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Basketball Shooting Practice

Help your team improve its basketball shooting. Read each situation, make a plan and reflect on good shooting technique. For the practice questions, use the results given; you do not need a basketball.

Know the Shooting Chain

A balanced set-up, a smooth release and a held follow-through help make a controlled shot. Keep your eyes on the target and practise safely with space around you.

1.Aisha is preparing for a shot. Which set-up is most balanced?

Feet about shoulder-width apart, knees soft
Feet crossed and knees locked
Standing on tiptoes with feet together

2.During the release, a player pushes the ball upwards towards the hoop. What should the player do just after releasing it?

3.At practice, Aria takes 10 shots and scores 6. How many shots miss, and what fraction of her shots go in?

4.A team sets a target of at least 5 baskets from 10 shots. Freya scores 4. Is he at the target? How many more baskets would reach it?

5.Put these actions in a sensible shooting order by writing 1, 2 and 3 beside them: hold the follow-through; set your feet and bend your knees; release the ball smoothly.

6.A player misses three shots in a row and feels frustrated. Give one helpful thing a teammate could say or do, and one safe way the player can reset before the next shot.

7.Match each part of the shooting chain with what it means.

Set
Release
Follow-through

Push the ball smoothly towards the target
Balanced feet and soft knees
Hold the shooting hand towards the hoop

8.Oliver scores 3 baskets out of 8 shots. Write his success as a fraction, then name one way he could practise a more controlled shot.

9.Plan a short practice round for yourself or a partner: choose one part of the shooting chain to focus on and describe what you will look for. Add one way to encourage each other.