Its pretty simple to find things... just type whatever you are looking for in your search engine.. google or whatever and it should bring up several links to what you want.

As for your off hand... it should be pretty much FLAT ... and just along side the ball... making sure it doesn't fall off the shooting hand....

This is how I approached teaching shooting in our camps.
We taught BEEF
Balance
Elbow under the ball
Eye on the target
Follow through

I started every kid doing this... 3 feet from the basket...OFF hand behind your back.... good balance.... one dribble with your shooting hand... bring the ball up making sure your elbow is under the ball and the ball is sitting in your hand in the proper position.... bring the ball up... shooting it and putting your hand in the cookie jar (flipping your wrist) and holding the follow through... we did this from the left. the middle. and the right... working our way back out a few more feet.

Then we added the non shooting hand.. but NOT on the ball... this forces you to be fundamentally sound with your form... after doing this for a few minutes we added the NON shooting hand making sure that it wasn;t being used while releasing the ball.

Does this help?

Ken

yes

Check this for hand placement Ben...

There is a video on You tube for hand placement:
Click here: YouTube - Basketball Shooting Surfaces - How to Shoot Video Blog (Watch in HD)

Let me know how this looks to you.

AND if you could put the swish video link on here I will take a look at it... or is it something you bought?

Ken

I got the dvd from the library. It is Tom Nordlands dvd. It teaches that the shooting hand should be in line with the shooting eye and that the the shooting elbow does not have to be under the ball. It also teaches high arc 45-60 degrees and that the wrist should be floppy and the shot is a push not a flip. I took somethings from this video and combined it with other things I learned over the years. I took the open stance, 45 degree arc and floppy wrist and combined it with elbow under the the ball.

Ive seen that video before Shotscience.

You can find some clips of the swish dvd on youtube just search swishcoach.

Did the video help? I know that the elbow is not exactly under the ball but I think you get the idea about having your elbow in the correct position... and if you try the one handed approach I gave you it will show you how important it is.

I like your approach of using things that work for you.. as long as you stay funamentally sound.

I've seen a few coaches teach shooting and I don't like their approach..... so I do what works for me and while I was coaching... my program.

Make adjustments as you need to and it will improve your game.

Ken

I have always shot 1 handed but next time i go shoot around ill try your sequence of shooting starting with the off hand away from the ball. Im actually going to shoot around with my friend tomorrow.

Also Tom Nordlands site is swish22.com if you wanted to check it out.

With the wrist should it be flat on the follow through or bending down?

Let me know if that helps you - hopefully it will help you with the back spin too.

I think my hand was more flat on the follow through rather than flipping it... BUT I taught the flip because it gave more back spin.

So my advice is to do what works for you... what feels comfortable AND more importantly... what gives you the most positive results. Sometimes we have to change to get better.

Ok thanks

What was a good arc for you and what was your target of the basket?