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TESTIMONIALS -- BATCH #9
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"Tom: I ordered your video
yesterday. I have been following your newsletters since May 2004.
I have been practicing your method since then. I sent you an
email last year saying that if the shot is to be consistent then
the hand/wrist cannot be totally relaxed. I finally feel like
I have the method correct. I am 54 and had never played basketball
before. My shot has become so consistent this spring that my
14 year old son, Michael, is now using your system. He went
to the local high school basketball camp this summer and shot
92 out of 100 free throws. WOW!!! He made as many as 30 without
missing one. No one else even came close to 92. THIS IS TRULY
A GREAT SUCCESS STORY and A TESTIMONIAL TO YOUR SWISH METHOD.
"I finally understand that
the shot power comes from the legs to the follow through. UP-FORCE!"
-- WRD - Fredericton NB (Canada)
"P.S. Shooting well gives
you confidence. This the the main point in learning how to shoot.
As you continually state in your newsletters, it gives you confidence
in other aspects of the game. It makes you proud. That's what
it is all about."
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"Tom, i think i'm getting the upforce! i notice that the
stronger i use my lower body and the earlier the release, the
ball goes higher; the longer i wait to release the ball, the
lower the flight and force. The more energy i put into my jump
also propels the ball farther and higher, i now know that cooperation
of the lower body force and the release makes the shot more accurate
and consistent. i'll try to experiment more -- my shots are
not that consistent yet -- but i can see them hitting closer
on the target every time i shoot and they land softly, not like
my old shot, which bounces back. At least now the bounce has
a chance to go right in the basket, haha
"thnx for the help u gave me, i'm very thankful! "
-- Moises L., location unknown
--------- A second story from
Moises, 9 days later ---------
"After these days of training, i'm getting better results.
every time i shoot i get a 65% chance that it goes in, the ball
always hits the ring, and one time i got 10 consecutive swishes.
i still have to improve my shooting in games, though i'm getting
better. even if i'm scared, my arm just fires the same, automatic
release. i ALMOST know what to expect! haha
"Thanks for the help --
it really works. i've contacted a relative there and asked them
if they can order a video for me. maybe i'll get to meet you
too. my mom's plannin to go there next year in march! hope
it does happen! i'll still train to improve. thnx again!"
-- Moises L.
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(The following girl attended a clinic I gave in Connecticut,
then watched the Swish video at home.)]
"Hi Mr. Nordland,
"By watching your video, I became eager to see the new techniques
that would help improve my shot. When I went outside to practice
basketball right after viewing it, I focused on the shooting
techniques that I had learned and which I never used before.
This included: putting a high arc on the ball by aiming high
release, using my legs for upforce to shoot, and watching the
basket throughout my shot, not the ball. I also practiced drills
that showed me how to use these techniques such as the jumping
up and down drill which helped concentrate on the upforce. Two
days after watching the video, I went to a pre-All STAR game
and entered an all-age knockout contest. While waiting for my
turn, I remembered your video and all the new shooting I had
practiced. I thought this contest would be a great way to test
my abilities so I tried using the new techniques when shooting.
Before long I had incredibly become the knock-out Champion,
won a pair of Diana Taurasi's Nike sneakers, and had the chance
to play another game with Diana.
"Thanks to you, Mr. Nordland, I now have a great story to
share throughout my life. Your video not only taught me techniques
I have never used before, but improved both my brother's and
my shot."
-- Lia V., Connecticut
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"Hi Tom, I've not been playing much basketball but today
when I went down to take a few shots my shots were dropping like
anything after warming up. It was so easy it was becoming boring.
There's no net for the hoop I'm shooting in so its kinda boring
watching the ball go in and bounce up high. I practised shooting
off the dribble and the shots kept going in, I missed a few though.
"Anyway there are some days
where my shots are just not so accurate. I learnt something today.
I discovered that if I were to treat the wrist as being dead.
I'll relax my wrist and hand so much like it's "dead."
And previously I used to care about how my wrist points, I did
not want it to point left or right or too up or down. But I found
out if I were just to forget about the wrist, and think of letting
it be as relaxed as possible, my shots accuracy improved tremendously.
It doesn't matter how inconsistent the wrist flopping is, meaning
it can flop up down left right but I wouldn't care. I found this
was the key to my accuracy today and I could allow some "error"
like off balance and still get most of my shots in.
