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Shooting
Curl drill


sketch
1
2 runs up from the baseline, curls, jump stops to catch a pass from 1, shoots, rebounds, and goes with the ball to the other line.

Barry Brodzinski - Always show your hands, step to the ball. Start with layups, get to the basket with no or one dribble, move back to 15-foot shots (behind the foul line), for 3-point shots, come wide, show your outside hand.

Options:

- shot fake, jab step, sweep (ball rip)
- one-dribble pull-up left, right
- step-back, rocker, bully move.

sketch
2
After passing to 2, 1 curls for pass from 4, shoots, rebounds, and switches lines with the ball. 4 is the next shooter, off a pass from 3.

Other variations

- players back pedal out and around (see Nate James shooting)
- v-cut at the 3-point line
- team competition, e.g., make 10 in a

Also see Fill cuts, Team catch and shoot, Elbow pick-ups.

Kevin Bellamy - one team at each basket, first team to make 10 in a row from the blocks (inside foot pivot), then 5 in a row from the elbows.
 
Ian MacKinnon - use both baskets, 2-3 balls, start with block-to-block bank shots, then mid-lane, 15 feet, and 3-pointers.

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