Dribble the ball once, bring it up to the shooting position..... that should put the ball in the proper position in your hand. You are going to want a little more of your hand touching the ball.... once you have the ball up...there should just be a little space in the palm of your hand....

is there anyway to work on my shooting in my garage when its raining outside too much and i have nowhere to go

Yes, practice your footwork. Good footwork will help you make more game shots. It allows you to get your feet consistently lined up the same way. We have diagrams in our post play book that explain proper footwork and that's what I'd recommend. It includes front pivot, inside (back) pivot, sweep, step through, and drop step. You can practice that footwork in your basement or living room.

Not to mention, good footwork will help you in all other aspects of basketball - getting open, defense, rebounding, driving past the defender, post moves, perimeter moves, etc.

You could play / practice in the rain as long as its not Hurricane force :-) Had some 8th graders that would practice shooting outside in the Winter - would shovel off their drives.

You could work on your form inside and your footwork like Jeff suggests.

okay i could play outside but when it rains, the floor gets very slippery and the ball always gets stuck in the net when i score which gets very annoying

okay so today i took well over 200 shots,( didn't have more time today, busy today)
all my shots were around 5-6 feet. MY shots started off feeling so uncomfortable but now it doesn't feel that bad, still a little uncomfortable though
Sometimes i would concentrate jumping at the same time as bringing the ball up, sometimes proper follow through, or sometimes something else
At the end i didn't figure out if i now bring the ball up the same time as jumping...mostly likely probably do that now (is there any way to tell if i do it right)
Tomorrow should i just focus on jumping and bringing the ball up at the same time so i could be 100% sure i shoot a jump shot properly?

Yes, make sure that your form and technique are correct.... check out some shooting on you tube.... the Swish video etc. You need to get some good habits going and break yourself of the bad ones.

hey,coach Sar,
i thought i'd try this and ask if its okay to do
sometimes instead of just shooting, i get in a triple threat position, while looking down at my feet,
then i'd jump up and bring the ball up while looking at my feet and not release the ball...
after i get in a rhythm, then look at the hoop but still not release the ball for a certain number of reps
So then i'll be way easier to get used to it

Ekam,

I don't see where that would hurt anything.... I might suggest that you don't look at your feet, look at your target. You don't want to create another bad habit that you will need to break.

That could be part of your warm up..... form shooting,l then practice the form for going into your jumper, then shooting a jump shot.

wsup coach sar

the other day while i was working on my jumpshot, i wondered why am i not getting any power...the shot should be easier by now..
(shoot with my rand hand so ball is near my right eye right above my forehead alittle)
i then realized i i was holding the ball way up higher and it was so much on my left side

I thought to much about jumping properly and forgot about where i hold the ball,
but why didn't my body automatically remember where i shoot the ball from since i always shoot from there