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21 Easy Ways to Improve Your Basketball Shooting Percentage
By Jeff Haefner
Tip #1 – Locate Your Target (the Rim) Earlier
Getting in the habit of locating your target (the rim) earlier will improve your shooting percentage. Why?
Locating the rim just a split second earlier gives your brain more time to subconsciously calculate distance and focus on your objective. Your eyes should be on the rim as early as possible. To make this little trick work, you need to develop this habit in practice, which carries over into games.
Tip #2 – Always Hold Your Follow Through
You’ve probably heard this a hundred times but there’s good reason for it. Holding your follow through solves a multitude of shooting problems. This simple movement helps you maintain good basketball shooting technique without even thinking about it.
Tip #3 – Finish with a Relaxed Wrist
A common mistake is for players to follow-through with a tense wrist. Your wrist should be as relaxed as possible. Your hand should finish on line and even bounce a little during the follow-through.
Tip #4 – Use a Colored Ball to Improve Rotation
To improve the straightness of your shot, try a colored basketball during practice. This makes it easy to see the rotation and direction of the ball. The immediate feedback makes it quick and easy for you to adjust and improve your shot.
Tip #5 – Don’t Shoot like Kobe (By Hanging In The Air)
TOO many kids try to copy Kobe and end up with bad shots for the REST OF THEIR LIVES!
Youngsters have no business trying to hang like Kobe and shoot. Kobe is a freak of nature! You should shoot as you’re going up (at least 1 inch before you reach the top of your jump). Trying to mimic Kobe’s shot will just earn you a place on the bench and lots of frustration.
Tip #6 – Stop Thinking about Your Shot During Games
One of the worst things you can do is think about your shooting mechanics during a game.
Thinking about your shot is for practice, NOT for games! In fact, you should only think during cert

Be that teammate

How yo become a good branch player
No body want to actually be on d bench but rather on d court playing,but no matter how good u are as a player u must set on d bench maybe cause of an injury but u are still on d bench so this is a simple way to win a game from d bench
1. Bring Lots of Energy
Energy is the most important thing for all bench players to bring to every single game, especially when your team is on the road. Show your passion for the game.
Be loud. Shout out words of encouragement to your teammates. Stand up and cheer each time your team scores or makes a great basketball play.
When a time-out is called a great teammate will be the first one off the bench to go out and high-five the players that were on the court. When the time-out is over be energetic. “Yeah, Brad. Keep dominating in the post!”.
All of these little acts lift the energy and moral of the team.
Your teammates and coach will appreciate it.
2. Take Note of Your Body Language
Here on BFC we talk all the time about the importance of body language for basketball players. Body language is just as important on the bench as it is on the court.
Are your players leaning back, slouching, and looking disinterested? Or are they on the edge of their seat engaged in the game?
Poor body language on the bench tells a coach you care more about yourself than the team. Prove that you’re a team-first player by having great body language on the bench.
Great teammates all sit forward, don’t slouch, and are engaged in the game.
3. Don’t Ruin Your Teammates Focus
Want to know what’s worse than a player not engaged in the game while on the bench? A player not engaged in the game that ruins the focus of their teammates.
If a player can’t stay engaged in a game this does not give them the right to ruin the focus of anyone else.
Don’t talk to them about things that aren’t related to the game, during the game. Let them focus. Save non-game related topics for after the game. No one cares what you’re planning on doing

Try as much as possible to improve your self while waiting for some opportunity, person and even during injury improve your self.
Don't wait cause it may be as immediately you got healed your opportunity comes

never give excuses let your correction do that for you

5 TECHNICAL WAYS To OVERCOME DEFEAT ON ANY BASKETBALL GAME. *Overcoming Fear : this is the most important for player to understand, cause the first person you face before the game play is your fear and if you can beat your fear then you can face any player or team i n the world. *Put your team mates first :this is another important way to win or overcome defeat , by putting your team mates first they will also put you first and by so doing you guys will be able to play transition basketball and that helps to win a game. *Make every moment count : when playing on the court you should always remember that you are playing to win and at the same time to have fun,so don't ever try to show the crowd that you are a great player but rather play let them notice it,make every moment on the court count let every move have a purpose so that you won't end up spoiling the game . *Understand your team mates : understanding ur team mates is another important way to win or overcome defeat on the game cause if you know their lapses and strength you will be able to help them get better while playing,knowing that everyone has a fault to be corrected makes it easier to correct but if you as a player always claim right then your team mates won't learn from you. *play above the rules : this is the most difficult for players I don't mean you should yell at the ref for a wrong call but rather keep silent this is the way to play basketball without anger in your mind,most time the ref's purposely call games like that just to see the reaction of players so if you can beat the call from the ref then you play above the rules cause the rules stand as an opposition to you

Before I start,I will like my readers to understand that the sport basketball is not just for fun rather for business. While u just play for fun others play for a more benefiting purpose so if u just play for fun I will like u to change ur ideology