"I noticed this very relaxed
wrist in the first girl in your flash video when she was taking
free throws, and also the high school player that you said his
stance was open but could be more open. Their hands flopped a
lot compared to other players."
- - Nicolas H., location unknown
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The above testimonial
is noteworthy because the boy is coaching himself. He's aware
of things and making adjustments, corrections and he's experimenting.
That's the only way it's really going to work.]
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"Coach, My name is Danny, I coach ABA in Australia. About
2 months ago I started working with one of the top junior players
here, at the time I had a friend of mine here from the states.
This player is very skillful and athletic, however he was a
terrible shooter yet his action and release were fundamentally
sound (to me!).
"During his warmup, my friend
said - "Release the ball on the way up!" After those
6 words, the player started to swish everything, and the next
night at team practice it was noticeable, out of nowhere Chris
was now the best shooter in the club. He is 16, 6'1", has
a good body, his shot all comes from his legs that he can't actually
shoot from the 3pt line smoothly. However from 17 ft he doesn't
miss much. He went from not being in the 12 (an age category?)
to starting in his last game and scoring 14 points. In the Development
league, he averaged over 27 points a game after he was told:
Release the ball on the way up. Compared to his scoring in
the teens.
"Thought I would share that
with you."
- - Danny P., Queensland, Australia
"P.S. I don't know if I
mentioned it, but he finished 2nd in the league (a professional
league) in
FT%, and he didn't get on the court until that session with my
friend and me. He missed his last FT of the year to drop to
2nd place."
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"Tom, Worthy of note -- My son, Jack, was out in the driveway
shooting when he realized something was wrong with his form.
Without my prompting him, he stopped and went inside to review
"Swish" again. I was amazed he did that -- I find
him very coachable, but you'd better really have something for
him if you want to offer advice. Never before had I seen him
seek a solution like that. He came back out, told me where his
problem had been, and his shots started falling again. He was
back in the groove. That made him happy, and should make you
happy too.
- - PJM in Connecticut
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"Hi Tom! It was nice of you to follow up! My son is really
benefiting from the video...in fact, unbelievably so! The first
game after watching it a couple times over the weekend and practicing
the concept on his own, he scored 17 points in a quarter and
a half! He had gotten into foul trouble early so he sat until
the end of the 3rd. He came in and our team ended up winning!
He was 5 for 6 at the foul line. He now laughs at the coaches
comments about how his arc is "way too high." The
coach doesn't say much now with the way his shooting has improved.
Watching the video is now part of his pre-game routine. He practices
your methods on his own during the weekends.
"I did have to laugh at
your comment about getting injured playing football. He got
tackled at a game on Tuesday and sprained his ankle. They penalized
the team with a technical foul, but he could not play on Friday.
At least in football they have pads! He was most upset that
the kid that shot the free throws for him missed all of them!
"I would like to thank you
for sharing your skills as a coach. I swam for some of the best
coaches in the world and I know how rare you are! Thank you.
You have made a difference in my son's life!
- - Thanks, Heidi K., Ohio
------------ A second memo from
Heidi ------------
"Tom, My son is a high
school junior. He is 17 years old, 6'9", 215 lbs. He has
a 3.7 GPA and will attend college. His brother plays football
for Yale (freshman), so he realizes that there is life after
sports and he keeps academics important. (Both my husband and
myself were scholarship athletes at NCSU, he in football and
I in swimming) I purchased your video for a Christmas present
which is why I am so astounded at the rapid improvement in his
shooting. He's actually afraid to tell his coach about your
video. The coach is a nice guy but is real young (25) so he
tends to be a meat head. He insists that he not shoot if he
is more than 3 feet from the basket because "Big guys cannot
shoot!" He's actually a great shot from the 3pt. but doesn't
want to be benched!
"We live on a farm in a
rural area in Ohio. Travel to good coaches doesn't bother us.
I spent my childhood in training out in California. I swam
for Santa Clara and DeAnza swim clubs while my family lived in
Georgia. We kept both of our sons out of little league sports
just so they would love sports when they got older. That theory
has worked because they both have a burning desire to excel!
My son pulled a back muscle this summer and x-rays showed that
he had 3 or more inches of growth, according to the doctor.
Even though he keeps getting letters from several D-1 football
programs, we know his future as a 6'9+" QB/WR is limited
-- he needs great basketball coaching now.
"I appreciate your help
... heck after watching the video even this old swimmer can shoot!
I'm 6'3" and have been asked my whole life if I play basketball.
