Heard an interview with Madison Booker of Texas, the leading mid-range shooter in college women's basketball. She said she intentionally shoots from the midrange with a higher trajectory than she puts on any of her other shots, both to get them off over big people and also to get some softer bounces off of the rim. Our players might want to try that out in the off-season.
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This is standard shooting technique… highest arc are teardrop shots which has a completely different shooting motion (more of a push with the palm of the hand rather than a shot that comes off the fingers)
annarborbear said:
Heard an interview with Madison Booker of Texas, the leading mid-range shooter in college women's basketball. She said she intentionally shoots from the midrange with a higher trajectory than she puts on any of her other shots, both to get them off over big people and also to get some softer bounces off of the rim. Our players might want to try that out in the off-season.
I've advocated for more midrange shots all season (especially in Lulu's game.) I refuse to believe that a talented shooter cannot incorporate that into their game with a decent amount of practice. Sure, two points is not as good as three but the last time I checked it's still worth more than zero.
RedlessWardrobe said:
I've advocated for more midrange shots all season (especially in Lulu's game.) I refuse to believe that a talented shooter cannot incorporate that into their game with a decent amount of practice. Sure, two points is not as good as three but the last time I checked it's still worth more than zero.
It would be wonderful to know Lulu's percentage from mid-range. And everyone's. I'm sure the coaches have the data.
The ideal angle of release, according to the shooting gurus, is between 42 and 47%.
That said, what Booker does -- and she's an elite, elite player -- is have a completely different shot from mid-range than from three. Very few players can master several different jump shots. It's hard enough to get consistent with one, and releasing at a signficantly different angle is a significantly different shot from a mechanical point of view.
I've never seen Booker play so perhaps she has an unusual midrange shots, but this is what I wrote in another thread:
the best offensive players can score at all 3 levels. That's the next improvement for Lulu.
A midrange shot would have been more effective vs Columbia's drop coverage defense.
Whereas two Columbia players were masters of the midrange and they used it extensively when Walker was in drop coverage defense
the best offensive players can score at all 3 levels. That's the next improvement for Lulu.
A midrange shot would have been more effective vs Columbia's drop coverage defense.
Whereas two Columbia players were masters of the midrange and they used it extensively when Walker was in drop coverage defense
ClayK said:RedlessWardrobe said:
I've advocated for more midrange shots all season (especially in Lulu's game.) I refuse to believe that a talented shooter cannot incorporate that into their game with a decent amount of practice. Sure, two points is not as good as three but the last time I checked it's still worth more than zero.
It would be wonderful to know Lulu's percentage from mid-range. And everyone's. I'm sure the coaches have the data.
The ideal angle of release, according to the shooting gurus, is between 42 and 47%.
That said, what Booker does -- and she's an elite, elite player -- is have a completely different shot from mid-range than from three. Very few players can master several different jump shots. It's hard enough to get consistent with one, and releasing at a signficantly different angle is a significantly different shot from a mechanical point of view.
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