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STEP 1 – HOME BASE “Home base” is simply the starting position every time a player sets up to 1-hand form shoot. In this position: – Stand straight up with toes, hips, and shoulders facing target (rim or backboard) – Place feet shoulder width apart – Let guide hand hang down by side – Bring shooting hand/forearm parallel with floor, palm facing up – Ball sits on top of hand on finger pads and fingers, off the palm – Shooting elbow is tucked into side of hip STEP 2 – SIT aka. “START SMALL” “Sit” only has to do with the lower body and means the player pretends there is a chair behind them and sits their hips/butt back like they would normally do to sit down in a chair. The reason for this visual is because young players have the tendency to come up on their toes bringing their knees forward, which we don’t want. For this step: – Keep upper body the same – Sit hips back, allow knees to bend naturally – Make sure knees don’t come forward and player goes up on toes – Stay back on heels!! – Chest up – Eyes focused on target (rim or backboard) STEP 3 – LIFT (to an ‘L’) – Remain “sitting” – Lift ball to shooting position – Form ‘L’ with bicep and forearm (as opposed to ‘V’) – Ball remains on finger pads and fingers, off palm – Ball height is between shoulder and top of head – Index finger pointed back towards face/eye – Elbow remains under ball, do NOT let it wing out!!! – At same time as lift, bring guide hand up to side of ball but DO NOT touch – Guide hand is only up to get used to feeling of it being there STEP 4 – DIP & HOLD aka. “FINISH TALL” In the final step, this combines the lower body and upper body where the players shoots the ball and literally dips his or her fingers into the rim while holding up their follow through up. For this step: – Lower and upper body begin upward movement – Lower body: begin push up and forward from heels – Upper body: begin push up from elbow – Keep eyes locked on target, do not watch ball – Allow ball to begin to roll back off index and middle finger – Snap elbow and lock, wrist will naturally flick – Lock out knees and end on toes – NOTE: Goal is for elbow and knees to lock about same time – Dip index and middle finger in rim (or pointed at backboard) – Make sure guide hand and/or thumb does not rotate – Hold follow through up until ball goes in or hits rim