Practise session 6 - Follow through

The final phase of a basketball shot is the follow through. During the follow through all your joints that have been used to take the shot (knees, hips, shoulder and wrists) should continue the entire way through there range of motion after the ball has left your hand. During the follow through my hip, trunk and shooting elbow should all still be pointing straight towards my target (the basket)

It is very important to keep moving my joints to their range of motion end point as it will ensure I do not stop them moving prior to releasing the ball which would decrease the balls velocity.

After I have released the ball my elbow and wrist should be fully extended as this is what applies upwards force to the ball. If I remember every time I shoot the ball to follow through with my wrist and elbow joint movements then I will apply enough upwards force to the ball in order to get it to the hoop with enough height and velocity.


As you can see in the picture below I have released the ball and I am in the follow through phase. My shooting wrist (left) is still fully extended which is good however my elbow is starting to bend as you can see by the angle. This shows I have not continued with my follow through after i have released the ball.

Information collected:

20 shots put up, 7 successful.
25 minute practise session.
Of the 13 shots missed, 8 were short, 1 was to the left, 1 was to the right and 3 were long.

Reflection:

A lot of my missed shots were short which could be due to me not fully finishing my follow through. I felt it was a good practise session and towards the end of the session I got used to the feeling of following through with my elbow and wrist.