Now at least I can say I can shoot! Thanks again!
- - Heidi K., Ohio
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"First of all, you have a great training strategy. I think
this approach will go along way in helping kids learn to shoot.
There is one particular friend of my daughter's who shoots almost
entirely with her hands. She will be a good test.
"I studied the video last night, then I stopped by WalMart
on the way home from work today to upgrade my b-ball collection.
Just spent an hour in the driveway. Here's a summary:
"- started with the three footers, working on the release;
no problem, swish, swish, swish
"- moved to eight feet, bent my knees a little to get the
down-up force; no problem; was very
comfortable shooting with the arm and the hand/fingers relaxed,
and focused on getting the power from the arm push and a little
down-up action; also had no problem with transitioning from square-up
position to an angled position - it certainly was more natural
from there to line up the eye, hand, and basket; shifting the
power from the hand/fingers exclusively to the arm push definitely
required conscious thought, but it was not uncomfortable
"- moved to 15 feet - uh oh; I kept shooting short; found
myself tensioning my fingers on the release to get extra power;
that caused the ball to go left or right of target; then tried
focusing on more arm push with relaxed fingers; that slowly seemed
to work, I think that range will require a lot of practice to
develop the full upward arm push, while simultaneously relaxing
the fingers; I should probably just gradually move back from
8 feet rather than jump to 15 feet
"- jump shots - not too much to show on that yet; I broke
my foot in early January, so I can't get a
lot of power from the jump yet; however, I can see it will take
some time to integrate the upward
movement and the release in one single stoke; I can also sense
the hand and fingers wanting to
get in the action; I suspect this will be the biggest adjustment,
but first this dang foot has to heal
"So this is what I think I need to focus on in sequence
to build towards that 20 foot and 3 point
swish
"- keep working the 4 footers to train the arm to power
the shot, and train the fingers to stay totally relaxed and out
of the power picture
"- move to my comfortable eight foot range to shoot, and
then back up one foot at a time, gradually increasing my range
as I maintain a strong upward push with the arm and legs with
totally relaxed fingers; gradual increase in range will allow
development of the arm and down-up power while keeping the fingers
relaxed
"- until my foot fully heals, begin doing easy 12 foot
jump shots, working on connecting the upward movement to the
release
"So the two biggest learning challenges for me appear to
be switching from finger power to arm
power, and connecting the upforce and release into a single stroke."
- - from Geof Fountain, Aiken,
SC
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A second one from Geof:
"Here's some feedback from
my second session.
"I followed the routine - starting at the zero point, then
the down-up at 8 to 10 feet, and then the
foul shot. I was able to extend my range to 15 feet comfortably
- a big step from the first session.
Towards the end of the session, I shot two sets of 20 foul shots.
First set - 16 of 20; second set
18 of 20.
"About half of the made fouls shots were swishes. The rest
rolled in -- I noticed the softness of the landing and how it
seemed to help the balls go in.
"I worked some on my jump shots, but the broken foot bone
is limiting my practice on that shot. No big deal though as
there is plenty to practice on from 15 feet in. I did focus
some on developing an early release. But my guess is an early
release will need the full power of the jump to really develop
it, I think. The good news is, after spending an hour on my
foot shooting yesterday, as well as working in the yard, and
then playing some horse late last night with some of the high
school boys team(they lost in the second round last night to
Spartanburg High), my foot feels pretty good today. So I think
my recovery is going along well and I can start working earnestly
on jump shooting within the next two weeks.
"During the session, I noticed my awareness going up and
was more focused, concentrating on the fundamentals - relaxed
hands and fingers and shooting with power from the arm. I am
beginning to see the difference between sloppy practice and "perfect"
practice - maintaining an awareness of my execution compared
to the fundamentals, and using that feedback to improve the execution.
That was neat. So sloppy practice is the opposite - little
awareness and little knowledge of the fundamentals. Does this
make sense ?
"My awareness on alignment went up. I think one of the
focus areas of my next session will be
getting to the set point with good alignment until it becomes
automatic.
"I had my first session with my daughter yesterday. It
went extremely well. Last night went we
were playing horse, she was swishing many of her shots. She
is very teachable, so we should see
significant progress with her."
- - Geof Fountain, Aiken, SC
(He welcomes emails on the subject: gffountain@prodigy.net)
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"I ordered your DVD on Monday and should receive it today
(Friday). In the meantime, my son Jared (14 yr old - freshman)
started basketball conditioning workouts at his high school with
the varsity and JV teams. They run for 20 minutes then shoot
for 45 minutes and finish with 5 on 5 for about 15 minutes. At
this point in the year, no basketball coaching is taking place.
