Kyle Kuzma Shooting Form Breakdown (How to correctly shoot a basketball)

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Lonzo Ball has been shooting a lot better recently, having apparently overcome his initial three point shooting struggles. Through the ups and downs of Lonzo's season, one other rookie laker has been performing at an elite level. That Laker is Kyle Kuzma, the unheralded three-year college player out of Utah who is still 22 years old. Kuzma has near perfect mechanics, often compared to those of Klay Thompson, and in this video, I detail what exactly is allowing "Kuz "to perform at such a high level on the court in Los Angeles...
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[@rorymacneil7070]

Thanks for another great video. Lots think about here. Big men as shooters, more details about release timing, how the meaning of 'set point' has evolved, and that interesting breakdown of joint alignment with the interesting comparison with Steph Curry, bringing in the thumb flick and explaining how it helps his shot. I'm consistently impressed how you continue to find new angles and new examples to bring up new perspectives on how NBA players shoot and why, and showing the rest of us how we can learn from then. Your videos also help make it clear how shooting techniques are constantly evolving. Keep it up please!

[@jacksonjeffreys3895]

ANOTHER BANGER VIDEO 🔥

[@thomasonekay]

And i love your take on steph curry it's a huge help especially seeing as i use a thumb flick and unaligned joints

[@thomasonekay]

The Klay comparison is pretty much spot on

[@thomasonekay]

@@gregkareem9824 hell no

[@bigbuddahmane]

@@gregkareem9824 fuck u

[@jsmoov3._]

@@thomasonekay hell no

[@cmpobi3724]

Notifications squad 🔥🔥🔥

[@josiahhenry367]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAVE ASKED EVERYONE FOR THIS!!! P.S Lakers and Kobe for life!

[@yurikeyn5407]

It is so true that the thumbflick is use to change the angle of the shot ,not adding some force on the shot but only correcting the angle and it works for me , i likee this video very much

[@Dragon4290]

Thanks so much

[@aw7108]

Hey scot you probably knew this but the reason why you feel more power after using a hop instead of a one two step is because you land and start the jump on the balls of your feet. When you use the one two, players tend to shoot out of a flat footed stance which does drain some power from their shot. If you shoot from the balls of your feet though, your joints act like a springboard that adds power to your shot. Just sharing some information that might be useful. Love the content learned a lot from it please keep up the good work!🔥🔥🔥

[@unmec8656]

Great vid as Always could u breakdown Donovan Mitchell's form please

[@Kay-he7vf]

Make a video on how to get your perfect jumpshot

[@josiahhenry367]

Can you do a longer breakdown for kyle korver or heck just a breakdown? Also if you do it can you slow mo his shot like you do with everyone you break down?

[@josiahhenry367]

Can you break down klay thompsons shot a little bit more i loved the fist vid but would love won like this!

[@KiraDaBeastNY]

This is an old video, so no one will probably see this, but on the subject of Kyle Kuzma's "hop" technique off the catch on his jump shot, I myself hop, and for me the reason for this is two fold. To catch rhythm as by the time my feet hit the floor I'm in a dipping motion which adds some power to my shot, and the other because this motion a lot of the time causes the defense to panic and try to step up making it easier to blow by as the defenders coming forward making it harder for them to recover. I don't have very great handles so ankle breakers are incredibly rare for me (sadly, I'm a big fan of em too), but I've caused a lot of people to fall trying to recover just off of this motion.

[@jasperbesinga]

Can you do a Demar Derozan Shooting Breakdown. Dude been improving his 3 point range

[@larigoladefrancaise485]

Can you do a Donnovan Mitchell shooting breakdown?

[@Tomsjeekabsons]

finally someone who knows what Curry does... well other coaches sometimes think I am crazy to teach thumb flick, but there are some players who need that.. good video :) p.s. I think Harden, Klay, maybe Kuzma too, use some of the thumb flick motion too, but just little bit, not so much as Curry and others, but for the same reason, for rotation, but because they have this kind of "in line with shoulder" they need less rotation and less thumb flick :) but they have some movement in there thumbs :)

[@woketv781]

Harden doesn't have a thumb flick

[@BallinDay96]

Do a breakdown of Louis King he plays for Hudson Catholic HS. His jumper is perfect.

[@2beast1234]

Can you go more into that thumb flick on Curry

[@alejandrosanchez1513]

Can you do jimmer fredette shooting form breakdown please?

[@wavyykev8928]

Can you break down collin sextons form?

[@DerBanger7]

Can you do Luke Kennard?

[@rockets1234]

Do victor oladipo

[@KL-uf4we]

Kemba Walker shooting form breakdown pls

[@amiri6059]

Scot pls do Kemba Or Nick Young.

[@prod_sunny]

Can u break down dame

[@zzzz-io1ef]

Breakdown solluminatis shot

[@endilegend5600]

I have a question, when you said that steph curry rotates the ball in between his set point and realize, does it come natural for him to do that or has he trained himself to do that?

