Shot
Recommended Skill Analysis Tasks
Written Analysis: Analyze the following
- Stage: Identify the stage of the skill that is exhibited (e.g. beginner, intermediate, expert).
- Stage Characteristics: Describe 2-3 features of the movement on the video that is characteristic of the stage identified.
- What to Change: Identify and describe the most important aspect of the skill that will need to be changed for the subject to improve.
- Cue: Write the single most important verbal instructional cue to help the performer improve.
Video Annotations
- Download the original video
- Set up a YouTube account and upload
- Go to the My Videos section and choose Annotations
- Copy the link provided for the video.
- Return to the comment form and share your work by pasting the link in the comment field.

Comments
Shot
Stage: Beginner
Stage Characteristic: Player shoots the ball wih both hands and falls forward toward basket instead of up with body and out with arms and wrists.
What to Change: Player needs to hold the ball properly and shoot with one hand. Also, keep balance and don't push the ball at the basket.
Basketball Daniel Smith 3713
Basketball
Daniel Smith
3713 Basketball shot
Stage: Beginner
Stage characteristics: The player turns body slightly however uses both hands to push the ball forward favoring the right side, does continue to make good eye contact.
What to change: Push with the side player is favoring, guide with opposing side, keep elbow over the top of the push side knee bend wrist and allow the ball to roll off of the fingers.
Cue: Push, guide, and roll off the fingers.
Shot
Stage: Beginner
Stage Characteristics: Shooting with two hands, throw the ball with his arms.
What to change: Work on shooting the ball with one hand, shoot the ball up.
Cue: One hand shots
PES 294, Skill Analysis
Stage: Beginner
Stage Characteristics: Player does not get arms up into proper L position. Player does not use nonshooting arm for balance, instead uses it for more force in the shot. Player shoots from chest. He does bend his knees and use his legs to add strength to his shot. He does not have the ball balanced on one hand so does not get a backspin and does not flip his wrist. Because of this there is also no follow through.
What to Change: Player need to get his arms up and his shooting arm into an L position. He needs to balance the ball on his right hand and use the left to keep the ball there. He needs to flip his right wrist and follow through.
Cue: "Arms Up" and "L position" and "Flip Wrist"
Shooting
Stage: Beginner
Stage Characteristics: The kid was throwing the ball instead of shooting it.
What to change:
- Place right hand under the ball and left hand supporting the ball slightly
- Use a forward-backward stride with bent knees
- Hold the ball in front of the body
- Ball should rest on fingertips
- Bring ball above the head
- Cock wrist and point the elbow toward the basket
- Shoot the ball while focusing on the basket and no the basketball
- Follow-through snapping wrist downward giving a backsping to the ball
Cue: One hand shot keeping the ball on fingertips and using only left hand (non dominant hand in this case) to slightly support the ball
Shot
Stage: beginner
Stage chraracteristics: The student shoots the ball with both hands. The student does not set himself up for the shot and the elbow is not under the ball. However he does keep his eye on the rim of the basket.
What to Change: I would teach him
BEEF
Balance
Eyes
Elbow
Follow through
He needs to make sure that he has balance and his elbow is under the ball.His eyes were already on the rim which was good and he has follow through. However he needs to follow through with the shooting hand only and drop the stabalizing hand.
Cue: BEEF
Shooting
stage: Beginner
stage characteristic: Shoots the ball with two hands. Does not follow through
What to change: He needs to put the ball in one hand, elbow in, and follow through, use the off hand only for balance
Cue: gooseneck
analysis "Shooting"
Stage: beginner
Stage Characteristics: the player shoots ball with both hands, does not set up or follow through the shot very well.
What to Change:
1. the player needs to keep the shooting hand underneath the ball and follow through with the wrist while the left hand just helps guide the shot
2. the player needs to keep his left foot forward when he follows through with the shot
3. the player needs to shoot in more of an upward motion rather than in a forward motion.
Cue:
1.keep elbow in
2.follow through