"I have read everything
on your website while waiting for your DVD to arrive. When I
went to his practice I thought, since this was high school, I
would see better shooting from the kids, but it is just as you
described in your newsletters. Very poor. The coach told me that
during one stretch of the season last year their shooting guard
went 5 games without scoring a point! That's 0 out of 70 attempts.
I know that when Jared begins to develop a real jump shot, one
that he can consistently call upon during the game and in pressure
situations he will help this team tremendously.
"I have great confidence
in what you teach and the approach you use to teach it. I will
keep you updated on Jared's improvement throughout the year.
Thanks."
- - Jim C., Baton Rouge, LA
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"Hi Tom, I first read about your method this morning. I
bought into your system because I found it almost impossible
to coach shooting for young kids the way I was taught to do it.
(I've been
coaching basketball for 3 years -- since my older son was in
grade 2.)
"The 'selling' argument
was that having an open stance is better then squaring up to
the
basket. I've been to a number of coaching clinics and I was taught
to square up every time.
"The biggest difficulty
with shooting for young kids comes from squaring up. When squared
up
they have difficulty to get their elbows below the ball and also
they cannot shoot without
'pushing their shoulders.' In the open stance these problems
disappear naturally.
"Tonight I had my second
practice with a group of 2-3 graders and I've started teaching
them
the open stance shooting. After just 20 minutes most of the kids
(brand new to basketball)
could shoot up to the basket with one hand -- I was impressed.
"From now on I will be teaching
open stance shooting for my players and I'm eagerly waiting
for the DVD to learn and teach the swish method -- I'll keep
you informed."
-- Andras S., British Columbia,
Canada
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"My two sons were both very good guards. Both were voted
MVP and all-conference in middle
school, and now our oldest was voted co-mvp and all conference
as a sophomore. When my
oldest son, Grey was an eight grader he probably hit 15-20% of
his 3s. As a ninth grader he
probably hit 20%. He averaged 12-13, and was a good player.
They have an advantage
because they are athletic.
"After the first game of Grey's sophomore season, in which
he did not shoot well, I exposed him
to your web site. He learned to shoot on the way up instead
of at the top by looking at your web
site. His 3's shooting percentage immediately went from the
20 range to a low of 30 to quite
often over 50%. The better the defense, the better he shot.
It was dramatic and immediate. We
ordered your video. He looked at it a little. His shot got
better, but would still have times that he
would "throw" instead of "push' the shot. He
was all conference, averaged 17 a game, and
became the go-to man in the fourth quarter because he knew how
to shoot. In the conference
championship game, with us down by one with 12 seconds left,
he drove the length of the court,
stripped the net from the foul line as the buzzer went off.
His comment was that the play was
designed for him to take it the length of the court and to take
the shot. He told me that his
thought was that he knew how to shoot it, and all he needed to
do was do what he had learned.
It is all about what you said, you are teaching a way they can
depend on.
"About a month after his highly successful season, he went
out for a very high profile AAU
team. The coach made a mistake and did not move Grey and one
other very good player into
the court he was looking at. Grey's shooting and court play
was lights out. Neither Grey nor the other boy made the team.
Even though there was a rational explanation, Grey's confidence
was hurt.
"He made an immediate decision to go our for another high
profile AAU team, the Greensboro
Gators. He shot lights out in warm-ups but you could tell the
first miss in the game devastated
him. He had the worst shooting night I'd ever seen him have
on the first night of tryouts -- making no shots out of 12 or
13 from the field. He was definitely throwing the ball! Zero
confidence. He miraculously made the first cut from 75 to about
35.
"That first tryout was on a Wednesday and his final tryout
was to be on Saturday. I knew for
him to even have a remote chance of making this very strong team,
he would have to have a
career day. Knowing he had -0- confidence, I took control of
his training. His first job was to
watch & perform the elements of your video on Thursday.
He begrudgingly agreed. His shot came back. The only thing
I added to what you were showing was that I told him I couldn't
wait to see him miss a shot, because I wanted to see his form
after a miss. He seemed to like that - a miss was not important
anymore.
