Multiple Method Shooting System
"You did a great job with the video...a GREAT job! There are not 100 coaches in America that could articulate what is on the video. The video is a slam dunk! It is, in my opinion, the finest shooting instruction I have viewed."
- Dr. Jim Poteet, Author - "The Paradox
of the Free Throw," Former University &
International Basketball Coach
Awareness that there is more than one way to shoot increases enjoyment of the game... and leads to improved shooting. Rather than one narrow ‘window’ of opportunity when you shoot, utilizing multiple methods expands your available options, which improves your shooting performance.
Those who believe that we are not capable of mastering more than one method are selling themselves short. We have roughly 10 BILLION neurons in our brain…we are capable. Players who learn the multiple method shooting system are utilizing more of their brains than one method players. And make no mistake, shooting starts and ends in the brain. Our muscles simply do what our brain tells them to do. Our muscles are puppets; the brain is the puppet master.
Learning more than one method of shooting engages more neurons in the brain. These additional neurons provide a larger database to draw from. Recent studies have shown that this increase in available brain matter leads to improved performance.
Players who have implemented the Multiple Method Shooting System report that during games they do not think of what release they are using…they just shoot. Game situations do not allow them time to think... they must react quickly or the opportunity is gone. This requires thinking at a subconscious level. Previously engaged neurons during the practice setting are primed and ready to perform.
Practice IS important. The more you practice, the more precisely movements are executed because we learn which muscles are necessary to accomplish the action. Also, with practice comes an increase in myelin, which is the substance which wraps the nerve fiber, so the signal becomes faster (similar to insulation around a copper wire.)
When we first execute a new action, additional unnecessary muscles are used. As we practice, we learn to streamline muscles to only use the ones pertinent to completing the action proficiently.
Experimenting with different shooting methods was an important component in my training to break the Guinness world record for most free throws in one minute. Practicing different methods was the key to accelerating my improvement and elevating my shooting performance to a much higher level.
