Saturday, March 19, 2016

Shooting (Annotated) from Juan Ortega



IMO, shooting is the most important and worst taught element of basketball. Juan Ortega shares a FIBA shooting clinic. 


  • You shoot with your whole body. 
  • He reviews hand, foot, and knee position and alignment
  • "Shoot to the sky" (arc development) 
  • Steve Nash shows us that the elbow is in

  • 10:15 Coach emphasizes shooting off the dribble and separating
  • 11:10 Demonstrates drill with pivot into dribble stepback
  • 13:15 DRILL - Form, rebound, outlet, cut around screen, catch and shoot (good drill with a partner)
  • 14:38 Modifies to fake, cross, shoot
  • Detail-oriented, correct execution
  • Technique, repetition, variety but always remember technique
  • Emphasizes building in pressure elements (e.g. how many shots to make 10)
  • 22:10 DRILL - 2 line pass, cut, and shoot (rebound your shot), modify into fake and one dribble shot.     
  • Reminder: "set up your cut...'true and false' game"
  • Fake slow to go fast
  • DRILL 28:18 Low cut to high (elbow), work shot and/or fake into drive
  • DRILL 31:00 Catch and shoot into opposite backscreen/flare screen shot
  • DRILL 37:30 Simulate scoring off screens   
  • Adjust drills, range to level of players
  • Drill can simulate and practice multiple actions