Here’s your MF-approved guide to nailing a game-winner from downtown, as explained by Drew Hanlen, Reebok Breakout Challenge Skills coach. “[To succeed] you have to know you’re going to make it. [You] have to have confidence that you will make the shot,” he says.
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1. Catch the ball in a universal stance; hips dropped, hands up, ready for the ball. |
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2. Catch it high and keep it high. Don’t dip the ball below your waist. |
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3. Get squared and stay that way. You want your feet and shoulders squared to the rim when you land. |
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4. Finish your release with elbow in line with your eyebrow. |
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5. Flick your wrist strongly at the rim. The ball will go where your wrist tells it to go. |
