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INDEX: Welcome Welcome! "This part of my website is a place where coaches can come to learn more about how to coach shooting with the Swish Method. I see a huge need in the game, that of a definitive way to coach this critical skill. I offer my Method as an answer to that need." Focus of this SectionAlthough a more effective and universal method of coaching shooting is needed at all levels of the game, it's most needed at the youth level. That is where the coaches are usually unpaid volunteers working hard to do their best to train and inspire young girls and boys in the fine art of basketball. They have little time and some have little experience in coaching. It's a very challenging task to take a group of hopeful, expectant, trusting and hard-working kids and teach them the basics and mold them into an effective, enjoyable "team." Yet this is where it starts. This is where the seeds for a lifelong love for the game can be planted. Other skills are important, but shooting is critical. Without shooting and scoring, all you can hope for is to stop the other team from scoring. When you can do both, play defense and offense, they you have the makings of a winner. I will write articles, suggestions, lesson plans, etc. with these youth coaches in mind. More experienced and higher level coaches will find the instruction equally helpful, I am sure. You'll find the Swish Method is both simple and powerful! Once you understand the principles involved, you will discover it's the way the few great shooters in the game shoot.
The Flight of the Ball is what matters!I got a call from a parent and part-time coach recently who said he was impressed by this point in my writings and my website, that I would be explaining how to control the flight of the ball! Yes, it's critical to be able to control this aspect of shooting. That's what shooting is all about ... putting the ball into the basket with great precision and consistency, under all kinds of pressure. All the coaching of how things are supposed to be -- where to look (front of the rim, back of the rim, center of basket, a fastener), foot position and triple threat and this grip and that grip, how the off hand should be this way or that way, focus on how the arm action should start (wrist cocked a certain way, elbow in a certain position) and end (goose neck, hand in the cookie jar, etc.) -- isn't making a difference! Coaches have been doing that for the last 20-25 years and still shooting has declined. What matters in the physical act of shooting is accuracy and distance control: how to get the shot ON LINE and the APPROPRIATE DISTANCE. What matters is an understanding of height (arch) and how it affects the landing of the ball, the softness, how it affects the size of the target to the ball, how a "shooter's bounce" is attained. Also what matters is your mental state, your level of confidence and self trust. A calm mind will allow you to perform closer and closer to your potential. Doubt and fear can interfere with you performing your best. The Swish Method is mostly about the simple, physical things you can do that will give you flawless technique. Once you have that down, then the mental stuff will follow. You will start to trust yourself, even under great pressure. Then extraordianry performance become possible ... all the time, not just in streaks. If you are just starting out with this coaching relationship, please click here to view and print out my suggested "homework." These are some initial ideas to get you started.
Trouble ShootingHere is a PDF to help you or your kids when you feel the Swish Method isn't working. It will guide you to re-learn the Method, and you will "get" it. It also serves as a great "review" of the Swish approach to shooting: Trouble Shooting PDF Here is a six-page spreadsheet that gives you an outline for teaching shootng with the Swish approach. I'll be revising this from time to time. It will give you a structure, from which you can create your own way to do/say things. Coaching The Swish Method PDF The first step in coaching is to have the players "discover" how they shoot now. I feel it's basically true that you can't change something you can't feel. This document shows the questions to ask as you have the kids work by themselves or in pairs to determine what they currently do. Coaching Shooting with Teams and Group PDF I will gradually filling out this section of my website with suggestions on how to coach different aspects of shooting, both physical and mental. Please stay tuned as I flesh out these pages. Coaching 101 -- Suggestions as to "how" to coach kids. This is based on my many years coaching both golf and basketball and other sports. I have been blessed with awesome coaches and mentors who helped me to see a way that coaching can very effectively be approached. I will share those lessons, insights and discoveries with you. (A Work-in-Progress) Coaching Thoughts & Suggestions - Part I Other articles on coaching (To be developed) Here is the first installment of coaching plans. It gives you a complete structure for coaching shooting, to one person or to a group: Lesson Plan A After a review of the first session, the second Lesson Plan focuses on expanding a shooter's experience with different kinds of shots (Free Throws, catch and shoot, shots off the dribble, off picks and screens, 3 pt shots, etc.): Lesson Plan B |
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