r/BasketballTips

Currently I’m a freshman, 5”8 135 I shoot from my chin/ nose area on 3s and forehead on middies, I’ve been seeing a lot of videos saying that you should raise your set point for everything because you’ll be able to shoot over tall defenders, is this true? What’s better a high set point, or low quick release?

Ive really been wanting a silent basketball for indoors, and ive been seeing this one. Eventhough there a lot of good reviews there are ones which say that they dont even get it shipped after months. Is this basketball even that good? Ppl that have bought this pls let me know thx.

i average 21 pt 6 rb 8 asist

i play pg on jv 5 foot 9 155pounds at 13yr and 5.1 40 yd dash

I’ve been watching Taylen Kinney and it’s made me realize how good you have to be to take basketball some where, I wanna play college basketball, but I don’t know how to get to that level, I’m already good but I wanna become elite, what do I need to do to get there, how do I train for that goal

On Saturday I’m going to my local high school for a 3v3 which includes cash prizes any advice for a 3v3 I have never really played a serious one just more of messing around with the boys type 3v3s but in this one at my high school I’m very determined to win.

As a parent, I got tired of manually counting makes and misses during my son’s workouts.

We’d lose track constantly. Was that 6 or 7?, What’s his percentage today?, How many did he make from that spot?

I also tried some of the AI camera-tracking apps before, but in our neighborhood courts, there are usually a lot of kids playing around, and my son is honestly too shy to set up a tripod and calibrate a camera in front of everybody.

And stopping to type stats into a phone during drills completely kills the flow of training anyway.

So I started experimenting with different ways to track workouts hands-free while still letting players stay moving.

Later, I also started trying to make game highlights easier to find because I realized I was spending way too much time scrubbing through videos to find my son’s good plays afterward.

Still figuring things out and honestly just curious:

Do most players/parents here actually track workouts consistently?
Or does it usually become too much work to maintain?

I play basketball too much, like 4 hours a day and i am tired, i need serious mental and physical help cuz of such reckless behaviour. How do i fix said thing? (Dare not say i should rest or take a break)

On a similar note, how do i as a slower guard go against fast athletic freaks and such, i cant attack them nor defend them.

I have standard balls for adult men, around 29.5 in circumference but I've always felt thats a size too small or maybe I just have extraordinarily large hands.

When i go and grab my ball with both hands the thumbs cross almost always even if i wouldn't want them to.

Is this common for a lot of guys? I feel like my shooting is off too and i feel like it could be better if the balls were sized just a little larger, but I know that's not going to happen.

Maybe it's just the way I hold them that I have to really work on. Any tips?

I'm a 23-year-old male, and I always played as a center only because I was the tallest on my teams. Knowing that, I developed myself to know how to play as a forward and even a little as a guard. I've done the work myself to develop that, but doing it alone with no infrastructure and opportunities was very difficult.

I have two nationalities: one from Latin America and one from Europe. The only time I've played in Europe was when I went to a camp there three years ago.

I've played in some national championships and all that in a country from Latin America, but I never had a very important role on the team because I was a 6'6" center and 198 lbs. All that was over a period of 5-7 years with many teams, but only at the end of last year did I have an opportunity to play in a local championship playing as a forward/big guard. I really made an impact on the team. I've never felt so free having the ball in my hand to play, to drive, to shoot, and to dribble, because before, when I was a center, in all the teams I played on, I barely touched the basketball in games. I was a center who only set screens, made passes, got rebounds, and "protected the rim," which was really a joke to me.

I'm a fast learner and I'm very coachable, so I'm pretty sure that if I got to play on a pro team, I would catch up to the pros in no time.

So for that to happen, I need opportunities. What would you do if you were in my place? Stay and grind in Latin America or go to Europe, even if it means playing in lower divisions to grind up?

Edit: forgot to say that im a very good mid-range shooter, above the rim finisher, decent 3pts, great defender, very athletic, very fast and agile. For comparison I've done some nba draft combine exercises to see how far I'm in some aspects, I've tried to have the closest measurements and metrics to be as close as the nba but of course with no infrastructure near close the nba. I've done the Lane Agility Drill in 9s ; the 3/4 sprint in 2,9 s.

I’m right handed and i tend to move the ball around precisely better than I do than with my dominant hand, I rarely do anything with my left hand. Any tips?

Hello, I was wondering if anyone had any advice for someone who has built their playstyle on the back of bad habits, specifically my bad shooting habits.

I'm so very inconsistent and just spent today trying to fix my form but I have an issue where every single shot I take is so beyond different from the last one. And if I make a shot, I have a hard time replicating it more than twice, if even. I don't really understand why my body can't just replicate it but it always feels different. Whether my feet positioning feels weird, or my body turns during the shot, or I'm too focused on my arms and body moving as one that I mess up my hands, or I'm too focused on my hands/arms having proper form that my body is out of sync, things like that, etc.

I need advice on how to be more consistent and fix my form. Are there any specific YouTube videos people recommend? Is there any specific drills or habits I should practice to help? I was scrolling through this sub too and saw some people say that core and balance play a big role in shooting as well, and since I'm not very athletic, could that be why I'm struggling? How can I practice shooting in the meantime while I work on my core and balance? Any advice is appreciated, thanks.