I want to get thoughts on the way he sets his feet on this shot.

What's up Skool Fam! Have a few minutes in between our 8th and 9th high-level workout of the day lol... Wanted to make a post about how we've been utilizing DL (Differential Learning) in our shooting workouts Some of the player's we work with easily make 80-90/100 spot shots. So it's my job to challenge them and find ways to make them miss (I like to get them to the 35-45% range in workouts. Some DL strategies we've deployed are: 1. Bad Passes (high and low, no seams, timing) 2. Different stances (Feet wide, Feet tight, lunge position, funky feet) 3. Visual Constraints (one eye closed) 4. Different basketballs (sizes, leagues, NBA vs. Europe) 5. Varied Footwork (Hop, 1,2, 1 dribble 4 steps) 6. Release Speed (Quick vs. normal vs. delayed) 7. Distance Calibration (Close, Mid-Range, Three, 40 Feet) 8. Sensory Noises (Audio Cues, Loud Music) 9. Balance/Contact These are some of the strategies we've been implementing and seen crazyyy results What are your thoughts? At what point is DL "Doing too much"? How often would you have a shooting workout be primarily Differential Learning vs. Traditional?

This week I have been to Villanova Camp’s chalk talks with their coaches and players and one thing they emphasize is the first thing you should do everytime you get to gym is start in close. Coach Ashley Howard had the players demonstrate a drill called “get 50” which was 50 close shots and then mikans and reverse mikans. This has been the advice I’ve heard time and time again growing up attending different university camps, listening to high school coaches, etc. The message I’ve always been taught is that you need to start in close to warmup, and that even the best players in the world do it. However, as I’ve been studying and learning from a player development lense, I am starting to challenge that idea of a close range form shot and layup warmup for every single workout. If you already have good mechanics and can make layups, I think there isn’t much value in doing mikan drills as a non-negotiable warmup everytime you walk in the gym. In a game, many players are coming off the bench cold and expected to make shots. Why not prepare for that and build adaptability in your workouts? Come in the gym and practice shooting threes with no warmup. While warming up close can probably help you “feel good” and make more shots in your workouts, it doesn’t prepare you to come in the game off the bench and adapt. I’ve also seen the most common miss with shooters is front rim. One method I’ve used to get them to be able to generate more power is to shoot deeper shots than they would in games, because it forces them to figure out how to generate the power needed to get the ball over the front rim, and makes closer shots feel much easier. Pretty much the exact opposite of what I was taught as a kid. So while it’s hard to argue with legendary coaches that have proven success with the start in close method, and I understand a lot of it is to build good habits, I think shooting from deep range and making your warmups challenging can be more beneficial than the old school start in close and work your way out. I understand it for youth players with bad mechanics but for high school and college elite level shooters, there is move value in challenging them in their warmup or not warming up at all, in my opinion. What do you guys think?

Over the past 5 weeks, My team and I have worked with 30+ High-Level High School, College, and NBA players. I've been fascinated by each player's individual constraints. It's been such a cool process dissecting each player's shot and helping guide them towards solutions. Through this process, we've identified 5 "non-negotiables" that regardless of variability, differential learning, and adaptability, if these 5 are constant, the basketball has a great chance of going in! 1. Hand placement (Shooting hand in the middle of the basketball) 2. Straight ball path (Up the body from the '1' Position, not swinging right or left) 3. Proper sequencing under the basketball as it stabilizes at the '2' position (body attaches under the ball when the 2 position is formed) 4. Straight Follow Through with pointer finger to the floor 5. Wide and Balanced Landing, shoulders forward on tippy toes What are your thoughts? Am I missing any? Do you know any GREAT shooter without these 5?

What are some professional score first guards to watch right now to understand perimeter moves and scoring off the dribble, can be NBA, Overseas, College anyone that has a bag to study from…