Nice one coach .... Please shout out the advice whenever you can i'll always check . I need this so keep coming .
thanks alot and take care

These are some of the best shooters in the NBA today -

Ray Allen
Simply put, I encourage every young basketball player to watch footage of Allen’s textbook stroke, which is an absolute thing of beauty. I’ve been watching pro basketball for nearly four decades now and I can honestly say that I have only seen a couple of players in my lifetime with a stroke as smooth as his.

Michael Redd
I don’t know how else to say it, but Redd is a left-handed version of Allen. His stroke is also a thing of beauty and every young lefty should watch his stroke over and over again.

Ben Gordon
No, he doesn’t do much else it seems, but when the Bulls need a big basket, their “little” man is the biggest player on the court – and one of the league’s most fearless closers in the fourth quarter. Gordon is another guy I encourage young players to emulate.

Dirk Nowitzki
You know, the more I think about it, Nowitzki is a modern day Larry Bird (although he doesn’t have half as much ferocity). Nowitzki is a freak of nature at seven-feet with a jump shot that is as good as any smaller shooter on the planet.

Steve Nash
Nash probably doesn’t get enough credit for being the wonderful shooter that he is because of his incredible passing skills, but he is unequivocally one of the best shooters in the league. If you don’t believe me, just watch what happens every time the guy guarding him backs off of him in an attempt to stop him from driving to the basket. That’s right – it’s generally a swish from outside.

Go to the left side of this page... "Player Tips & Development."

Then go to the SHOOTING part.... there are several parts that you can look at.... as for shooting percentages -

Look at this info...


Top Shooters according to NBA stats – based on a minimum of 3.5 three-point field goal attempts per game and a free throw percentage above 80.

Brent Barry, San Antonio Spurs – Barry’s NBA stats are staggering this season. He’s shooting 51% from 3-point range and 90% from the line.
Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns – These NBA stats don’t lie. Not only is Nash the two-time defending NBA MVP, he’s shooting nearly 50% from the arc and 90% from the stripe.
Raja Bell, Phoenix Suns – With two players on the same sporting NBA stats like these, how is it that the Suns aren’t unbeaten. Bell shot 102 times from behind the arc in the first 14 games and made a whopping 47. He also netted 87% of his free throws.
Luther Head, Houston Rockets – Head has some shocking NBA stats for a second-year player. He’s hitting 49% of his 3-point attempts and shooting 82% from the free throw line.
Rashard Lewis, Seattle SuperSonics – Not only does Lewis make 88% of his freebies, he hit 47 of 113 from long distance early in the season.

In spite of these terrific NBA stats, we might not choose the above five shooters, if we needed someone to hit a game-winning 3-pointer.

Here’s our top 3 big-time shooters, when the NBA stats are tossed aside.

– Arenas has the smoothest stroke this side of Ernie Els. His 3-point attempts look as fluid and easy as 10-footers. Besides, if you saw the 45-foot bomb Arenas made at the buzzer in a playoff game against Cleveland, you too would be a believer.
– It’s no secret that Kobe doesn’t get a lot of love around here. We’re just not big Kobe Bryant fans. Throw out the subjectivity, though, and there’s no doubt about Bryant’s shooting ability. Anyone who can score 81 in one game can light it up on any given night. If the game’s on the line, you better pick up Kobe when he’s on the bench during the timeout.
Kyle Korver, Philadelphia 76ers – Korver is a robot. A 41% 3-point shooter for his career, Korver is hitting 55% this season. If Kyle Korver gets any kind of look at the basket, just mark it up – he’s that good.

NOW, these are some of the best - how did the get that way? Practice - PERFECT PRACTICE and more practice. Set some goals for yourself and then go out and work at it.

wow that is some great stuff . you are good .

When and saw the doctor today and he gave me the all clear to start jogging and also some light shooting . tHE advice you have been giving me is unbelievable i love it . When im ready to resume practice again im going work hard on coming off screens and hit shots and ball handling so i can be an effective 2 guard in college . Look foward to hearing from you .

Thanks, I'm just good or lucky as I search for things.... there are a lot of good coaches in this group and I am in one other where there are some good ones too. There are some great sites on the net... and this one is great also... so thanks to Jeff & Joe!

Glad to hear that you are on the mend... be smart now, don't overdo it at first.... I think you got hurt from doing too much when you had the shin splints..... good luck and talk to you soon.

hey coach sar , what separates a div 1 shooting guard from a div 2

There are a lot of things that go into the equation, but sometimes it's as simple as this kid is 6'5 and the other kid is 6'0

Amen to this Joe - unless the 6.0 guy is like a water bug and cant be guarded.

But if everything else is equal, the biggest kid gets the nod.

Coaches Clipboard just posted a very interesting article on how taller people have a natural advantage just by pure percentages. It also notes how the smaller guys have to GREAT athletes in order to make the cut, because there are so many 6 foot-nothing people in the world.

http://coachesclipboard.net/BasketballSmallPlayers.html

It all depends on what level you want to play at... I've had some very good guards that could really play.... and shoot!!! At our school IF I would have thought that way, no one would have played LOL I was very lucky when I had someone over 6' towards the end of my coaching career. I agree that the taller guys have an advantage, so IF you are short, you better work to be something special.

Someone asked me the other day who the best player that ever played for me... I broke it down by position and when it came to guards... I had so many and they all could do something different... too hard to make that call. IF they were 5'10" I was lucky.

Think about Ben, Joe, he's 4'10 now, I wouldn't rain on his parade for a minute... he has a dream about playing - high school varsity first and then at some level in college. Who knows how big he is going to get... we will do anything we can to help him realize this dream, the rest is up to him and nature. :-)