Breakthrough Approach to Shooting!
TOM NORDLAND'S "SWISH" METHOD


Swish
Swish 2

 

Video Clips of the "Swish" way of shooting

The "Swish Method" is a simple, powerful way to approach the learning
and coaching of basketball shooting. It explains how to make jump shots,
free throws, 3's, shots off the dribble, catch and shoot shots, inside shots
and runners and floaters, all with the same basic stroke. Swish, the original
56-minute video created in 1997 is a "classic," discussing the understandings
involved in becoming a great shooter. Swish 2 is in greater detail, a two-hour
"completion" of the Method, showing step-by-step how to both learn and
coach this way of shooting.


Tom Nordland – Creator of the Swish videos

PURE SHOOTING CLIPS

These are two collections of great shooting that come from the two videos.  The first is a six minute "Bonus" section added at the end of Swish 1.  The second video segment is the first 2:06 minutes of Tom's second video, Swish 2.

Swish 1 bonus shooting clips at the end_AF  (5:57 min.)    

     


Players learning to extend their arms fully in the Release.


ADDITIONAL VIDEO SNIPPETS FROM SWISH 2

TOM’S INTRODUCTIONS FROM BOTH VIDEOS:

Tom's introduction from Swish 1
_AF  (1:05 min.)
    
Tom's introduction from Swish 2
_AF  (1:21 min.)

Great form -- see the open stance, relaxed wrist and hand.
    

8 CLIPS THAT DEMONSTRATE THE DEPTH OF THESE VIDEOS:


What makes for Great Shooting?
_AF  (1:36 min.)
    
Anyone can learn this!
_AF  (1:43 min.)
    
Most players don't know what or how to practice
_AF  (0.34 min.)
    
Putting the stroke back together
_AF  (0.58 min.)
    
Can you shoot an "airball" on purpose?
_AF  (1:18 min.)
   
Students as Geniuses
_AF  (1:31 min.)
    
Coaching as Leading Out, not Stuffing In
_AF  (1:35 min.)
    
Coaching Suggestions
_AF  (3:07 min.)



An approach so simple anyone can learn it
and start to shoot well very quickly.

     

Awareness of his arm NOT straightening fully lead this player
to coach himself in how to do that, and in an hour his shot transformed!
See the clip above, "Students as Geniuses," to see more of this transformation.