[@ScotShotBasketball]

I’d say 99% it comes naturally, given that Curry can’t even describe basic things that he does himself. There’s very little chance that he’s aware of this

[@endilegend5600]

Thank you

[@gregkareem9824]

@@endilegend5600 sub to my channel

[@lilretake6781]

Do a kyrie Irving one

[@tobywb248]

does anyone else notice how his wrist/flick doesn't bounce down/up as the tension releases it kinda bounces to the left then right or is this normal

[@hedilsongomez]

Damn i saw a vid of me shooting and now that i saw this vid me and Kuzma almost have the exact same jumpshot

[@Blkac-pill-Black-Life]

So for steph the thumb flick is on the left hand?

[@ScotShotBasketball]

Yes

[@ben_kk2024]

My jump shot is like that off the old shooters at 9:00 with a pause in the middle of my jump. Should I work on speeding it up?

[@ScotShotBasketball]

That’s a two motion shot... if it works for you and you don’t feel like you’re struggling to shoot threes, then don’t change it. If you feel like it’s hard to shoot from deep then I’d recommend switching to a one motion shot yes.

[@ben_kk2024]

Scot Shot Basketball Thanks

[@michaeljansz4346]

At around 4:20 you say "For some people, it is simply unrealistic to demand that their 3 major arm joints be in the same vertical plane at their set point...". I disagree. Have you heard of "the turn"? The turn is a slight rotation of the body relative to the ring for a shooting action, that aligns the arm (and hip) joints vertically. Check out the Pro-shot Shooting system channel, that's where I first saw it. Additionally, at 1:34, you say that "...It appears as if their bodies are simply floating forward through the air." While you aren't wrong there, It is important to see that their bodies aren't vertical throughout the jumpshot - their legs move forward more than their shoulders/chest, and you can see this as they land at an angle. This is has been called the "sweep and sway", and is critical for ensuring the shoulders and chest are relaxed throughout the jumpshot.

[@noahjustice5299]

Please answer

[@Manu-yu8uf]

Are you from the US?

[@ScotShotBasketball]

No, I’m from Scotland, hence the “Scot” in ScotShot

[@noahjustice5299]

Scot how can I shoot from 3 point range with normal form I’m 12 years old

[@djth2641]

Noah Justice You'll just need to get stronger. It'll come naturally in a year or two. Check out the channel "Pro Shot Shooting System" they have a couple videos that can help you.

[@noahjustice5299]

L1V3R FA1LUR3 Thank you I’ll make sure to check out the Channel

[@ar3xpredator]

5:49

[@Jason-xl2wp]

U gotta breakdown Donovan Mitchell’s jumpshot coz that thing wet

[@Giovanyblendz]

dead ass

[@mdtakes27]

There is already a shot breakdown of Stephen Curry and his set point is a eyebrow set point with his thump is aligned with his eyebrow

[@hotstarab]

Kuzma for roty

[@olivermakinen4679]

Kuzma has also quite big thumb flick, Thompson doesnt have, it is big difference between them

[@montehbiglari6914]

What is this new intro about?

[@ScotShotBasketball]

People were complaining about the old intro, saying it was too noisy. So I changed it.

[@montehbiglari6914]

Ok thanks. I personally liked the old intro but it's cool

[@cmack17]

This video is confusing. Kuzma's joints ARE NOT in the same VERTICAL plane. The redline drawn clearly shows this.

[@ScotShotBasketball]

Not in the same vertical plane, yes but pretty close. The actual point of that whole section is that his release fingers are under the middle of the ball, whereas people with flared elbows like curry have their hands on the side of the ball

[@cmack17]

Scot Shot Basketball Maybe this is a symantic issue. Curry's elbow does not appear to be flared to me. I think the key points from your video are that: 1. Keeping the ball straight is the most critical issue. 2. Your specific bio-mechcanics will dictate the best position to do this consistently.

[@minhducnguyen2393]

Scot Shot Basketball you pause the video at the wrong time steph is still raising into his form you paused the video a liitle early, his set point in infront of his forehead. I’m a steph curry fan so i watch alot of video about his form, maybe you could pause the video at a different time

[@damem9715]

Head to Toe

[@noahjustice5299]

Scot

[@salamamathieu7421]

SPORTNBA CURRY resaresaresaresaresaresaresaresaresaresa MATHIEU

[@hewmin3604]

Anyone 2HYPE shooting breakdown? 😂

[@chanagregarelaceite5579]

Ben Simmons

[@alvaros5156]

U better not be the guy that shoots in some videos tho😂

[@alvaros5156]

Still great content

[@ScotShotBasketball]

Why should I better not be that guy?

[@exboom12]

Well this video didn't age well

[@corbinbroadhead4304]

Donovan Mitchell form breakdown

[@bookkeung9166]

Can you do a Donnovan Mitchell shooting breakdown?