Pretty much this whole season I have been struggling with my shot. I have been trying to improve on a lot of other things, too. Trying to do all these things is kind of hard because I will practice something for a certain amount of time and then I will go back to something I worked on 3 weeks before that, like my shot, and try to get used to it again. By that time i have talked to my coach about it and now my new task is to go straight up when I shoot instead of fading back. I haven't had much time to practice that lately, thought, because now we are just focusing on plays.
We are focusing on plays in practice because a tournament is just around the corner. So I will have to practice it even more when we have free time, for example during men's ball would be a great time for me to get some practice in. Instead of playing I will just take time and work on skills that i need to improve. There will be three more times that mens ball will be open before we go to the tournament and that is all the time i have to practice everything. We are going to Dillingham for a tournament and I need to take time to practice some things before we leave.
This season I have been trying to become a better three point shooter. I have been practicing shooting threes a little bit here and there and my shot has become decent. It isn't as great as some of my team mates who are excellent at three-point shots. But i am slowly getting there. I am hoping to become a three point option but I also need to become more of a threat in the paint since I am a Power Forward.
The paint is where most of my points need to come from. But my problem is when i get into the paint I freeze or i take a horrible lay up and the ball isn't anywhere near the hoop. So i need to work on more footwork to get myself some space and fake my defender in the air so that it creates an easy shot for me. I get told that i need to go up stronger when I take it in and take better shots. but I also need to start loosening up when i get the ball in the paint, and I think the reason for that is that every time I get the ball in the post I think that I am going to get blocked, and it makes me nervous.
Just let it all come to you. Stephen Curry said when he was in high school he had to change his shot if he wanted to go pro. When he was changing his shot and practicing, he said there were days when he could not even leave the paint. I mean come on. Stephen Curry is going to be the greatest three point shooter when it comes time. He is already the fastest to reach 1000 three pointers made in league history. It all takes time, and staying positive. That is when his quote "I Can do all things...." came into play. Just find a quote you can keep in your head when you are struggling. I always say that Curry quote. I have it on my shoes. It is what keeps my hopes up when I' am having a bad game.
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