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So, let's talk about one of my favorite topics: Shooting Mechanics/Form. Now, let's address up front that clean mechanics don't make you a good shooter, making shots does, and making shots will ALWAYS be measured by statistics. But, form can offer insight into Why
Let's start with the good: Steph
This is almost perfect, he quickly gets himself square, and fluidly syncs his upper and lower body to drive through the ball
This is almost perfect, he quickly gets himself square, and fluidly syncs his upper and lower body to drive through the ball
In real time it looks almost effortless, which speaks years of repetition and hard won muscle memory
Now, two more guys in a different setting: Kerr and Stockton in the 3pt Contest, you can see in this video a little of why some shooters feel the contest impacts their form, the side to side motion going to the rack doesn't mimic a game action
So, now let's get down to the heart of the matter: off-season shooting videos, here's Wiggins displaying new form, now compared to the perfection above there's some upper rotation to nitpick, but overall that's much cleaner than we've seen previously https://twitter.com/gswchris/status/1300616460193001472?s=19
Which finally brings us to this: Tristan Thompson. Now, credit to him for being in the gym doing work, but he's bringing his shoulders so far forward that his release looks more like loading a catapult, and less like a flick of the wrist https://twitter.com/CavsNationCP/status/1299475701989388288?s=19
This is not exhaustive, by any means, this is simply a way of illustrating why some of these off-season videos never seem to translate into the season
Special thanks to @DlONWAlTERS for helping me locate the Thompson video again
