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Shooting is an art, and in this special book and DVD package, professional shooting coach Dave Hopla presents the same skills and strategies that have made him one of the world’s most sought-after experts. Covering long-range three-pointers, midrange jumpers, bank shots, and free-throw shots, Coach Hopla pulls from his extensive coaching experience—which includes stops in the NBA and with multiple international squads—to help you master every element of a correct shot. Dave Hopla has been ...
Dave Hopla’s "Basketball Shooting" book/DVD package now available through Apple iBookstore and Amazon Kindle store. In Basketball Shooting-Enhanced Edition, professional shooting coach Dave Hopla presents the same skills and strategies that have helped players such as Chris Bosh, Gilbert Arenas, Ben Gordon, Brandon Jennings, Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Ray Allen, and Kobe Bryant achieve great success on the basketball court. Covering long-range three-pointers, midrange jumpers, bank shots, and...
In Basketball Shooting, Hopla shares his expertise on shooting a basketball properly from anywhere on the court to knock down every shot. High-quality photo sequences and step-by-step assessments of proper shooting techniques for mid- and long-range shots, including free throws, jump shots, bank shots, and three-pointers, are all packed into this resource. Basketball Shooting, book and DVD package, will help anyone hit any shot from anywhere on the court.
Many players use fakes, but oftentimes they will overextend on a jab step or straighten up on a shot fake. When you make a shot fake, you want it to look like a shot not a shot fake. Most players’ shot fakes during games look unnatural and cumbersome because players only practice these moves when coaches tell them to execute shot fakes in a certain practice drill.
Free shots will involve the same fundamental shooting techniques that we discussed in chapter 3. We take you through the physical components as well as the mental components of the free shot. Improve your free shot technique with the instruction in Basketball Shooting. This is because free shots are stationary shots, allowing players to properly align their feet using the mechanics discussed in chapter 3. Yet another aspect of free shots is the tack or nail located in the center of most one-...
In this case, the foot position for shooting the ball is your foundation and should be the same for all shots, whether shooting a jumper or a free shot or shooting from beyond the three-point line. To begin, start with your feet together (see figure 3.1a) and slide the foot opposite the shooting side, for a right-handed shooter this is the left foot, back until the toes are even with the arch of the shooting foot (see figure 3.1b). In this stance, the lead foot, or shooting foot, is the ...
The race was very important because it was the selection race for the World Cross Country Championships. Being Welsh, he had no need to run the English National, because he would automatically be selected to run for Wales in the World Cross. Indeed, as a Welshman he would normally not even have been eligible to run in the English National; his national race was the Welsh Championships, which he won a record number of times, However, in 1981 the rules allowed him to join an English club, ...
Dave Bing made a name for himself as an NBA legend, a successful businessman, and a bold politician. Read more about his amazing life in Dave Bing: A Life of Challenge. Read more from Dave Bing: A Life of Challenge by Drew Sharp.
