Things You'll Need:
- Basketball
- Basketball goal
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Step 1
Stand with your feet flat on the ground, no wider than your shoulders, and your shoulders and toes pointing toward the basket.
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Step 2
Bend your knees.
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Step 3
Lift the basketball over your head with the ball in front of you and the elbow on your shooting arm bent and pointed toward the rim.
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Step 4
Keep the basketball on the fingertips of your shooting hand and not on the palm of your hand.
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Step 5
Hold on to the side of the basketball with your non-shooting hand to keep the ball on your shooting hand.
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Step 6
Keep your eyes on the basketball goal, aim to shoot the ball just over the front rim of the basketball goal.
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Step 7
As you jump, straighten your elbow, release the ball with your non-shooting hand and flick your wrist with your shooting hand and release the ball at the height of your jump.
