Pro Shot System Shooting Clinic

Tommy Freeman explains The System.

Tommy Freeman, a coach for Paul Hoover's Pro Shooting System, came to Framingham yesterday to work with our girls.

He focused on keeping the shot straight and attaining more arc. We had 33 players, 12 youth/travel/AAU coaches, 2 high school girls coaches and 1 high school boy's coach attend. The players, spilt almost evenly between female and male, ranged in age from 3rd grade to high school senior with the majority being middle school aged.

In college, Freeman, 24, went from 54 - 3 pointers made in his second season (2008-2009) to 93 made in his third season (2009-2010) after he was introduced to The System. He went on to set the Ohio University career record with 259 three-pointers. His 99 three-pointers during the 2010-11 season eclipsed his own previous high (93) and was the second highest single-season mark for a Bobcat. The sharpshooter from Muncie, Indiana, graduated with an overall three-point percentage of 44.3 (259-584), eclipsing the .419 mark of Ohio’s all-time leading scorer, Dave Jamerson.

After he graduated college he signed a contract with the Worcester Wolves of the British Basketball League and played his first professional season in England. He is soon starting his third professional season with SAM Massagno in Switzerland where he will be in his second year with the team.

Tommy Freeman drives in college action.

"Every kid dreams about playing for the high school team and then the DI level and I did that," Freeman says. "Now I get to play professionally. I have a job because I can shoot the ball."

During the 3 hour clinic Freeman covered the six main components of the Pro Shot System:

1. Finger = Pinch the index finger to the thumb and aim the index finger through the rim on release every time.

2. Touch = Spend a week touching your off hand to your shooting hand for arm to keep it from interfering with the flight of the ball.

3. Turn = Turn your feet, hip, and shoulder to be in line with the basket. Keep your feet narrow (NOT SHOULDER WIDTH), flex (not bend) your knees, and hop in to your shoot.

4. One eye shooting = Shoot through your chin, cheek and eye. Focus only on the shot.

5. Dip ball (except bounce pass and off the dribble) = Start the shot where you catch it, dip to your hip and go up in to the shot in one motion. Hold the ball with your index finger in the middle of the ball.

6. Sway = Jump straight at the basket while sweeping your feet forward and your shoulders back. The further you are from the basket the more you sway. If there is a line in front of you when you take off for the shot, you will end up over the line.

Destroyers take shots during the clinic.

Michael Jordan, who used the finger method of shooting, once said, "You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way.

I saw A LOT of players improve their percentage of makes quite a bit during the during the short clinic. FADS will host another clinic in the fall so that the vacationing Destroyers can also learn the system.

You can see most of the videos shown at the clinic and many more here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/proshotcoach?feature=watch

Paul Hoover's website is here:
http://www.focusedshooter.com/

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Robin