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  • Coach, When i try to make a layup i loose all the power to get it up, how do i fix this?

  • @imadrawer Through a lot of practice and experimentation. You can do it. It is really difficult to tell you exactly what to do when we cannot see what your problem is.

  • These videos are perfect.

  • @guitaro321 Thanks so much for your much appreciated comment.

  • What is the best way to practice the habit of getting my footwork right for my left hand layups. I can make them, but I never get the right foot down. I have the habit of jumping off my left from my right hand layups.

  • @FranTicGamingX Go to our video "Layups 101" and the footwork is described and demonstrated there for you.

  • @ShotScience if im driving towards the basket and i unintentionally step on (the foot of the) defender guarding me, is it a foul? my brother claims it is, but i dont. what do you say

  • @FranTicGamingX Just stepping on the other players foot inadvertently is not a foul. There is a lot of contact in games that is not considered a foul and it is usually referred to as "Inadvertent contact" meaning it is not contributing to one player gaining an advantage over the other.

  • @FranTicGamingX I have the same problem and Ive never started practicing left hand layups until now...Im 20 lol so its hard to get the footwork down. I can do left handers off my left leg but my right leg refuses to be the lauch leg.

  • Can you make a video on the step back jumper or do you already have one?

  • @JavieTheCreator  The Step back Jumper is in the works for this new year. Please standby for it.

  • YOU SHOULD NEVER MISS LAY UPS... lol.. don't bench me coach!! don't bench me!!

  • @GodzzzSon  OKAY then! Don't miss that layup!

  • @shotscience Hello! I've been watching all your videos recently and its really been helping me out! I suscribed to you guys and liked all your videos and I really wanted to say thankyou :)

    But I also have a question. When I do an underhand layup, I can never get the ball high enough, unless I rotate my fingers and put a spin on it. But then it isn't as accurate. Do you know what I can do or what i might be doing wrong to start getting the ball higher and in?

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  • @JazzyBoyFan Focus on the target, the upper near corner of the target box.

  • @ShotScience i always try to underhand layup but it never releases off my hand properly like it was shown help coach?

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  • shot science, thank you for all the video updates!

    i've been following you guys for nearly a year

    and it has been an awesome year

    we just won our silver medal last week, not a gold but still a good start

    those are thanks to the responses!

  • @4570494 Congratulations to you and your team. We are pleased we could offer videos that helps you develop your game. Please stay tuned for more.

  • happy birthday to coach chase!

  • @BazhoFromTheHood Thanks so much for offering these nice thoughts. They are really appreciated.

  • Hey shotscience, me again, I don't quite understand how to come underhanded, on layups i pt the ball in the hoop pretty well, but even when i hit the sweetspot it comes off the glass too hard

    Would it be okay if my wrist is on the side of the ball going up?

  • @okcguy300 We suggest that you keep the hand under the ball until your can execute the shot. It will be soft and much more makeable.

  • Shot science, do you recommend the under hand layup for a guard because my coach always said to do the overhand because its harder to block and when your driving in you would always prefer to score on rather than get blocked by the big guys.

  • @nathandouglas101 We do not agree with your coach! The underhand layup is much softer shot and easier to control. The idea that the Bigs can block this shot easier than the overhand is not real.

  • Hey dre does experience matter in basketball, See its that my JV team just finished the season i had a lot of assist but average like 2 or 0 points a game. Its my first time i play organized. I am a freshman, DO YOU BELIEVE EXPERIENCE plays a big part in bball

  • @bletma281 Experience is a big help in developing your game, but there are other aspects as well. Practicing at "game speed," working on your mechanics, having the mentality of "SCORE!" Check out our videos, especially the "12 Days of Tipmas" to get started.

  • Dear shot science when i go up for a lay up or i drive in i try to get past the bigger kids but there isnt enough room for dribble attack and i always end up throwing the ball somewhere random what can i do to get to the paint?

