Is Your Hand Placement Making You Miss More Shots?

2) You split the middle of the basketball with the index finger and the middle finger. (Diagram to right)

Every individual’s body will have slight differences when it comes to bone structure, muscles, tendons, etc.

We’ve seen the best shooters in the world use both methods, so we think the individual should choose the one they are most comfortable with. As long as your index finger is near the middle of the ball, you should be okay.

A way that you can quickly reference proper hand placement without a coach is using the Baden Shooting Ball.

It’s easy to tell if your shooting hand & guide hand is in the proper position on every shot. While it doesn’t have to be exactly the same as the hand print on the ball, it will give you a great guideline on where to place your hands.

Also, it allows you to get more reps up in a short amount of time because you don’t have to spend time looking for the air-hole on every shot.