Athletic Development Program
Sample Skill of the Week
Each class, we work on one skill. We spend a short time learning a skill and then a longer time applying the skill in games.
Instruction is adjusted using our SCORE system to each child's level, allowing them to have fun and make incremental progress toward proper form each class.
Basketball Shot
Step
What to look for
1
Weight evenly balanced, knees bent, athletic position
Toes point toward hoop
Shooting hand behind ball
Supporting hand on the side of the ball
2
Ball up
Look through "window" to the basket
Shooting hand elbow in, pointing to basket
Shooting hand wrist back/cocked
Supporting hand on the side of ball
Knees bent
3
Extend legs and shooting arm together
Snap wrist (try to spin ball backwards)
Finish on toes
Shooting hand should be pointing to the hoop with wrist bent (like a "goose's neck")
