Articles

Tom has both written many articles and been the subject of newspaper and Internet articles. Remarkable reviews have been written on his videos, "Swish" and 'Swish 2". (See the "Endorsements" page for the reviews.)  

See below for links to the articles.  Also, you're invited to subscribe to his free quarterly Shooting Newsletter, too.  Just go to this page: Newsletter

Tom's Mission to Teach the World

Special article about Tom's mission to teach the world to shoot a basketball
in the 2007 Minnesota Boys' State Tournament Program

 

 

More Mechanical than Mysterious!

Remarkable description of Tom's unique approach to shooting
by an Indiana High School Coach:  "More Mechanical than Mysterious"

Stop the Basketball Shooting World...

Associated Press Article

May '08:  An article by Dave Campbell, an AP sports writer: 
"Teaching the world how to shoot is a weary pursuit"


Articles in the San Francisco Chronicle

January 17, 2005: A second article by Scott Ostler in the S.F. Chronicle.
Scott is one of the top sports writers in the country: 
"This doc could give Warriors a shot"

October 23, 2003 article by Scott Ostler in the S.F. Chronicle about 
Tom's background and his "Calling" to teach shooting to the world! 
"Jedi of the jumper could teach Lebron"

 

Feb. '04 Article in the Buffalo News

Some NBA players run afoul at the line (by Tom Borrelli)

 

Articles for the Basketball Highway
(Written in 1997-1999)

Article #1: The Trouble with Shooting!
Article #2: What Can Be Done About Free Throws?
Article #3: The A-B-C's of Great Shooting
Article #4: Taking the Lid Off the Basket - Challenging Conventional Shooting Wisdom! 

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Coaching Articles

Trouble Shooting & Helpful Reminders of the Method!
Here is a document which will help a player or coach understand the Swish approach to shooting better.  It's also a nice review and reminder of the various aspects of Swish and how to practice and "rediscover" them, how to learn them more deeply:  
Trouble Shooting PDF

New article edited for Winning Hoops of Brookfield, Wisconsin (Dec. 2002): 
"Fixing What's Wrong With Shooting!"
This is a combination of Articles #1 and #4 written originally for the Basketball Highway website.  See above.)

An article written for the Italian baskeball magazine, Giganti:
"The Things that Matter in Shooting and How to Test Them"

An article on how we learn, from the Oct. '02 Shooting Newsletter:
"How We Learn"

Special Feature for Coaches: 
"Danger Signs -- How to tell if your team needs work on shooting!"

This article attempts to give you a simplified approach to coaching shooting that will work with any group.
It's the Swish Method distilled down.
"Simplified Coaching of Shooting"

Here's an article on how to coach a team or a group of kids in shooting without requiring a lot of individual attention. This approx. 1 hour session lets the kids do the coaching ... by watching others and themselves, and following some simple group suggestions: 
"Coaching Shooting with Teams and Groups"  (How do you shoot now, etc.?)

Other Newspaper Articles about Tom's Coaching

Jan. '03 Article from the Cincinnati Enquirer about the poor state of shooting.
Tom is mentioned in the article: Boys basketball scores drop

June '01 article from the Evansville, Indiana, Courier & Press:
"Awakening Leads to Shooting Clinics"

Click below to read articles from the Indianapolis Star/News about Tom's coaching of Dale Davis:

May '99 article by Mark Montieth: "Shot doctor helps Dale Davis at foul line"
May '99 article by Bill Benner: "This playoff win likely was born in Dale Davis' summer and fall"
June '00 article by Conrad Brunner: "Accepting no charity"
June '00 article by Phil Richards: "Finals run began last summer"

 

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