  • @basketballislife77 bro theres a whole variety of moves but my signiture is a hop step pump fake either make the shot or get fouled but practice your freethrow and you will be averaging at least 13 points a game or you can get into that gym and get stronger like lebron and tyreke evans and plow your way into the paint like a tank and also add speed and quickness by doing wind sprints goodluck bro!!!

  • @LOCOFASHOBRA We do not endorse this particular approach to playing the game. Develop your skills and learn to play the game and you will be successful.

  • @basketballislife77 Playing this game is all about developing your skills and learning how to react in a lot of situations. It takes time to do this. Experience is the greatest teacher and with it your game will get better and better.

  • @basketballislife77 Hey 77, go to our video "Finishes at the Rim" for a number of ways to aatach the Bigs at the Basket and score over and around them.

  • how do you do the finger roll?

  • @ShotScienceFan Watch the underhand layups for the finger roll.

  • would you please publish a video about moves at the post? thank u shotscience you have a done a great kind job.

  • @shotscience are you going to be posting a video on reverse lay ups?

  • @Jael1625 Yes, we are!

  • i have a question how do you add spin to the layup and also many nba players when they lay it up release it pretty low and spin it up to not get blocked as easily by the look on the way you guys are doing it it looks like youll get blocked easily

  • @TeamCommit Adding spin to the ball makes it toooo live! The ball often will be to live and end up in a rebound!

  • @ShotScience oo i c and on the underhand layup what do you suggest your arms to be like more horizontal or vertical and should you jump vertically or horizontally and lay it off glass? rondo seems to have more of a horizontal jump on his layups and never gets blocked

  • @TeamCommit Really, this is a personal thing that you should develop to fit your style. We feel that the vertical extension on execution of the layup is important, but make sure to hit the near upper corner of the target box for best results.

  • I always miss the ball when dribbling, my hands are kinda small. What should i do?

  • @ShinBlinky  Your ability to handle the ball is totally due to the time you spend on it. Practice, practice and then practice some more!

  • is it a big deal to jump off ur left foot on a left handed layup

  • @drfreethrough On a left-handed layup, you want to jump off of your right foot. Doing it off the other foot is going to be awkward and you will generate much less upward power.

  • @drfreethrough Well if you do the shot will be very un-coordinated and more difficult to make the finish. Make sure you learn to use your right foot on the take-off for your left hand layups.

  • i have a question im 15 and 6'2 with my shoes on what are people like me likely to end up when there eighteen?

  • @bigman52100 Impossible for us to tell you where you will be at at that time. Some people grow early and others later.

  • ive been told the foot work is, if you are laying up to the right you jump with the right knee up, but im not used to that, what can i do?

  • @RamenRuv Practice It alone untill you get comfortable doing it

  • @Vath01Fly That is the proper attitude to get it done!

  • @RamenRuv Get used to it, that's the correct way to do it!!!

  • how tall are you sir? and chase also?

  • @ssgtjoegross Both of us are 6'2".

  • I have a quick question, how fo you shoot without jumping? I do it a lot, but I think its fine. I just want to know what other people think.

  • @PeaceRocker5 There is nothing wrong with shooting Set Shots instead of Jump Shots if you are open. The idea is to score, no matter how you get it done!

  • *Sorry for bad lng* I would love to know how to make a layup using not shooting arm(can use It normally for dribble only), mean any drills to increase its ability to do at least easy layup, or the shoot also.

  • @Beazelundefined if youre talking about using your left hand for lay ups its all ust pur practice,just keep up practicing and itll become natural eventually.

  • Tip: Have your last dribble on your jumping foot and have your 2 step-drive to the hoop.

  • Does shooting the underhand lay up have anything to do with your height?

  • @GMoney3xMore No! It has to do with softening the ball as it goes to the rim or backboard. The run-up speed is not transfered to the back of the ball when when you use the underhand, whereas it is transfered to the ball with the overhand layup. That's why the ball is so active on break-away layups.

  • Goot material Tom!

    Please guys do not stop!! this is a great material and you guys must be very proud to do what you do...helping people to love this wonderful sport like basketball!!! I m 46 and I m still playing social competition games and I reckon thhat this material work for all the ages!!