"He knew the pressure was on without me telling him. Before
the tryout I threw him a few balls
and asked him to miss so I could see the next shot. He was playing
with some of the best 16s
in the state. His floor game was superb, but he missed 3 of
the first 4 shots. From then on, he
made 14 of the next 15 shots and made the team. I credit his
willingness to miss, and the
technique that you have taught him. Your technique is a winning
technique, but it does take a
receptive subject. He has had numerous shooting runs in the
last two months similar to the 14
for 15 run. I don't thing there is anybody else that shows someone
how to shoot as well as you
do. You make it simple and direct."
Thanks,
-- Mike W., Greensboro, NC
"P.S. My younger son, Cliff, is on the same track because
he accepts your system. I haven't
seen anybody, including Grey, that can shoot with him in his
range."
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"Our daughter is a 7th grade basketball player. She does
not play AAU and does not have aspirations to be in the WNBA.
She just wanted to be better at shooting the ball because she
is not especially fast or tall and felt that would be the best
way she could contribute to her team offensively. After using
your shooting style, she became the best shooter on her team.
Her confidence has skyrocketed. The team she is on right now
does sprints at the end of practice. The girls vote for the
person who will shoot the free throws on their behalf, for every
free throw that is made it is one less sprint at the end of practice,
all the way down to zero if the shooter makes them all. Imagine
how my daughter feels when she knocks down all of her free throws
and the team walks out without having to do a single sprint!!!
She has done it enough that the coaches had to modify the rules
or the girls wouldn't get the conditioning they need."
- - J. Phillips
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"Hi Tom: Yesterday morning I ran a four-hour shooting
clinic based on your Coaching Lesson plans 1 and 2. I had nineteen
boys ranging from 10 - 14 years old. Some of the players have
played for 2-3 years, others for less than one year. They are
all part of either the u13 or u14 Sheffield Junior Sharks basketball
club squads. I've been coaching them since July 2004.
"I took the time to view
the DVD several times, worked with my younger son Oliver, and
printed off and condensed down the lesson plans 1 and 2. The
gym we practice in is pretty good - it is at a school and has
single court with two main baskets and eight wall-mounted side
baskets. That plus plenty of basketballs.
"Firstly let me say I was
astounded by the session. I had every faith that the Swish method
would work - it makes great sense to me, it is consistent with
the way I have tried to coach shooting in the past, and I could
see that the simple approach would be readily understood. But
the outcome was frankly amazing! As the session developed and
we went through the progression, pretty much as your lesson plan
advised, the improvement in the boys shooting was astonishing.
I couldn't help smiling -- at first just inwardly, but then just
a broad grin -- and everywhere on the court I could see players
doing the same.
"I have to give credit to
the boys -- over a sustained four hour period without anything
more than several water breaks, they concentrated throughout
and showed great self-discipline. But they could see for themselves
that the method works and they just kept working with it -- so
it gave instant positive feedback.
"'It works - it's amazing!'
was the response from the boys.
"Your advice in terms of
encouraging them to be self-aware and to watch others and give
honest feedback worked so well. I was very impressed -- as young
teenagers they will chat to each other about so much (TV, school,
NBA etc) and often at the "wrong" time (when the coach
is talking), but trying to get them to communicate on court on
D, etc. -- they all clam up! But today they talked far more to
each other about their shooting as the session progressed, particularly
"yes/no" on the release.
"On introducing the release,
I used your "sitting down" approach from the DVD instead
of standing in circles, but then moved onto that. It allowed
me and a couple of assistant coaches to look at grip, set point,
hand/wrist etc. more easily.
"But the real take off came
with the Pure Release Distance. Once they started swishing it
at the PRD (particularly with eyes closed), they were sold!
Interestingly, one player took the instruction to find the PRD
by trial and error to mean once he could hit swishes with no
leg drive from a spot close to the basket, he next decided to
increase the distance and try to repeat but going for the basket.
Once I spotted what he was doing it I brought the group back
together and emphasised that this exercise is the key one to
the method and that it is not a test of strength, but of repeatability.
Once this particular understood this, he went back and used it
well and was one of the first to really express his astonishment
-- "it works!"
"Once we had put it all
together with jump shots from a variety of spots - short, mid,
long range - each player choosing their own, I then went to shooting
from their weak hand/arm. I reckoned that this would a) make
them think and b) help them realise that the method is so simple.
We went through the progression very quickly and I had players
swishing "wrong" hand shots - again everyone was impressed.
