top of page
b8d725c9-181c-4071-ac88-10ebdd2c8f25.jpg

🎯 Shooting Drills: Build Strength, Range, and a Quicker Release

Shooting with the Best Move Heavyball challenges your mechanics, sharpens your form, and strengthens the muscles critical for consistency and range. These drills are designed to improve your shooting endurance, develop a quicker and more controlled release, and help you stay balanced through every shot. The added resistance forces you to engage your core, shoulders, and wrists—making your regular shooting feel effortless by comparison. Whether you’re working on spot-up jumpers, catch-and-shoots, or shooting off the dribble, these drills will help you become a more confident, consistent, and powerful shooter from anywhere on the court.

Form Shooting Image _edited.jpg

Form Shooting

Objective: Focus on perfecting shooting form and building muscle memory.
Execution:
1. Stand close to the basket, ensuring proper shooting stance.
2. Shoot the ball using a consistent form, focusing on your release and follow-through.
3. Retrieve the ball and repeat for the designated number of reps.

Tips:

- Emphasize accuracy over speed.
- Pay attention to hand placement and follow-through.

  • Frequency: 3 times per week

  • Reps: 50 shots per session

  • Sets: 3 sets

​

Spot Shooting_edited.jpg

Spot Shooting

​Objective: Improve accuracy from various spots on the court.
Execution:
1. Choose five spots around the three-point line.
2. Shoot from each spot, moving in a predetermined order.
3. Repeat for the designated number of reps and sets.
- Tips:
- Maintain consistent shooting mechanics.
- Challenge yourself by increasing distance gradually.​

  • Frequency: 2 times per week

  • Reps: 25 shots from five different spots on the court

  • Sets: 4 sets

Spot Shooting 2_edited.jpg

Quick Release Spot to Spot

Objective: Improve shot release speed and stamina under resistance.

Execution:

  1. Choose 5 spots around the arc (corners, wings, top).

  2. Start in the corner. Make 2 shots in a row, then move to the next spot.

  3. Continue around the arc, only advancing after 2 consecutive makes.

  4. Repeat the full circuit 3 times.

  5. Use the Heavyball for the first 2 rounds to build arm/shoulder endurance, then switch to a regulation ball in Round 3 to feel the difference.

  • Frequency: 3x/week

  • Reps: 2 makes per spot

  • Sets: 3 full circuits

bottom of page