Definition of Pure Shooting
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In the famous Seinfeld episode in which Jerry and George are pitching their TV show idea to NBC, George says: “I think you can sum this show up in one word: ‘nothing’”. While George and Jerry eventually have to modify that message with the NBC producers, Seinfeld fans know that “nothing” is absolutely the perfect description for the actual sitcom. While so much goes in to making that show popular, “nothing” is the one word that fits best when describing what the show is about.
Is Jerry Seinfeld the new spokesman for Aim High Hoops or something? We wish!
The connection here is that to define the term “Pure Shooting”, one only needs a single word: confidence. Just like Seinfeld, our Pure Shooting training video took a lot of time, planning, and adjustments along the way. We use a lot of basketball terminology in the training video. Mastering all of the teaching points requires patience and commitment.
However, everything we offer at Aim High Hoops, from the Pure Shooting training video, to the Pure Shooting Clinics and Pure Shooter’s Report Card, is designed to help players learn confidence when shooting the basketball. Having confidence means believing that ball is going into the hoop before the shot even takes place, because a foundation of good mechanics, plus a lot of repetition, has been built. Our training video and clinics teach good shooting mechanics, and we also share our ideas for effective shooting repetition, but ultimately, we want players to know what it takes to be Pure Shooters, and that is confidence.
Confidence is what we emphasize early on in the Pure Shooting training video, as well as at the Pure Shooting clinics, and we say in both instances that players, at the end of the respective programs, should know exactly what it takes to have confidence when shooting a basketball. Whether or not players choose to do what it takes to earn that confidence is another story! The ones that do what it takes are rewarded with an unshakable confidence that results in a lot of made shots every time they step onto the court.
Billy Lewis & Jonathan Schneiderman
Aim High Hoops, Inc.