Proper Basketball Shooting Form

Proper form starts by tucking your elbow and lining it up with your knee. Don’t aim at the rim, shoot up and over it so that you can put some air under the ball to give it a chance to go in.

You don’t want your body to be leaning back when you shoot. You should jump straight up and come down on the same spot.

For your hand motion, try pretending that you’re picking an apple out of a basket. Reach up then go inside the basket with your release following through with your middle and index fingers. So your form should be: reach up, pick the apple out of the basket, then back down with your follow through.

Basketball Shooting Drill

By yourself, start by standing just one or two feet away from the rim and shoot about 100 jump shots using good form. Then move farther out and shoot another 100 baskets.  While simple and effective, this drill will train your improve your basketball shooting with muscle memory from repetition.

Gym Trainer Time
For fitness exercises at the gym, try focusing on pushups, pull-ups, and dips with just your body weight. Your jump shot is powered from your wrist strength and triceps. To improve your basketball shooting, lifting heavy weights is not required.