Would this device really improve basketball skills ??

I'm sure it wouldnt hurt. Dont think its gonna revolutionize training but it can be widely adopted if its cheap and easy to stock. And all you'd need is 1 big name player to endorse it.

I can see it working for the dribbling. Have to actually be out there doing it. Not so much for shooting because at some point need to be on court sensing the depth perception along with the muscle memory. (What if you get even worse form from not using a ball?)

With any training tool, its that it keeps people maintaining a routine and focusing on mechanics when they otherwise wouldnt, even if its a "placebo" of sorts

 

The only person i would see using this is someone who is fairly poor with coordination and or a non consistent form. You wont be seeing any good or big names thinking about this.

 

Yeah I'm pretty skeptical. That scene in Tin Cup after Kevin Costner starts shanking his drives, and he buys all that crap to help with his shot. Yeah that seems like this.

Plus it seems like it'd be a bit restrictive.

 

I could see Jontro inventing something like that to improve teenagers' fapping skilz

 

I would assume if you really wanted to maximize your gains, you'd want to recreate game-like conditions as much as possible. Just like practicing with a heavier basketball would destroy my muscle memory, I'm assuming something like this would as well...

Partially why I hate playing basketball after a chest or tricep workout. The basketball goes careening into the backboard every single time.

 

It's a go out side son while I drink my beer trainer. I would rather teach and do drills with my son while at the same time spending time with him.

 

I made the NBA after using this product.

 

That **** don't work. There's so many things that causes you to miss your shot. Elbow out, wrist flick, arch, and the most importantly the legs. This maybe covered the least, finger flicking.

 

With a young enough kid it could work. They tend to internalize processes pretty quickly and then obsessively practice them. Otherwise this reminds me of watching Dragon when I was in Fourth Form and they show a scene where Lee has the electric pulse machine that he says "is like doing 100 push-ups." One of the football guys I was with saw that and became fixated, couldn't stop talking about it for the next few days and finally asked our Athletic Trainer about it. I don't think anything she said encouraged him at all, basically not enough of a real effect to justify the cost and equipment.

 

you don't actually shoot with the device? the **** is that. guaranteed 3? he means guaranteed air ball. you need to know how much strength it takes to shoot a 3, nba/college/hs. all you need is thousands of hours of practice shooting 3s and just play pick up or competitive basketball.

 

Pretty sure Ray Allen got good at shooting by actually shooting

 

Yes itd help young kids and teens more who are in growing phases.

The shooting part is like practicing baseball swings with no ball. Or like a plastic bat and ball throwing the ball up to yourself, not even eyeing the ball in its right flight. The dribbling is at least more like real bat hitting off the tee or pitching machine.

People in mid/late 20s and older would probably be "too old for jedi training"

 

Maybe for the dribbling, but not for the 3pt shot, like other said, you need to actually practice the strength of the shot, and when to release the ball, etc.