    All the best!!

    Nelson

    Nelson

  • @maunicomar09 Gee thanks Nelson. We really appreciate your comments and this is intended for players of all ages. Stay tuned for more.

  • I dont know hot to shoot a layup on my left hand. The way i shoot it is a very wierd way, I need help on how to shoot layups by your opposite hand. How do i get used to my left hand layup shot? Is there a video on it.?

  • @MrReedo3 We recommend that you check out our other Layup videos for help. The left side is no different than the right side.

  • @MrReedo3  there is a video! The Layup Run-up Drill and it can be used on the right or left side to learn how to execute the shot.

  • is there a full detailed tutorial on how to jump stop?

  • @CommunistChocolate There is not one yet, however ti will be pretty soon.

  • what do i aim at if the backboard does not have a box

  • @Cooooool1990 Place a mark or a piece of tape on the location that would be the upper near corner of the target box.

  • can you help me ? whenever its a fast break i miss the layup

    and im 13 :o

  • @TheAl3xcastillo How do you miss it? Does the ball hit the backboard and come off hard? If it does you probably need to use the underhand layup where you can soften the shot after running so hard toward the basket.

  • @ShotScience it comes off hard i use underhand i got near the ring take a fast 1-2 step then shot miss

  • @TheAl3xcastillo The underhand is good! Place the ball on the upper near corner of the target box. (The square painted on the backboard) This should help.

  • I score this way most of the time. Thank you guys. A million thumbs up!

  • @TutorialsOnHow Thank you a ton and please "SPREAD THE WORD!"

  • Hey coach, when I go for a under hand layup, the ball doesnt seem to "roll" of my fingers. Its more of a under hand shot lay up. How do I make it roll off

  • @moolchandanijai Just let it roll off the fingers like the finger roll!

  • Hey shot science...Im curious how did you learn all this stuf about basketball??? Was it just from experience or from a pro player?

  • @anullmcmuffin lots and lots of experience. We've all been coaching and playing our whole lives.

  • @anullmcmuffin Tom started coaching basketball in 1961 and so he has had many years to get to understand the game. Chase and Casey have played the game since they were 7 yrs. old with Chase playing in college where he was an All-American Shooting Guard.

  • i thought this video was gona be useless because i already knew how to do a layup and am a good player but this helped alot and helped me to be able to finish around taller defenders and in traffic

  • @AliTheBaller That's what we like to hear!

  • I am trying to do a lay-up on my court.The nets don't have that rectangle. So do you have any tips for predicting where to shoot it? Please reply.

  • @TradingCardsDude Take some time and paint that target box on your backboard.

  • @ShotScience  Actually, it's my schools. I dont think I can 'paint' I need tips for finding the exact spot :p

  • @TradingCardsDude Imagine the upper near corner of the box on most backboards and find that on your backboard. That's the best we can do!

  • @ShotScience Okay, thnx. This helped alot! I love your videos!

  • @TradingCardsDude Thank you for your very nice comment. We really appreciate it very much.

  • Hi I would like to be able to purchase your quick study downloadable guides but my only means of money would be on amazon. Would it be possible for you to put them up there? Please and thank you for your help. :D

  • ive been having trouble with finger rolls.... my coach said just to stick with shooting it off the backboard while you drive but its alot more natural to go with the finger roll. Any tips on how to work on the finger roll?

  • @TH13beast Your coach is on it! Use the underhand release and use the backboard. Over the front rim is not as easy as it looks.

  • how many steps are you allowed in a layup before its considered a travel?  because when i do it i jump off both feet.

  • what if your coming straight down the lane?

  • @m3v2p If you are coming straight down the lane be sure to "Take a side" to finish off the glass. A shot right over the front rim is a tough shot to finish because it takes so much touch.

  • @m3v2p You probably would still want to do a finger roll cause it's the shortest distance to the basket

  • Thank you! This helped so much! Before I couldn't even make a layup,but ater watching this I made like every one

  • @MegaCelticsfan33 Very, very cool!!! Glad we could help.

