Practise session 7 - fixing errors

For this practise session I focused on an error I knew I had been making in the previous practise sessions. This practise session I worked on improving my alignment.

When i was shooting i was not correctly lining up my hip, knee, shoulder and elbow. If even 1 of these was out of alignment i released the ball off line and it would miss the basket. In my practise session where i was working on the back swing phase of the shot i thought about my alignment but found it hard to have every joint lined up perfectly all at once. Therefore for this session i wanted to focus on every joints alignment, to do this i asked a friend to come along and to check my alignment while i was shooting and preparing to shoot. He also took a few photos so i could see for myself how much needed changing in my alignment.

As you can see from the picture below which was taken in my 2nd practise session, my shooting elbow (left) is not in line with my hip. It is not pointing straight at the camera and there is a gap between the lines I have drawn. This session was designed to improve on this

Information collected:

20 shots put up, 8 successful

25 minute practise session

of the 12 shots missed 3 were to the left, 3 were to the right, 4 were short and 2 were long.

Reflection: 

I felt I made a lot of progress in this practise session and hopefully the end result will show a better alignment. It was easy to see the immediate improvement having correct alignment had on the angle of release. Even though i still missed 6 shots to the left or right they did not miss by as much as the previous practise sessions.