Sunday Shootaround

11:00 am, Shooting fun at McCully Gym. No car wash today, so everybody can get 200+ reps in. I look at sharpshooting like this:
10,000 reps move a shooter up by one notch. Example: If you are a D shooter, 10,000 reps should move you up to D+.
10k more, C-.
10k more, C.
10k more, C+.
10k more, B-.
10k more, B.
10k more, B+.
10k more, A-.
10k more, A.

If you are already an A+ shooter, then the 10k's keep your shot sharp.

It takes about 20-25 minutes to get 200 shots in. If you're walking slowly, it'll take an hour.
200+ reps per day x 50 days = 10,000 reps
If you do shooting reps 5x per week, it will take you 10 weeks to get 10k reps in. Or you could do 400+ reps and get it done in half the time. It's a beautiful thing. Basketball. You get what you put into it. The cost? Your time, your dedication, your heart. Doesn't take a single dollar to become an A+ sharpshooter.

Here's another way to grade your shooting skills. Catch-and-shoot drill, 10 reps per spot (corners, wings and top). That's 50 shots. No defender. No dribble.
> Make less than 30 out of 50 (less than 60%) = F
> Make at least 30 / 50 (60%) = D
> Make at least 35 / 50 (70%) = C
> Make at least 40 / 50 (80%) = B
> Make at least 45 / 50 (90%) = A

That's the math. It's hard math in more than one sense. But you can improve the reality by being mechanical, by being committed to working on your form, your release, your reps EVERY DAY. Dyrbe Enos (UH guard from Kamehameha) took 500 shots every day in high school, 365 days a year.

WE LUB THIS GAME!