Shooting is a perishable skill. Shooters need quality, volume repetitions with an emphasis on game shots, game speed, and competition.
Even then, shooting grows with game play, with decision-making and defense adding degrees of difficulty. Work out with a partner for competition, camaraderie, and efficiency.
1. Warmup – Excellent shooters develop a routine.
Huge believer in Jay Wright’s “Get 50” (50 shots)
2. Make it competitive by percentage, timed makes, or both.
Coachingtoolbox shares “50 Makes” (> 50 shots)
3. Vary the type of shot and range.
“CFR Shooting”
Curl, Fade, Re-Adjust – Shooting reps on the move pic.twitter.com/cMUK8RDj0n
— Matt Hackenberg (@CoachHackGO) April 11, 2026
4. Develop consistency under time and volume constraints. Seek your PR (personal record)
Celtics Toughness drill via Coaching Toolbox (> 20 shots, multi-rounds)
5. Up the pressure under fatigue
High Pressure Dozen – movement, multiple shots, time pressure (with multiple rounds, ~ 40 shots)
Only ELITE SNIPERS Can Complete This Shooting Drill🤷♂️🔫
Drill Rules📝
• You Have To Make 12 TOTAL Shots
– 3 Mid-Range Curls
– 3 Top 🔑 3’s
– 3 One-Dribble Middy’s
– 3 Escape 3’s• Complete in UNDER 50 SECONDS⏰⏳
– REALISITICALLY, you can only miss 1x• For every second… pic.twitter.com/aUcaYRoGNa
— Jordan Walton (@_jordanwalton11) April 3, 2026
Completing all five activities demands over 200 shots.
Do hard things.
1. Hard things test your limits.
2. Hard things build resilience.
3.Hard things teach you discipline.The path of least resistance leads nowhere.
The road that challenges you is the one that changes you.🔥
— Greg Berge (@GregBerge) April 6, 2026