To the Basketball World: This is the second of two articles examining six generally believed instructions that are being used to teach basketball shooting. These include the first three -- squaring up, elbow under the ball, and wrist flipping -- which were covered in Article #1. Now let's look at three more "myths" of shooting and how they are taught and what else might be effective.

(4) "SHOOTING AT THE TOP OF THE JUMP" - Shooting at the top of the jump is another of those instructions that isn't helping shooting. It's an effective weapon ... if you can do it. But it's very difficult because all you have is upper body to power the shot. Also, it gets more difficult the further back you are, as the target gets smaller and smaller. Few athletes can shoot well this way all the time.

To the Basketball World: Please, let's examine the generally believed instructions for shooting a basketball. There are at least six common instructions used by most coaches, and I'll address them in two articles. Three of the rules are that (1) you must "SQUARE UP" to shoot, (2) you should have the "ELBOW DIRECTLY UNDER THE BALL," and (3) "WRIST FLIPPING" is the way to release the ball.

MAY I SUGGEST NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE? I've been researching and studying shooting for over 18 years and I keep running into these old "myths" of shooting. They've been taught to kids for decades and still shooting is in the dumpster at all levels of the game. Have you ever thought that maybe they are part of the reason for the decline in shooting?