"Because they had concentrated
so well, we had enough time to look at free throws too. Again,
they understood quickly, took the "down-up" advice
and applied it with the rest of the method. We used your micro-mini-full
progression with very good results.
"The last section of the
session I split them into four teams on a shooting competition
we run usually in more relaxed sessions than our normal practices.
Each team had to hit five shots from four spots round the key.
Not unexpectedly, the added pressure/excitement/competitiveness
had an immediate impact on their performance. Only four or five
out of the 19 clearly tried to use their new shooting technique
- the rest reverted more or less! After one run through we repeated
it twice more with reminders in between about how they should
be shooting. Performance improved noticeably. But it showed
just how fragile it can be.
"I have had great feedback
from my assistant coaches and from parents - one mum came in
about three quarters the way through and said the atmosphere
was buzzing and that her son has not been able to stop talking
about it since (he was one who really took to the method - shooting
16/20 free throws!).
"So, if it's not already
abundantly clear, thanks, Tom, for this method! Now I have got
to make sure we follow it through and reinforce constantly. I
am sure we will see an improvement in our jump shots and free
throws in matches. We are in our national age-group playoffs
and we know we are going to come up against better and bigger
teams. Most of our points come off layups from steals/turnovers
generated by high pressure D. But we won't be able to rely on
that to the same extent -- we will need to be able to hit open
jump shots and free throws to win -- the Swish method may yet
prove to be the crucial ingredient in our season. I'll let you
know."
- - Tom G.
Sheffield Junior Sharks, England
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"Hello, I surely wish i could come to the clinic, but I
live and coach in Alabama and probably won't be able to make
it. I have the video and it helped tremendously. I will use
it for years to come. My team went from 1-25 two years ago to
private school state champions this year and a big part of it
was our shooting. we hit 33 out of 42 foul shots in our state
tournament. I would take that at any level. Especially considering
last year (11-10 record) we shot about 45%. Thanks so much.
Is there any way I can order a t-shirt to give you guys some
publicity out here?"
- - Paul B., Alabama
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"Hi Mr. Nordland, My son and I attended last Saturday's
clinic and enjoyed it very much. We had purchased the video
a few months ago and our shooting began to improve immediately.
What really impressed me about the clinic was the way in which
you taught the kids a method for learning that can be applied
to anything, not just shooting a basketball -- i.e. paying attention
to what your body is doing, constantly evaluating and searching
for the sweet spot (Ichiro Honda said that success is 99 percent
failure), slowing things down to level where one can control
things, etc. I was lucky enough to have a great piano teacher
some time ago and his methods were similar, and now, as a professional
musician I find myself using these techniques all the time.
Thanks for sharing this with the kids."
- - Mark K. and son, Trevor
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"Funny thing happened yesterday.
"As a coach of both a national caliber AAU team and my kids'
teams, I purchased your video and attended one of your clinics
in order to better teach shooting. Part of my approach was to
spend some time in the gym first applying your principles to
my own shot. I reasoned it would make it easier to teach and
I certainly had fun improving my own shooting.
"As I have the last few weeks, I played in a pick up game
that I knew was regularly played in by several recently graduated
college players. So we're in the middle of the game yesterday
and one of my teammates started pointing at me and yelling "Get
him the ball. He can shoot." They were running plays for
the old guy in order to beat the flat bellies. What fun.
"Tom, somewhere on the way to being a better coach, I seem
to have gotten some game as well. Thanks."
- - Mark H.
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"Dear Tom, Your video is absolutely awesome! It truly is
'Shooting Simplified.'
"Let me start off by saying
that I followed your advice on the video regarding learning,
patience and experimentation. After viewing the video, I saw
immediate results. With each practice session I steadily improved
and was consistently experimenting to understand and feel (physically
and mentally) each aspect of your method. At first I had no
idea how to get that "perfect backspin." But after
a few weeks I have noticed exactly the difference in merely flicking
the wrist (which will produce a lot of spin) and pushing the
ball with the UpForce (which will give it more natural backspin).
"I also appreciate the lack
of 3-pt shooting in the video in that you place focus on SHOOTING
and not on hoisting up a dime-a-dozen shot. Sure, you could
learn how to shoot an iffy-three, but I would rather know how
to REALLY shoot.
"Again, your video and advice
on learning are extraordinary. If a 21 year old guy like myself,
who never really played basketball, can learn how to shoot with
ease, then it's a testament to the work you've put into your
teachings."
A very satisfied customer,
- - M. Garcia, Anaheim
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