Everyone sees value in a quicker release, being "shot ready" or whatever your terminology.
What ways do you teach it?
Get your shot off QUICKER.
— Reid Ouse (@reidouse) August 21, 2024
Defender has to go around the bottom cone and the offensive player needs to clear the outside cone before shooting.
Offensive player is not allowed to shot fake.
Get to your spot and let it rip.
Make it take it. Play to a number of makes. pic.twitter.com/a18vODbi9t
Here are a few ideas for quickening your release.
1) As a kid, I'd face the basket, flip the ball backwards and catch on the bounce, turn, and target and shoot as quickly as possible.
2) I would stand behind and to the side of a step ladder with a tennis racket taped to it. I'd fake and take a one dribble pullup behind the step ladder "defender."
3) I'd close my eyes and take a jab or crossover step into a one dribble pullup, opening my eyes when I had caught the ball. Instant target and quick shooting were the goals.
4) Quick draw. With the ball at a player's chest, slam it down, catch and shoot. The drill requires focus, soft hands, and encourages a quicker release.
5) Have an imaginary 15 foot circle from the basket. A 'defender' and attacker stand three feet a part, flipping the ball to each other while shuffling either left or right. The shooter decides when to attack with a one-dribble pullup versus the defender.
6) Play one-on-one, but with a maximum of two dribble attacks after the 'check'.
Lagniappe. Iverson Spain.
IVERSON SPAIN combines two popular actions into one pic.twitter.com/GWD4xUGeWJ
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Lagniappe 2. High post entry into Zoom action.
🚨 When defenses switch everything on the perimeter/shallow drop 🚨
— Chris Steed (@steeder10) August 21, 2024
AIM TO MISS
THIS A KILLER AT THE HS AND COLLEGE LEVEL.
Makes it very difficult for the defense to jam or shock with a switch. ALSO stretches the drop coverage to put elite guards in their kill zones more… pic.twitter.com/8a1DEpmbvj
Lagniappe 3. Creating a learning culture (Hat Tip: Brook Kohlheim).