Shooting Stars: Form Begets Function

Here's the 'young' Ray Allen, who played "Jesus Shuttlesworth" in He's Got Game.You'll notice a number of features of a great shooter in Allen:

• Perfect balance
• Reproducible shooting technique...every shot looks the same
• Compact shot
• Outside shooting power comes from the legs
• Note how the elbow stays in. Elbow flying out means less power, shots fall short.
• Great follow-through
• Wonderful backspin 
• Perfect 'arc', neither too high nor too flat

Melrose has had a lot of terrific basketball players, but as a program we can shoot much better. Good form (technique) produces better function (results). Form begets function.