Basketball: Shooting Practice

Your guide to playing shooting guard: Use this session to improve your aspiring shooting guards' skill and shooting percentage

Alternating bounces with 2 basketballs

Players start out in the corner on either side of the court.

Set up 2 cones in front of the players. The 1st cone 15 ft away. The 2nd cone 30 ft away. There will also be a chair 18-20 ft away from the basket.

Players dribble to the 1st cone and perform a change of direction dribble.

Player then dribbles around the 2nd cone and then dribbles at speed towards the chair.

When they reach the chair they should quickly change direction, move and attack the basket where they will finish with a lay-up.

Players start out in the corner on either side of the court.

Set up 2 cones in front of the players. The 1st cone 15 ft away. The 2nd cone 30 ft away. There will also be a chair 18-20 ft away from the basket.

Players dribble to the 1st cone and perform a change of direction dribble.

Player then dribbles around the 2nd cone and then dribbles at speed towards the chair.

When they reach the chair they should quickly change direction, move and attack the basket where they will finish with a lay-up.

Start at the three-point line extended.

1. Toss the ball on a spin back into the middle of the circle 2 meters above the free throw line.
2. Jab stab and cut to catch and shoot.

Work on the quick stop or the two-count stop into the shot.

Shoot 50 shots.