  • how can i make my layup better when they are defense on me?

  • @kobe1357986  PRACTICE, PRACTICE and then PRACTICE some more!!!!!!! Also check out our video "Finishes at the Rim!!" for more ideas.

  • what if your're short?:S

  • @xXSHIELDX Height doesn't have that much effect on your layups.

  • @xXSHIELDX THEN YOU HIT IT OFF THE BACKBOARD

  • how to make layup without any one blocked me or put score and take and 1?

  • @kobe1357986 Check out our video "Finishes at the Rim" for ways to attack the basket effectively and pick two or three for yourself and work on them until you have them down.

  • What can you do to prevent from getting blocked I usually get alot of contact when I go up for a layup when I play with my friends

  • @JTM4325 Check out our video "FINISHES AT THE RIM!!! for ways to finish on your layups.

  • Coach, I have a problem. I get WIDE open on layups when I go hard to the hoop. But after the pickup of the dribble, I sort of lose power and the ball goes hard off the backboard/goes in and out. Any tips/suggestions to fix this?

  • @YellowDoof2 Practice is the only answer to your question. It would probably help also to use "Under-hand Layups" to soften the shot.

  • Do you recommend getting down low when you drive? Sometimes when I drive I get really low and drive hard but I'm not sure if this is a good habit or not. I tend to get pass defenders more easily though when I do this but I'm a bit worried if this will cause other problems.

  • @mosnaidei If this works for you, "go for it!" We cannot see that there are any real problems.

  • Hey coach I got a question what's the purpose of sticking your leg up when you go in for a layup?

  • @67beet We think you are asking about the raising of the knee'leg during the shot. It has two reasons. It allows for a bit of extra elevation and rhytmn on the shot.

  • @ShotScience Oh ok thanks. I've been wondering why I'm told to do that when I go in for a layup and now i know. :D

  • @67beet You are very welcome.

  • @ShottScience that's when you get fouled and make the basket

  • how old are you coach tom, your videos are the best on internet, when is a new video coming out?

  • @BazhoFromTheHood How old do you think I am!? Be careful ;-) Thanks so much for the wonderful comment on our videos. We work really hard to make them. New video is coming out within the next day or so. We started using a new editing software and it took a while to get used to it.

  • @BazhoFromTheHood I'm just kid! Thanks for your comment on our videos. We appreciate it very much. Next video is almost ready to post.

  • My coach says that we should ALWAYS shoot "palm up" (wrist cocked back, not underhand) on layups. However, I find that I make more layins when I shoot underhand. Is always shooting "palm up" really a good method?

  • @SlenderWaffle Well, shooting underhand is "Palm Up." We don't feel that you need to cock the wrist way back. Continue to shoot underhand.

  • thanks coach!

  • @torterrathegreat055 You are very welcome.

  • @ShottScience Check out our video on "Finishes at the Rim."

  • @ShottScience That's cool! If it works for you that's the important thing.

  • Question-the underhand layup is a finger-roll, correct?

  • @Wellihavebrownies Yes. That's how the ball is delivered.

  • @ShotScience you guys should make a book

  • @gintoki16 We are underway on some big changes for our channel. Stay tuned for them early this next year.

  • Hey there, im having trouble with my pickup after a dribble. I always step with my right foot first and launch with my left regardless of which hand im trying to use or which side of the basket im on. How can i correct this?

  • @wtbwontons Use the information found in this and our other Layup videos. You can make the change if you spend the time. Too often we don't want to spend the time to make changes that will really help our game become more solid. Get going on it today.

  • @wtbwontons i take my first step with your left if i were u

  • @sk8t3rkyd Ok, lets show the coach that he made a good choice.

  • @sk8t3rkyd OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Great Video, but I have a lot of trouble doing under hand lay-ups. I can do overhand fine, but the inertia of running often messes it up. I feel like i don't have enough vertical for the under hand. Is this the problem, or is vertical not important? thanks

  • @FrancoBros The vertical is no more important than if you were shooting over-hand.

