How to gain confidence in shooting basketball

8 Ways to Increase Confidence

One of the biggest things that is required to become a great shooter in basketball is CONFIDENCE.

It gets thrown around constantly from coaches, parents, teammates, and fans: "Shoot it with confidence." 

During shooting slumps, it's constantly recited: "He/she needs to get their confidence back."

It sounds so simple, but building and maintaining confidence doesn't come out of thin air. It has to be built though hard work, discipline, and attention to detail.

That being said, here are 8 things all shooters can do to constantly increase confidence in their shot.

1. Start by Making Form Shots

If you've been following us, you probably notice that we're a broken record when it comes to form shooting. But we can't emphasize it enough. If done properly and focused, form shooting not only helps with building mechanics but it can significantly help shooters mentally as they constantly see the ball go through the hoop.

The next time you hit the court, I challenge you to spend 5-10 minutes focusing specifically on form shooting and working your way back. I guarantee after that quick session, you'll be more confident shooting the ball from all over the court.

2. Constantly visualize Makes

This is something all players can do away from the court. When you're thinking of previous games/practices/workouts, CONSTANTLY play back the shots you made. Remember the situation, your form, release, and ultimately how the ball entered the hoop.

Also, I recommend visualizing success of upcoming games. Imagine yourself coming off a screen, catching and knocking down a shot. Imagine yourself driving to the hoop and pulling up for a made jumper. The more you envision makes, the more confident you'll become.

3. Watch and Analyze Film

This takes visualization to the next level. If you have access to your game film, go through and watch all of the shots you made. Instantly your confidence will go up after watching these shots. Don't be shy on rewinding and watching them over and over again.

For the shots you miss, analyze why. Were you off balance? Did you not hold your follow through? Was it not a good shot? This can go for when you train as well.

4. Always Catch Ready to shoot

This is something rather simple but can do wonders for your confidence. By having hands ready, getting feet ready as the ball is in the air, and being 100% ready to shoot when catching the ball will help increase confidence and ensure you're completely prepared to knock down a jump shot.

This goes for games and training. During shooting workouts, you have all the time in the world to get your shot off and there's no defensive pressure. That's a big reason why players aren't as confident in a game situation - it's much more chaotic. It's essential to train game-like situations to translate into actual games.

5. Only Take Quality Shots

Shot selection is critical at all levels. Understanding what a good shot is for you and executing those shots in a game will help raise your confidence. On the other hand, taking bad shots will only cause you to second guess yourself and decrease your confidence. 

6. Stop Being Afraid of Misses

This goes hand in hand with the last point. Once you know what a good shot is for you, shoot those shots with 100% confidence. Understanding that you won't hit every shot is essential, though you should EXPECT every shot you take to go in.

While being afraid to miss shots may stem from coaches or teammates, it's important to have open communication on what a quality shot is. Once that is established, there's no need to fear misses. 

7. Track Progress and Improvement

At Dr. Dish we love the old saying, "You can't improve what you can't measure."

This is especially true when it comes to shooting. It's hard to build confidence if you're not sure you're improving. Once you establish a baseline, set goals, and reach them, your confidence will skyrocket. 

The Dr. Dish Training Management System is so powerful when tracking progress and improvement. Here you can check out workout trends, overall leaderboards, leaderboards by workout, and more. This is a tremendous tool to build confidence and ensure your hard work is paying off.

8. Get GAme-Like REPS REPS REPS

Last but certainly not least...you HAVE to get up consistent, purposeful, and game-like reps if you want to build TRUE confidence. While the 7 things above can help with building mental strength and provide a solid foundation, they won't be nearly as effective if you don't get up reps.

Of course, there's no better way to get up purposeful reps than with Dr. Dish basketball shooting machines. There are no shortcuts to greatness!

We hope you can implement these 8 tips to improve your shooting confidence. At Dr. Dish we're passionate and dedicated to building better shooters and complete players.

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We get the question all time, “How can I be more confident when shooting?” These bullet points don’t tell the full story but are a great place to start. Ultimately, at the end of the day, confidence doesn’t come out of thin air. You have to put in the work consistently and apply proven concepts and fundamentals to build confidence. Are you willing to execute every day?? 💪🏼🏀💯 #basketball #confidence #hoops #bball #🏀

 

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How to Develop Supreme Basketball Shooting Confidence (Required to Become a Great Shooter)

By Jeff Haefner

Home > Player > Basketball Skills > Shooting > How to Develop Supreme Basketball Shooting Confidence (Required to Become a Great Shooter)

Just ask any shooting coach or expert about the importance of confidence...

