Summer Accountability

The most important time to develop your amazing skills and game is the off-season.  The time spent here will determine if you will reach that potential that your coaches always say you have.  

• You can not be a successful offensive player unless you can reliably shoot the basketball

• There is not enough practice tme during the season to fully develop your ball handling skills or a shot

• Typically 60-80% of in season practice time is devoted to offensives or defensive schemes, not the improvement of skills

• We understand that you may have committments that make missing a week unavoidable - still document it

To elevate your skills, you not only need repetition, but you need consistency and accountability.  You will improve your game doing 30 minutes of ball handling daily versus an 3 hour extending session once a week.   Shooting also  benifits by doing more sessions.  We say you should shoot 500-2000 shots a week.  You are better off doing 200 shots 5 times a week than 1000 shots in one day.

• Spread out your shooting over 4-7 days

• It is best if you combine ball handling and shooting on the same day.  However, a hoop is not always available, but you can do shooting  and ball handling drills without a hoop.  Check the suggested training videos.  

How to document your summer

1.   The week goes from Friday to Sunday

2.   You should write notes to yourself after every day.

3.   It may be best to separate same day shooting sessions with  a  ball handling routine.

4.   Record the daily results on your phone or on paper.  Enter total results online for the week.  

5.   Record changes in the routine or number of Free Throws or 3 pointers in the Notes.

6.   We will be reviewing the results.  Email us with questions, and we will try to help any way we can

Ball Handling

1.   Ball handling ideas can come from the suggested videos or your own choice.  

2.   Don't push your sessions too long.  5-15 minutes then switch back to shooting.

3.   You are expected to be making  mistakes, that is why you are doing this.  

4.   Remember, the guys in the videos have been doing this for years.  They are not showing you the videos of when they started.  

5.   Your garage or an unfinshed basement is a good place to work on this.  You don't need a gym.  

Shooting

1.   Even if you take 1000 shots a day, if it is with bad form it is worth nothing.    This is why you don't practice 3's until you can consistently hit short and mid range shots.

2.   Warm up your shooting first  (see warm up shooting video)

3.   Form remains the same regardless of distance.   (see video on form)

4.   Start with 10 made Free throws.  Count makes and misses - record.

5.   Start your shooting by taking shots outside the key (moving after every shot)  recording makes and missess.  Start with 50 takes.

6.   You should include  2 Free Throws in every 10 shot sequence.

7.   Once you hit 50% of shots you can incorporate 3 point shots.  One 3 pointer after every 4 shots is a good start.

8.   Aim for 250 - 1000 shot attempts per day, divided into manageable attempts (50 is a good number)

9.   Once you get more comfortable, start each shot with a ball movement/dribble

10.   End the session with 10 Free Throws.  

Ball Handling

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