Another aspect of three point shooting is the involvement of the legs. In the NBA and college, players can shoot jump shots well where they release the ball at the apex of their jump, which makes their apparent height larger, creating the need for less of a launch angle. Since they release the ball as their body's vertical velocity reaches 0, the velocity of the ball mimics the velocity of shooting on flat ground without bending your knees as the legs are not helping to provide any additional velocity. In CYO, generally speaking, kids are not as prolific shooters with as much arm strength, so kids bend their knees and release the ball on the way up during their jump. This helps provide some of the velocity from the leg motion, causing a need for less force from the arms to create the initial velocity, therefore decreasing the probability of error since the shooting can focus more on accuracy with their arms than power.
Hopefully, realizing the physics behind the elusive three point shot will help me take my game to the next level.
But in reality, I'll still probably throw the ball up and hope that eventually it will land in the hoop.
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