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Summary: The finger roll basketball shot not only looks cool, but it's effective as well. Learn how to shoot a finger roll shot in this free sports instructional video from an experienced b-ball player and coach.
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Travis Waack Travis Waack has been playing basketball since he was 8 years old. He has played at the Junior college level and currently coaches his son's team. He still a... read more
Okay let us talk about the finger roll shot. This shot is not use too much now days by people you see on TV and watch because they are too busy dunking the ball. They are shooting it fifty feet away from the hoop but it looks really pretty. Even when you watch somebody who uses it effectively it is even a nice shoot to watch. It is used more in your right in around a layup coming towards the basket as a layup. Maybe in the front of the rim usually in the front of the rim but it is basically you are coming up and you bring the ball. When you get it up here you are flicking your wrist and letting it roll of your fingertips and spinning the ball so it is the flip of your wrist. What looks nice about it is some guys when they do it they can just come up and they can flip it. Flip that ball up there and it looks effortless but it is really a difficult shoot to master because just like in your long shot you got that forward velocity and that momentum. So you have to composite for that as well. So again we are coming up, we got our wrist with the ball on our fingertips going towards the basket and we are just flipping it up. So to give an idea what it looks like here is the finger roll. Another. So we just want to roll that ball right over the front of the rim so finger roll. Let me do it again. I want it to look cool.