This Is Why Your Shooting Gets Worse During The Season. And This Is The Solution...

There's a reason why your field goal percentage takes a serious nosedive during the season.

And here it is...

Once team practices start, coaches tend to focus on their offensive and defensive schemes. Which means oftentimes, things like shooting drills get pushed to the wayside.

And even if you get some shooting reps during practice, you want to follow the advice below to maximize your shooting ability.

Now before you run off thinking you'll never find time to resume doing skill building shooting drills during the season...

...allow me to let you in on a little secret.

The best basketball players, in particular the ones who are considered the best in the league, the ones who enjoy state final appearances, or the ones who go on to play at the college levels...

...have a system that enables them to shoot a high field goal percentage throughout the season.

Since I've witnessed this system time and time again, I'm sure that it isn't a coincidence.

Quite simply, they get extra shooting reps.

They spend at least 15-30 minutes on shooting each day outside of practice.

This can be done right before practice, right after practice, or even a completely different time of the day.

The bottom line is... they get EXTRA shooting practice.

You'd be wise to take a page out of their playbook if you want to keep your field goal percentage high throughout the season and your scoring average on the rise.

However, it's not simply just shooting around. There are specific drills high-level players use, so their shooting practice actually translates to better shooting in games.

Additionally, your effort and focus needs to be at a high level. Once you get past warming up, you are going at game speed!

Let's take a closer look...

3 Critical Components of An In-Season Shooting Approach

1. Spend 3 to 5 minutes doing catch and shoot drills.

This is a great way to maintain confidence and rhythm throughout the season.

I don't care what anybody says... seeing the ball go through the basket at a high percentage should be at least a small part of every shooting routine. It's huge for a player's mentality.

2. Spend 5 to 10 minutes on common game cuts.

For example, you might have an offensive action where you typically cut from the corner to the wing, from the block to the wing, from half court to the wing, or come off a ball screen, etc.

Emulate the actions where you typically get your game shots from and then rep these actions out. That way you're improving your confidence and comfort level when you get into those situations during a game.

It's also great to emulate the game and mix up the shots on each repetition. (Variable or random practice)

Our 100-Shot Workout below has some examples of this.

3. And then get some shots up against a defender trying to stop you... or at the very least, the defender is putting a hand up in your face.