  • @sk8t3rkyd Get busy working on those layups!! All skills are easy to develop if you just get yourself going. This video should offer some good help to get it done. Let's go!!!!!

  • I like

  • @MrLakerskb So do we!!!!!

  • Great video. I need to work on taking those 2 steps. Funny though, how I'm right handed but my left hand layups are better than my right .___. It's always that last step I take before I pick the ball up ! Throws the whole right-hand, right-leg thing off. (Always picking the ball up after my right step, not left. So my two steps for the right hand would be left-right instead of right-left)

  • @diana15000000 Check out our video "Lay-in Run-up drill" This will certainly help you along with continuing to practice.

  • I need help. I think I am a pretty good basketball player but when Im on a fast break and someone is chasing me down I usually trick the lay up. I either get a rim stuff or a straight off the backboard. I've noticed that I am very high up when I go for the lay up. Please tell me what I can do to avoid the rim stuffs or the backboard misses. I've lost games because of this.

  • @superflyhify  Well, we suggest that you do two things. First shoot all of these hard breakaway layups "UNDERHAND" INSTEAD OF OVER HAND. THIS TAKES A LOT OF THE RUN-UP SPEED OFF THE BALL. Secondly, check out our video"FINISHES AT THE RIM." These videos should help with your problems.

  • thank you very much I used to be a bench warmer but I started watching your videos and training a lot and now the starting sg it took me one year but it is worth it thankss

  • @thimateucci How cool is that!!!! We are so pleased that we could help you.  Now let's "Soar with the Eagles." Go for it!

  • THANKS AGAIN

  • @xxcartman97xx You are very welcome.

  • Phil ? Is that you ?

  • ive ben doing lay ups wrong for 4 years.(i have to get used to lifting my right leg and my right arm instead i lift my right arm and left leg).

  • @xxcartman97xx Well, lets make that change right away and get on with working on all parts of your game.

  • you guys rock ive watched all your videos and now i feel way better at b ball

  • @IPr0D3Z1R3 This please us so much! We are happy that we can offer you and other players videos to help you develop your game. Keep working on them and please, "Spread the Word."

  • thanks

  • @xxcartman97xx  Your very welcome.

  • can u teach me how to shoot a good 3 pointer<?

  • @TheWewz123 Three pointers are shot the same as the shorter shots. If you check out our shooting videos it is all laid out there for you.

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  • @ZomegYdnas You can follow through, BUT IT MUST BE SOFTLY, so that the ball is not too live and kicks out of the basket. The follow through on your layups needs to be soft.

  • @ZomegYdnas Your layup strategy is good. No this will not "mess up" your regular shooting stroke.

  • hey coach how come u guys dnt show us how to layup during a fast break when being chased by the D

  • @venomviper11 Great question! We have no answer for you here. We DO COACH our guys on how to finish these breaks, because we have seen them missed so often.

  • hey shot science, are you aloud to score from exacly under the basket (in the oppsite way the ball should enter

  • @haider939 Sorry No!!!!

  • And we all thought old people cant teach us new tricks...... -_-

  • @RyznCA Wait a minute now!!!  How old is old? HaHa

  • What if I don't know like if they come from behind

  • @onemogain23  Expect it and then make your move.

  • Hey coach, I wantedw to know how to not get blocked from behind doing a lay up. Like if I beat my man off the dribble and he comes behind and swats me how to I counter that? And for any lay up in general? Thanks

  • @onemogain23 If you know they are there do not use a conventional layup. Use an inside hand, scoop or jump stop up-fake and finish. Be creative.

  • @ShotScience Hey Coach I really need you help, When we are in Scrimmage I'm the only one who scores in Our team, But when it Comes to the actual game I'm So Nervous and have a "LOT" of turn overs and can't do the proper dribbling and sometimes I'm Shaking and my teammates said that when it Comes to the actual game I need to become hard, Because I look soft, I dribble soft catch soft and other.Please help me, THANKS! And my Coach said that I really need to Improve my Left hand & Dribbling skills