There are three different workouts to use: a Perimeter Player, a Post Player, and a Basic Shooting Workout.
My recommendation is to perform these shooting workouts 4 times per week. Perform the Basic Shooting Workout on 2 different days, and perform your Position Shooting Workout (perimeter or post) on the other 2 days.
There are some things to remember before doing these workouts. If your shooting workout amounts to a lot of walking around and lazy shooting, you will not see improvement. Follow the tips below and you will become a better shooter.
1. Simulate at game speed. Practicing at 70% will not improve your game.
2. Hit at least 70% of your shots in practice. If you’re missing, move back into
range and make at least 5 in a row before you move out again.
3. If you feel your form changing because you are tired, do not keep shooting jump
shots. Go and shoot 10 free throws and then return to your drill.
4. Create mental pressure with pushups or situps for misses, especially in game
sims or pressure free throws.
5. You should be breathing hard at the end of drills or you are not working hard
enough.
6. Really work hard at improving. Don’t keep shooting the same old shot at the
same old speed.
7. Have a goal or focus for every workout.
Shooting Workout Options:
1. Use chairs to simulate screens or defenders.
2. Toss the ball off the backboard or by backspinning it to yourself to practice
catching and shooting on the move.
3. Get a parent, sibling, friend, date, teammate, etc. to rebound for you. You will
get an extra 100-150 shots an hour.
Now, on to the individual shooting workouts:
Click the link below to check out each workout in a printer-friendly format -- so you can print for your use.
If you have any comments and/or questions about these individual shooting workouts, contact me here.
If you are interested in working on your basketball strength, speed, quickness and overall athletic ability that will benefit both perimeter players and post players, check out The Complete Basketball Strength and Speed Program from Hoops U.
The offseason is the time of year when you need to work hard to improve as an individual basketball player. During the season you work as a team -- more than likely you will not be spending a lot of time working on individual basketball skills.
The basketball shooting workouts below can be utilized to effectively improve shooting skills, shooting percentage and shooting confidence.
To improve overall strength, speed, quickness and power for basketball, check out 'The Complete Basketball Strength & Speed Program' from Hoops U!!
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