestions. He makes a concession for those who turn, but as an NBA trainer, I would expect him to realize that almost every quality shooter turns at least 11 O'Clock! Otherwise, great stuff! Keep the great on court demos coming! Thanks!

Wow! Kevin love really shrunk!

he is correct, it took me 3 months to get my form down after having the worst mechanical form

Is it better to jump straight up and down or swing your legs a little bit forward when doing a jump shot?

This!

This is actually a great drill! Thanks coach!

Why the hell is there no video nor article on your channel/website on the massive improvement of Jimmy Butler as the bulls' go to guy on offense, and as an all-star caliber player in general.

I have a much harder time picking up with strong hand. I have a hard time having good hand placement. Any tips?

Dude throw some pro shot logic at him about going straight up and down

Will work on this next time I'm out hooping, tired of loosing money in pickup.

everybody is talking about not doing the turn. do you guys even know what the point of the turn is? its to add rotational power increasing range.

I wanna see em play one on one

Hey coach I have a question about this video. .... A few months ago you worked with "proshot" and they teach the sweep and sway but this shooting coach from "pure sweat" teach straight up and down so I'm a bit confused on which to use?

Coach how much reps should I do

Steph Curry story and many great shooters have said that repetition was the key in conjunction with great form. But i guess this is corrective training. Wouldn't it take longer than 3 months and more repetition to make the correct form stick?

I'll probably find that my feet will sway a bit especially from the perimeter but I will still engage my core and have good balance.

how does nick cope with the straight up and down?

Several Great shooters dont always point the feet towards the rim. Some are turn shooters! Gotta find what works for you!

When you say stabilize your core, do you mean tighten your abs when you going up for a jumpshot?

Hey coach, I'm much more comfortable shooting with the sweep and sway in practice, but I always find it hard to use it in games because I feel like it makes me jump toward the defender, giving myself less space to shoot. So in games I don't do it as much as i should. Do you have any advice on how I can use the sweep and sway without getting so close to my defender that it's much easier for him to contest my shot? Do you even recommend the sweep and sway when shooting off the dribble?

Has anyone noticed the glowing Nike symbol on his shoes?

Ops gave Carmelo Anthony a compliment of how good he is. Anti- Carmelo Anthony guys will go crazy.

those shoes though hahaha

Honestly @BBALLBREAKDOWN, I don't get it. I must have missed it when you published it, and I know Hanlen has been getting some well deserved hype lately, but he is teaching something that directly conflicts what you teach, and yet there's absolutely zero pushback. Why? Isn't it a conversation? From anything we know about your mantras about shooting (which I share with you, btw) you do not think jumping "Up-and-Down" is healthy - focusing on it is mechanical, not at all frequent among top shooters (maybe Klay, but thats it), and most importantly it negates the "Sway" so there's all this pent up tension in the shoulders. This is me quoting you directly. Why not talk about it? Hell, argue even, it's great TV and we all might learn something. Are you agreeing with his training? Do you recommend it? If not, don't you think the video should reflect it, at least a little bit? I love Drew, but he is wrong on this. But the bigger point is that I felt you put your own thoughts on shooting aside for this one, and it's a weird choice in my mind.

thought the two guys at the back were going to demonstrate

So i should sweep and sway or i should go straight up and down??

Explain currys release

Lonzo

Washed up Kevin love, yo

Teach RJ Barret this

Coach drew..I love a basketball but I don't join a league because of height what expect the other coach don't join me in a league..

DDRRRRREEEEEEWWWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!,!!!!

Drew will all do respect the hand on the side of the ball thing is simply not true because if it were Steph wouldn't be the purest shooter in the game

Good stuff coach. But am I missing out on some videos or have you not yet broken down Jimmy Butler's breakout? His crazy improvement is all over fantasy basketball by now and I thought it's either you missed it or you shoulv'e posted it already and I missed it. More times than not he and Pau Gasol are looking more like the 1-2 in Chicago while D Rose is the third option. More power.

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This isn't a good video, Coach Nick! I know you are aware of the Pro Shot Shooting System, bc you made a few videos on his channel together. It should be pretty clear that The Turn is a key element for good shooters and so is the sweep and sway, which was mentioned as a side note in the video. But Drew talked about not turning and jumping straight up and down, which clearly isn't the right thing to do!

There is no sweep and sway in this

It's different for shooters because Steph Curry's shooting hand is on the side of the ball as he gathers.

I would say it’s good basic advice but too choreographed. Larry Bird gave the best advice. The ball is going where your hands and feet are aimed, the rest is just a basic lack of fear of missing. That’s the difference. Real shooters have NO fear of missing.

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