They will all tell you that confidence can be the difference between an AVERAGE shooter and a GREAT shooter. Confidence will greatly improve your shooting percentage!

So how do you develop supreme and unwavering shooting confidence?

Here are three few extremely effective techniques:

We suggest that you implement all of the techniques above. You should groove your shots every day, chart your shots, and practice ALL the time.

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Exercises for individual training

Players' actions on the field are aimed at getting the opportunity to perform a throw around the ring, therefore this element is one of the most important in the preparation of athletes. The coach should know well what shortcomings should be corrected, what to pay special attention to, how to dose the loads. As a result of control throws carried out with the player, a suitable method for throwing the ball around the ring is determined for the athlete.

Not only physical abilities are taken into account, but even the character of a person. And then - work on the technique, the athlete literally needs to bring the throw to the ideal and “memorize” it to such an extent that on the field without hesitation to throw the projectile around the ring correctly.

Throws have differences, for example, in one, both hands are involved, in the other, one hand. The method of execution can be very different: there is a jump throw, on the spot, throwing a projectile on the move, using a fake move, and also at a distance from the ring.

By the way! A throw at a distance from the ring, or a three-pointer has three options: close up to 3 meters from the target, medium from 3 to 5 meters and far, performed behind the line (6. 25m).

Ring throw training also differs in how many people participate in them: the athlete is alone, or in the company of teammates (training in pairs, triples, etc.), or maybe a mannequin or a bench serves as a kind of opponent.

But there is a need for live opponents precisely because the players can be in the psychological state that is present on the field in a real confrontation.

It would be right to start training with throws at short distances. Ideal would be 1.5-2 meters. Moreover, the throws should be clear, you need to make sure that the ball does not touch the ring itself, but passes exactly in the middle.

In addition to playing equipment, a chair can be useful, on which a beginner will climb to control the accuracy of throws. Gradually, the coach should increase the distance to the ring and put the basketball player in positions familiar to the technician.

For the throw to be the most accurate, it is necessary to bring the execution of the technique to automaticity without any errors and be confident in yourself and your movements. Also, practicing a confident confrontation with the players of the other team will be in your favor.

Important! Setting up a correct throw should be dealt with primarily with beginners, as correcting mistakes is more difficult for both the coach and the athlete. Therefore, it is best to immediately teach how to perform the throw correctly. Significantly helps in this watching videos, or programs with throws around the ring from NBA players, Russian and Latvian basketball players. It is also useful to consolidate what you see in practice.

And if the player has the opportunity to see the competition live, he will be able to feel and understand the atmosphere in which he will be.

It will be great to see a throw from a famous athlete, or from a coach who himself is able to demonstrate the correct setting of the hands, or the position of parts of the body, body. But the main advantage of the coach is how well he can notice errors in the throwing technique and how quickly and efficiently he will help to correct the shortcomings.

Often people get interested in basketball even at the stage of watching programs. Then, if a person decides to devote himself to sports, he begins to imitate his idol. This, in turn, will help the coach in preparation, as the beginner will also copy the techniques for performing certain throws. The advantage is that the player will be able to acquire an accurate shot faster.

In general, there are 7 types of shots in basketball, but we will talk about the main and most used by both beginners and experienced snipers.

Jump shot

Basically, all attacks on the opponent's basket are made using the jump shot technique. This method is not bad when hitting the ring from a certain distance.

This attack can be performed in three stages.

First stage: the player receives the ball. Be sure to capture the ball in motion, as otherwise a violation is counted.

Second stage: the athlete stops, stepping forward with the left foot and following with the right foot. With the main hand, the ball is carried over the head, and the auxiliary holds it to the side. When jumping, the push is made by two legs at the same time.

Basketball element technique: is somewhat similar to a free throw. First, the auxiliary hand is removed, and the ball is reversed with the fingers of the main (strong hand).

Third stage: the athlete moves forward with his body and lands on his feet about 20-30 cm further than the point from which he took off. This is necessary so that when landing, you do not collide with an opponent who has approached to protect his ring.

