"The Shooting Coach" has a vertical line centered down the middle of the ball.  This line is comprised of two elements:

1)  The WHITE VERTICAL LINE:   The white vertical line will help the shooter determine and develop the release element of their shot.  With a correct shooting release the WHITE VERTICAL LINE will remain VERTICAL.  Players who use off hand, off thumb, or turn their shooting hand will immediately see the basketball release pattern change (i.e., vertical line will wobble or ball will rotate sideways).  This change will not result in the desired release of  a VERTICAL LINE as the ball rotates to the basket.

2)  RED AND YELLOW ROTATION RECTANGLES:  The center vertical line is also comprised of yellow and red rectangular segments.  These segments help players determine the proper rotation on a basketball when shot.  If a player has proper rotation on a basketball the yellow and red rectangular segments will blend and turn orange indicating to the shooter proper rotation on the basketball.  Players who do not get enough rotation on the basketball will cause a knuckle ball effect (i.e., shooter will not see colors blend to orange and will still see distinct yellow and red rectangular segments).

The last defining element of the "Shooting Coach" is the white, pink, yellow, and orange quad panel segments.  These panels allow a player to measure how many times the ball rotates in a set arc pattern.  All players set their hands in the proper hand position setting on the white segment known as the starting position.  When the shooter shoots "The Shooting Coach" from the free throw line the ball rotates on its way to the basket.  A good shooter typical gets two (the ball rotates twice with TSC going into the basket on the second rotation with the white quad panel facing the shooter) to two and a quarter (the ball rotates two and quarter times with TSC going into the basket on the quarter rotation with the pink quad panel facing the shooter) rotations on the basketball when the player shoots from the free throw line.

Shooters will work on developing their shot (release, rotation, and arc) from the free throw line.  This set position eliminates all other shooting variables (i.e., body movement, dribbling, etc...) and allows the shooter to focus on developing strong release and rotation shooting skills.  "The Shooting Coach" will help all players, young and old, develop stronger shooting fundamentals on their way to becoming true pure shooters.  Once a player develops sound shooting fundamentals using "The Shooting Coach" from the free throw line they can then begin to utilize the online developmental drills page to advance their shooting potential.

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