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Summary: Following your basketball shot can help you get your own rebound. Learn how to follow your 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
Alright, let's talk about following our shot. For those of you who have seen some of the previous clips, you'll notice that today my practice shots have been coming off the front a little bit. It's very important to follow your shot. Unless you're in an organized game, and you're the person on top of the key, you're going to have to stay back for the defense, in case you do miss your shot. Anywhere else on the floor, that's why we keep our head up so we can see where our teammates are, we've got rebounders down there, we take a nice shot and we've got somebody else at the top of the key. Then, let's follow our shot. The benefits of following your shot, obviously, are getting your own rebound. When you let go of that shot, once you've been practicing, you know where the shot's going to go. You know if you've missed it short, missed it to the right, and missed it to the left. If it's a long shot, you can kind of tell where it's going to come off of and be a long rebound. So, one thing to add more points to your particular stats and to also help your team is to always hussle after your shot. Whether you think it's going in or not because sometimes we're all wrong, right? So, let's see if we can miss a couple here. You get your rebound and put it back.