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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A basketball, a hoop, and a couple hours a day.[/quote]
That’s a great way to ingrain terrible shooting form and have a kid end up with slow, inaccurate, glitchy shooting.  And knee problems.

OP, a coach who knows how to teach shooting mechanics can help.   Many don’t.  The biggest thing my kid did to learn basic shooting form was to shoot thousands of shots one handed 3’ from the basket.  Then 4’, then 5’, out to FT line.  But the kid should swish more than 95%, especially for close shots.  If they miss two in a row (and this is with all shooting practice) they need to take a big step in.  Some other basic tips:

1.  Ball should go up and out.  Never back toward the shooter.  Lots of people break that rule, including good shooters. But bringing the ball back is slower and harder to do accurately.  Up and out is quick and easier to be accurate. Easy is better. 
2.  Feet are parallel toward the basket.  Always. Knees bend on shots but don’t collapse in.  Lots of good shooters break this rules, but kids who follow these rules become good shooters quicker and easier.  There’s no reason not to do the easy thing.  
3.  The reason shooters hold their form after a shot is not to look cool.  If you hold your form and look at your first two fingertips after your shot, they should end up at the top corners of the red box on the backboard.  If your kid ingrains seeing that after every shot, they will almost never miss side to side unless the ball slips out of their hand.  
4.  Minimize movement. This includes being ready to shoot before you get the ball.  Hands up, knees bent.  Straight up and out after catching.  No fiddling with the ball, spinning it to find the grooves, and no cocking it back.  Get the pass in ready position, then up and out. 
5.  Power comes from the legs.  Young kids learn terrible form trying to chuck up threes using arm strength.  Good shooters can make threes one handed because all the power comes from the legs. 
6.  Don’t let your kid practice fadeaways, shooting falling toward the baseline or any of the other PhD level tricks NBA players do to overcome NBA defense.  Your kid won’t be playing against NBA players.  
7. Being in ready position when the ball comes will improve a kids shooting percentage immediately.  It took my kid a while to learn this — his trainer came to his freshman games and yelled this at him all game.  It helped immensely. 
8. It’s easier to make shots when the ball arcs 45-47 degrees. Also, that’s harder to block than a flatter shot. 
  
HS kids who do this stuff can get an accurate shot off with elevation in 0.7 seconds or better. That’s tough to defend at the HS level. [/quote]

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