Tip! How accurate the throw will be depends on the ability of the athlete to maintain balance in the jump and on how exactly the torso and head are located. Therefore, the player needs to direct his entire body upwards after kicking. Head held straight, look at ring before landing.

Pay attention to the fact that the jump shot is performed with a kind of "freeze", this is done by professional snipers, but of course there is no hang. The player simply stands at their highest point of the jump and then shoots. This is necessary in order not to give extra momentum to the ball.

Double shots

Any good basketball shooter is a treasure. In order to become a good sniper, you need a great desire, as well as constant self-improvement: a professional coach, as well as many years of training, including at a game pace.

The intensity of the throws must be comparable to the game. It turns out that 1,000 sluggish, relaxed throws will be less effective than 100 made at a game pace, because. the first in a real match will simply not be allowed to be carried out by the defender of the other team.

So one of the effective ways to work out the technique of throws is throws in pairs.

Here are some drills to work on these throws:

Drill 1. Throw and rebound

It is performed at a distance of 4 meters from the ring. To start, one of the players makes a clear pass from under the basket, and then moves towards the player who has caught the ball. He, in turn, makes a throw on the basket and moves to the ring. That is, the pair simply replace each other at the game pace, but the throws must be clear.

Drill 2. Shot and rebound resulting in

Performed the same as above, except that the passer under the hoop must not only move beyond the three-point line, but must also try to prevent the other player from taking the shot, as the defender would. . The passer, in order to become the thrower, must miss 5 throws around the ring in an honest confrontation, then the players change places.

Exercise 3. Fraudulent throw

Here, a feint is added to the second exercise. That is, while the player who made the transfer of the ball is trying to prevent the attacker from making a pass, he tricks the defender into distracting himself and then makes a throw.

The exercise is repeated five times, and then the pair of players change positions.

Exercise 4 . Move followed by shot

Defender passes while attacker moves at playing pace on the court, then the latter stops, catches the ball and shoots. This is repeated 7 times, then 2 free throws are made and the players switch places.

However, this exercise can be done in three different ways, or you can include three in your workouts at once:

• attacker catches the ball and immediately throws it;
• the attacker performs a fake throw, dribbles the ball without changing direction and throws;
• everything is the same as in the previous one, but the direction changes after the feint.

Exercise 5.

This is not an exercise in the usual sense, because it uses all kinds of dribbling techniques and a jump shot. That is, the attacker first runs to the opposite edge of the field, receives the ball. The choice of the leading hand depends on the side on which the athlete is dribbling. So, the right hand leads on the right, and the left hand leads on the left.

The variety lies in the fact that you can change the pace, make transfers and generally try to feel the part of the gameplay, consisting of the confrontation between the attacker and the defender. Using the learned techniques, the player will be able to understand what tactics to choose in a given situation.

Double shots: pass and discount

There are two players per team, but there may be one defender, or there may be no defenders at all.

Through the center of the field, the attacker moves towards the ring so that the second defender pays attention to him, and then passes the ball to another attacker from the flank.

The passer catches the ball and throws it into the basket. The passer then picks it up and hands it to the thrower. So they switch roles. In training, 10 throws are usually performed for each.

To diversify the workout, you can add exercises starting from the flank and corner of the court.

Shooting training for centers and power forwards

If you make a list of the most used shots by centers and power forwards, you get the following:

• hook shot The throw is made by spinning the hand that is farthest from the basket. This is a great way to shoot the ball at short (close) distances, and the hand located between the attacker and the defender becomes an obstacle for trying to interfere with the throw;
• jump hook (translated as a hook during a jump) - the attacker is half-turned to the ring, the throw is made with the hand farthest from the ring. The half-hook is good because you can use it after stepping or turning;
• pacing and then throwing - different executions, the player can use pacing after catching the ball bouncing off the backboard or basket, or simply while dribbling. It is used both in the position of the back to the ring, and the face. It is especially useful to perform various throws after pacing during training, this helps to develop the vestibular apparatus and improve coordination;
• medium throws (3-6.5 meters from the backboard) or short distance with both hands from the top of the head, while the arms are first bent at the elbow, the hands are approximately opposite the forehead, and then straighten in the throw. This is a classic that Tim Duncan loves to use in the game. Having received the ball, he makes a deceptive movement, the body and leg are involved, the player seems to go into the pass, and then throws the ball into the ring.