February 25, 2015

Basketball Shooting: Watch the Learning Take Place!

February 25, 2015/ Tom Nordland

In a conversation with Coach Joe Waters from upstate New York, who wrote a great Review of the Swish Method you'll see at the top of my home page, he mentioned how struck he was with how his two boys, ages 9 and 11, learned the method so quickly, how they were able to coach themselves. Check out what he said.

February 18, 2015

Can You Work On Your Basketball Shot During the Season?

February 18, 2015/ Tom Nordland

I come up against this all the time, coaches saying they don't want their players "messing" with their shots once the season starts. So what's the truth?

January 28, 2015

Whose "Fundamentals" Are They Anyway? (A New Look at the Fundamentals of Basketball Shooting)

January 28, 2015/ Tom Nordland

What are the so-called "Fundamentals" of shooting? This reflection was triggered in late 2005 by viewing some of my collection of shooting videos, DVD's and CD's, including some new ones I recently got. (I thought to update it as of a year later, with some new insights.)

Though there is some consistency of thought, I find a lot of differences, too. And some of the things that many of these people agree on are totally contrary to what I've discovered in my own exploration of shooting.