Going for the 3 point shot too early and too often can wreck a shooting style. Another old line is that kids from inner cities don t shoot particularly well because they grow up on playgrounds, places where there are bent rims without nets, places not conducive to breeding shooters. To learn a reliable shot takes repetition and hours of practice. These days there are too many kids and too few courts. This is certainly one of the major reasons.
Defense is a statement, and it s tougher than ever to get an open jump shot.
There s no rush. No one is in their face. It s not a difficult shot, as evidenced by a few non-playing people, some in their 60 s and 70 s, setting records making thousands in a row. In this article, first of a series, I d like to suggest two more reasons for the problem and offer some ideas that might help. It s thought it takes a long time to learn First, I believe it is thought it takes hundreds and hundreds of hours to learn how to shoot well.