Maybe its time for your players to actually "earn" the right to shoot the three!
Anytime I find a task that has the "earn" requirement built in, I like it.
I have adapted and to be totally honest (don't you just love it when a politician uses that phrase as if they are NOT being totally honest most
of the time) adopted for this blog a shooting program I picked up from
Mike Neighbors the head woman's coach at the University of Arkansas.
He has a newsletter you can sign up for and his own website. If you goggle
Mike Neighbors, I think you can located it. Anyway, Coach Neighbors has
a "Green Light" License he requires of his shooters to earn. He has his player's come in and go through several drills and if they reach a certain standard in those drills they can earn a green light to shoot the three. I
will share some of the drills he uses. If you are interested in this concept,
you will need to adapt your drills and establish your own standards so
the licensing process becomes your own.
All of you are creative enough to develop/find shooting drills you like and
can be used as measuring sticks to evaluate shooting standards. If you
are going to consider this route of evaluating your shooters, you will need
to make sure you run these drills consistently with each person who attempts them. Determine who will be present to accurately keep track of time and score. For example, you might decide to use the "Star" shooting drill as one of your measuring tools. If you do, you have to make sure all shooters run the same route. Have a rebounder. Determine how long the
drill will be run. How many attempts you will allow each shooter etc. In
other words all testing conditions have to be the same for each shooter.
If you are serious about setting up a licensing shooting program, I would
suggest you "test run" your drills and testing methods during the off season.
Keep accurate records and determine standards. A real benefit of this method is it gives you as the coach more data to show shooters and others
why you allow the so called "green light" to some shooters and not to others.
It also can clarify in the minds of your players who should be taking the 3 and who should be restricted. Some players will probably not even attempt
to qualify for a license. No problem. Others who are not prolific 3 point shooters may use the program as motivation to challenge themselves to
get better. How is that a bad thing?
Now Coach Neighbors allows his players to "apply" for a license each week.
You may not have the staff/time to allow for testing each week. You can determine that yourself. You may want to have players qualify in the morning so as not to take away any practice time or stay after practice.
Just remember to have all players qualify under the same conditions or you will hear about it.
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