I’m talking about midrange pull up development starting in high school on one’s personal time in the gym by themselves. It took me about 3 years from junior year in high school to my freshman year at Miami (unfortunately only good for intramural ball) to become consistent with the mechanics and confident in the shot. Yes, there’s only a finite amount of organized team practice time which is why this needs to be done on someone’s own time. I would sneak into my high school gym to work on this. It’s hard work to get the pull up down. Hard shot fake, then 1 or 2 hard dribbles, then pull up. It takes thousands of reps of more than just catch and shoot partner shooting. Then simulate it coming off the ball screen, off a down screen. Is it for everyone, no. But if ok shooters can shoot 65-70% from the foul line, I don’t see why they can’t get to a spot 12-15 feet out, with good length and hit 55-60% from that spot. Guys shoot thousands of free throws to shoot that percentage, why not the same for a 12-15 foot jumper? If I get back into coaching, I will emphasize that, that’s my way of thinking about it.
And I’ve seen plenty of defenders go for shot fakes from average to below average 3 point shooters. It’s a plague.
Are players not practicing on their own already? Again, what are you replacing it with?
And again, claiming you can get to 55% off the double dribble because you can get 70% from the free throw line just doesn’t track.
And that’s ignoring something important: they’re all already doing the drill you’re talking about. All of them. Guards. Forwards. Centers. Everyone. And they’re not shooting 55%.
So I’m watching a few minutes of the Wright State-Detroit Mercy game, and all I can think is how bad the quality of play is (and it was). Thanks a lot.