I was looking at the Rockets roster and realized that we don't have a shooting coach, nor do we have any coach that specialized in shooting on our staff. Maybe we have one behind the scenes? Either way, I hope we take some extra care into the mechanics of some of our shooters, namely Beverley, Ariza, and FT shooting for Howard, Smith. http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/mavericks/post/_/id/4704227/carlisle-aims-to-improve-rondos-shot Gary Boren is also a FT coach that works with the Mavs now, we could really use a specialist that simply works on free throw mechanics of our players. I don't have the stats to back it up, but it seems like every player that supposedly is a shooter comes to Rockets and all of a sudden forgets how to shoot. At the very least, their percentages seem to drop in the long run (not counting the sudden burst from Brewer and the early season start from Ariza and Terry). Problems I see with Howards free throw mechanics: 1) His arm shooting motion goes forward and not up. 2) His shooting motion happens without using his legs 3) The way he holds the ball allows for the ball to go side to side Problems with Ariza's shot (currently): 1) He is often off-balance when hoisting up threes. 2) He is not going straight up with the shot but has forward/side to side motion Problems with Beverley's shot: 1) Too much reliance on his wrist/arm to get the shot up I'm obviously no expert, but some proper mechanics would probably go a long way in helping our team get to at least respectable percentages.
Hard to say what proper is, when different body dimensions call for different mechanics. That being said, Dwight had issues with his core mechanics a recent as this summer. If that hasn't been fixed, then he'll never have proper balance and stability consistently on his shot. That's probably why they haven't been able to improve his shot. He did work with an expert over the summer. Bev looks fine for the most part, IMO, not everyone can max out at great shooting. He already improved his 3pt shot.
How much of that was earlier in the season? Hopefully just a slump. I'm all for a "shooting coach". It couldn't hurt.
I remember one game Calvin Murphy was talking about Josh Smith's free throw shooting. He said that several seasons ago, when Smith was still in Atlanta, Josh contacted him and asked him to help with his free throws. Murphy said that Josh Smith was shooting FT's around 75-80%, and he was really surprised when he saw that Smith was shooting them so badly now. I'm not sure if that is true or not. But if he can do that, he needs to be on our staff now!
shooting caoch wont do anything worthwhile when your team barely runs plays. 34% from three isnt good and wont work in the playoffs. the gameplan isnt much different from last season. they better change things up soon or they wont get past the 2nd round. the first round will be tough playing like this itself
Agreed. The winning formula is ball movement to find the high percentage shooters. Not players in a slump hoisting up threes like there is no tomorrow. That is how the Spurs find Danny Green so often.
The Spurs have Chip Engelland and he's helped players like Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard develop their shots tremendously. Maybe if we had a shooting coach, someone like T.Jones could develop into a better shooter.
Something really needs to happen 'cause this is what I can't help thinking of when I watch Ariza's 3pt shot this season: Spoiler <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jhBcELzXP1I?start=06" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
We don't need a shooting coach, we need a guy who watch the minutes and tell Mchale: time to rest this player, we have deep bench
