how can i improve my basketball game? please help!!!?

Question

i need to find a really good shooting form, to improve in basketball. i also need drills to help me shoot the ball better. please help me! i also want to be able to jump higher so i can dunk. i am 18yrs old and 5'11'' and 136 lbs. i can grab the rim when i jump, but can't dunk with the ball. what can i do?

Answer 1

136 at 5'11"? You'll want to include some weight training in that regimen, because that's very light and skinny. My son is 5'7" and weighs close to 150 and he's quite thin, but muscular. He can grab the rim too. At your age I would recommend working out with a trainer if you can find one.

There's a whole bunch of sites on the web!
Just do a search:
basketball training drills

and you'll find tons of information. Many team/AAU/trainer/camp sites also have links to other sites.

http://indexxsports.com/about.html
http://www.dtrained.com/home.htm
http://www.davehopla.com/index2.html
http://www.hoopgroup.com/hoopgroup/index.php
http://www.rebounds1.com/
http://aausports.org/default.asp
http://www.hoopsusa.com/index.cfm
http://www.hoophall.com/
http://hoopsamerica.ushoops.com/index.html
http://njhoops.rivals.com/default.asp
http://www.tomsriverbasketball.com/
http://www.hoopheaven.com/
http://www.njsiaa.org/
http://www.coachberry.com/index.shtml
http://hoops101.com/index.asp
http://themaincourt.com/index.html
http://www.mballers.com/index.html
http://www.hoopsking.com/
http://www.bbhighway.com/index.asp
http://www.njbasketballacademy.com/
http://www.hooplax.com/index.html
http://www.nycnjhoops.com/
http://www.hoopzone.net/default.asp
http://www.sportscamper.com/directory/camps.asp?sid=2&state=NJ
http://www.basketballcity.com/displayer.php?city=newyork&page=homepage
http://www.maxpreps.com/
http://www.basketballworld.com/

Answer 2

Consider this. My son is 20 yrs old, only 5'10" and 150 lbs, can dunk. He's been in street basketball since 9. While you are learning the game, you also have to put more meat. Body contacts cannot be avoided.

Answer 3

WATCH FILM. go to espn classic and watch the old school. They will display the fundamentals, and thats what the game is all about right?

Watch their shooting, passing, dribbling and practice atleast and hour each day. Mimic the moves of the best and you will soon become one of the best.

you wont just "decide" to be good and just be good, you can have all of the physical requirements, but not know **** about ballin.

Remember that you arent the only one out there with a dream, there are millions who are competing against you, just think about that everyday and it will step you up a notch. Challenge yourself until you have nothing else left to go on...and then find a little more "soul" inside of you to finish up and get through.

Are you up to the challenge, champ?

Answer 4

here r some that migh help you with jumping and shooting.. good luck!!


WARMING UP

Before starting the exercises, warm up your muscles. Stretch properly, and jog around for a few minutes.

If you have a jumprope, use it. Jumping rope definitely helps your conditioning.

Running up and down stairs for a while is very useful as a warmup, or a full exercise. Don't do too much or else you may wear our your legs. Use it as a quick warmup, or a full exercise.

JUMPING EXERCISES

Deep Knee Bends --- Be standing. Slowly bend at the knees while keeping your back straight. Slowly crouch down as low as possible (it shouldn't hurt) and slowly rise back up. Do this 15 times. Over time increase to 20, 30, etc.

Deep Knee Bend Jumps --- Be standing. Crouch down as described above but fairly quickly, almost touching your bottom to the ground, then explode upwards as high as you can. The moment you land, immediately crouch and launch back up again. Do this 15 times, and when you can, increase to 20, 30, etc.

Toe Raises --- Stand regularly, then raise up onto the tips of your toes. Lower back down. Don't just rock up and down, do it slowly (not too slowly) but steadily. Repeat 30-50 times.

Toe-Raise with Weights --- If you have any sort of weights, holding/wearing them while doing these toe raises will help. Use small weights (a mere 5 or 10 pounds is fine) and work your way up.

Stomach Crunches --- We believe that sit-ups are bad for your back. Stomach crunches, where while lying on your back, using your ab muscles and keeping your back straight, you rise up just enough to lift your shoulders off the ground, are better. Do them often - perhaps for 10 minutes in the morning and 10 minutes at night.

Jumping Rope--- Jumping rope definitely helps your vertical leap. Jump rope while watching tv or something. Make it a habit.

BASKETBALL CONDITIONING: LINE JUMPS
Stand beside any line on the floor. With your feet together, jump forward and backwards over the line, then sideways back and forth (two separate exercises). Repeat for thirty seconds, counting the number of times that you return to the starting point. Try to better yourself every day.

BASKETBALL CONDITIONING: BENCH JUMPING
Either face a bench that is about one and a half feet high or stand beside it. You can either jump over and back or sideways. Feet should be kept together. Go for thirty seconds and count the number of times that you return to the starting point. Attempt to increase the number every day.




shooting
B.E.E.F.
Remember the BEEF is good way to learn to become a better shooter. BEEF stands for...
B-balance- get your balance. make sure you are steady.
E-eyes-look at the rim. either the back or the front. it really doesn´t matter.
E-elbow-make sure your elbow is in line with the basketball hoop.
F-follow thru-an essential part of all shooting. Make sure you follow thru when releasing your shot.

Superman Drill
This drill uses the same motion as the Mikan Drill only it is extended to the outside edge of the "painted area" (more commonly known as "the lane"). Start somewhere between the lowest block and the next block toward the free throw line. The difference in the drill is you are not trying to make a shot. Throw the ball off the backboard above the rim at an angle. You want to get grab the "rebound" from the opposite side of the lane without letting the ball touch the ground. Younger players will want to take more than the ideal maximum of 3 steps to get to the other side. This is also a "rhythm" drill. Keep your arms and hands up. This a tough drill used for rebounding and footwork. Keep the rotations to no more than 10. Remember, stay outside the lane!

Good Shooters...
A shooter is only as good as the shots he takes. Take shots that you practice and that you can consistently make. If you take those shots, chances are you will be a good shooter. If you take bad shots, you are probably not going to make many in a game. If you want to become a great shooter, shoot 400-500 shots a day, Michael Jordan does!


Mikan Drill
Named after the first real big man in the NBA, George Mikan. Start on the right side of the basket, while standing within layup range, go off of two feet and shoot a right handed layup. As the ball comes down, keep your arms up, take two steps to the left side of the basket and repeat the same motion only shooting a left handed layup. Grab the rebound, take two steps right, keep your arms up, and shoot a right handed layup. Repeat this rhythm drill for a total of 10 rotations.





always remember "NO PAIN, NO GAIN"

Good luck.. need anything else bout basketball just contact me

Answer 5

go to bodybuilding.com...then go to the supersite link, go to sports training,basketball,then look for an exercise that has to do with shooting, theres gonna be all kinds of exercises but look for the one with ray allen,that exercise has the best form shooting drills, thats where i learned to increase my shooting percentage

oh btw hearkat those training drills u linked are for 5 year olds, this the real deal

Answer 6

I'm 14 and 6'4 and just started dunking this season. I had trouble dunking but all I did was keep trying and trying and now I can dunk 50% of the time

Answer 7

practice as much as you can, harder, and you will succeed in basketball. but don't forget that school is also important..