The science of shooting hoops involves many different factors: depth perception, velocity, angle of release, and trajectory of the ball in flight. Another thing that can drastically affect your jump shot is if you shoot with only one hand or two hands (shooting hand and stabilizing hand, only releasing the ball with the shooting hand, but using the other hand to stabilize the basketball). This could change your accuracy, speed of the shot, ball security, and release. With all these factors on the line, shooting one handed or two handed can be the difference from winning all your basketball games or losing all of them. In the next few paragraphs, I will talk about some of the factors that can affect a shot.
First, depth perception can affect a shot, but it depends on the individual that is shooting the ball. There was an experiment done to assess how depth perception can affect a shot. They had five people each shoot a basketball ten times with both eyes open. After that, they had them shoot with an eye patch over their right eyes. They discovered that everybody had different results. The experiment found that two of the shooters were better with the eye patches, two were better without the eye patches, and one had no change in results. They did observe a difficulty in catching the ball more than shooting the ball with the eye patches.
Second, the velocity of the ball can affect the shot as well. The velocity of something is the speed of the object in a given direction. The velocity of the ball has a major impact on the distance the ball travels and how accurate it is. If there isn’t enough velocity, the shot might miss the rim or bounce off of the front of the rim. If there is too much velocity, the shot might bounce off of the ...
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First, you must have the correct form. To shoot, you must remember that you use one hand not two. The second hand is there to guide the ball to make sure you shoot it straight. So, you will put your dominate hand under the bottom of the basketball and your other hand, the guide hand, on the side of the ball. From there, you must rest the ball on the tips of your fingers so the basketball is not touching the palm of your hand. Lastly,
Research suggests a person’s height does not affect their ability to make a successful jump shot. The ability to make a successful jump shot be determined by the arc in which enters the rim of the basket. When a basketball enters the rim on a 45° angle with a backspin it increases the percentage of a successful jump shot. The height of a basketball player is key when the player is taller, they are able to make more successful defensive blocks and able to get more rebounds of the basketball.
Crossed Up: Does Crossed Hand/Eye Dominance Affect Basketball Shooting Percentage?. (n.d.). In Science Buddies. Retrieved March 25, 2014, fromhttp://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Sports_p021.shtml#procedure
the fact you can fit three basketballs through the rim at the same time if
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