Which finger should the basketball leave last?
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- NBA Shooting Coach Dave Love explains the surprising details that players and coaches need to understand about hand position, hand placement, and which finger the ball should leave last?
Would you be surprised to find out I don't really focus on THAT too much? With all the players I've worked with at the NBA level (all of whom have shot a career high in my time working with them and some improved 20-30% in one season), we focussed WAY more on which finger was on the bottom of the basketball at the set point, rather than which finger the ball left last.
And which finger should be on the bottom isn't based on THEORY or COMFORT. It should be based on how YOUR hand is built.
So with my NBA clients, the first thing we do is measure their hands. In the 10,000+ players of all level, all around the world that I've measured 90% of them have found that the middle of their grip is the index finger. Watch the video and learn how to measure for yourself.
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This is just one of the gems we took away from your program in Ottawa. It has helped my sons consistency a ton. Looking forward to more videos to help re-inforce, re-educate us.
Thank You.
That makes me so happy to hear. I'm so happy when I hear that people get a lot out of my clinics, and that they continue to learn from my free and paid online content!
I’ve worked with Coach Love before. He has a way of simplifying ever To the point where you say to yourself, “why didn’t I already know that?” Wish I’d had this advice during my playing days 20 years ago. Thanks coach!
That is the best compliment. Thanks so much!!!
Thank you for such an amazing technique. I had much issue shooting the ball far when putting my hand right under the ball at the set point as the release usually flick the ball sideways.
The other thing I found helpful is raise the shoulder as you shoot.
Great video Coach! The middle of the hand needs to shoot the middle of the ball! Great advice as always!
Thanks so much!
As always, simple and clear instructions !
Thanks so much!!
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My pleasure.
Yes, this is so good. The only question I have is you emphasize hand position at set point, I always thought it the important time is your hand position at release point. You see some great shooters still rotating their hand as they extend their arm into their shot, but at the release their hand is good. Is that to much movement going into your shot? Like I said before some of the best videos of a player shooting are the slow-motion ones of Steph Curry or any outstanding shooter. Really good clear sharp videos. Lots of times just the visualization of someone like that helps players and coaches so much, you also have the ability to start and stop the videos that you are watching already in slow motion, you watch his hand position in relationship to the rim, his shooting hand position on the ball during and at release, how his hand is relaxed after the ball is off his hand creating a soft touch. For myself it reinforces what I think I know for building confidence in coaching. It is one of those things that once you start watching any great shooter in slow motion with how crystal clear today's videos are, you can't get enough of them. It is really outstanding stuff. Thanks coach!!!!
Did you watch the whole video? I think I addressed this. Yes, the release is very important too, but it's hard to control that fraction of a second at the end of the motion. So I focus my attention more on the beginning of the motion, which we control better, which will hopefully lead to a more consistent release. And yes, rotating your hand under the ball is common, even with some good shooters. But it is creating negative energy in two directions (albeit with Steph only slightly, which is why he can still be so good - that and unbelievable hand-eye coordination) and the more we can minimize that, the more consistent a player has a chance to be. Thanks for your comment!
Coach Dave Love - Yes I watched the whole video, but I wanted to know how important it is. That really helps and explains things. Thanks.
Hi Coach, I noticed that when I have my hand underneath the ball in the set position, my index finger is not usually pointing straight away from the basket - it is pointing slightly off to the side. If I try to rotate my hand so that my index finger is pointing backwards, it tends to push my elbow out to the right and lift up the right side of my hand, which doesn't seem good. I guess this is what you are talking about where players who start with their hand to the side have to rotate under the ball during the shot and this makes it more difficult to achieve consistency. What do you recommend to players in this situation? I think I could position my hand under the ball better with a higher set point, but my set point is already fairly high, so I don't think this is the right approach. Is there anything else you would try?
I believe your determination of the center of the hand via the distance between thumb-indexfinger and indexfinger and pinky is not relevant for throwing.
If you look at the last phase of the shot from the setpoint to the release point, the ball is mainly centered on the hand. When the hand is flicks down,
the thumb losses first contact to the ball. In the end, the thumb no longer plays a major role as a guide.
My experience as a coach is that for most players the center point is the middle finger or between the middle finger and index finger and is rarely exactly the index finger.
Many coaches, such as Dirk Nowitzki's Holger Geschwender, advocate using the index and middle fingers as guide rails, which should then also have the last contact.
Thanks for sharing your opinions
hey coach what if the distance from tip of index to tip of pinky is more than tip of index to tip of thumb?
Then you measure again to find out what is the middle, and work fo get that point under the center of the ball at the set point.
Hey coach i started to release the ball with my ring and middle finger could you tell me if it will affect my shooting form in the long term?
And to add more, i shoot straight
Yes it will. Try not to build that habit!
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Russel Westbrook never got this memo! 😂😅