I love how quick his release is, if anybody wants to block him they'll need to be in his face already, despite his height.
I thought this was very interesting. It just seems like common sense that you should shoot for the center of the rim which would be 9" deep. But if you actually should be targeting 2 inches past the middle 11" deep. 9" deep can still go in but has little margin for error and will probably be front rim if the arc or left right is off slightly. I feel like my shooting percentage has already gotten better just from knowing that.
Thanks. They sell this yellow small ball that you tie inside the hoop for aiming shooting purposes. I guess now I know where to center it.
You're thinking of free throws, and thanks for reminding me of this enlightening image about Practice vs In games, from the 2012-13 Lakers season. 82% in practice, 49% in games.
When Reed was drafted, I looked into that NOAH system, just to find out what it was about. They were saying the ideal shot would be something like 45, 11, and 0. My first thought was "duh". Even in the past, players have talked about aiming for the back of the rim on shots, and that's probably to account for the trajectory and allow the rim to hopefully adjust for any error by popping the ball back. So, I was like whatever... but then I saw the real value in the system was the speaker system and tracking cameras they employ to give instant feedback. You know instantly what your numbers are as you're shooting. There are visuals here of what they say are millions of recorded shots : https://www.noahbasketball.com/methodology These were the two videos I watched at the time :
Suns had the NOAH (for a while now; few years at least). Booker had that State of the art tracking. We posted that the Suns had this in the big practice facility thread couple years back and why Rockets...with our shooting, sorely needed it. Glad the Rockets finally got it. Need to have the same advantage as other teams.
Left-right adjustment where 0 is centered (as opposed to shooting it slightly right or left) +1 would be off to the right by 1" and -1 would be off to the left by 1". I think they say to keep it within a 6 inch zone (+/- 3").
You'll have to ask a shooting coach. lol. If you're consistently a -4, you'll have to somehow pull your shot to the right, whether it's by adjusting your body, where you release, your entire shooting stroke, etc. The adjusting is what everybody is already doing - it's the instant feedback from the system that's the best thing about this. There's a video out there somewhere of Nick Nurse talking about how they made adjustments to one of their shooters who was in a slump after finding out his normally-good arc was flat as hell. He said they look at the data after every game, I think.
I think I've seen the tool you are talking about, seems a little tricky because you would need to move it every time you change position on the court. Probably be easier to leave it in the center and try to shoot a little over/past it. Otherwise, you would want to be facing the cord then move it 2 in back from the center. If you aren't facing the cord when you shoot the position will be off.
