Terrible shooting day - 29/04/15

Shooting today went really badly!!! I was really aching from last nights training and couldnt get into a rhythm or find my stroke at all except with freethrows.

I made a total of 49.4% total for the 120 shots and it took 243 shots to make the 120 shots!

Hopefully I shoot better in the game tonight.

Set	Position	Made	Missed	Total	Percentage
1	Freethrow	10	12	22	45.45
2	L 3 feet out	10	14	24	41.67
3	R 3 feet out	10	12	22	45.45
4	L 5 feet out	10	10	20	50.00
5	R 5 feet out	10	10	20	50.00
6	L Elbow	10	11	21	47.62
7	R Elbow	10	16	26	38.46
8	Freethrow	10	6	16	62.50
9	L Mid Baseline	10	17	27	37.04
10	R Mid Baseline	10	7	17	58.82
11	L Mid middle	0	0	0
12	R Mid middle	0	0	0
13	Mid above freethrow	0	0	0
14	3 point L Baseline	0	0	0
15	3 point R Baseline	0	0	0
16	3 point L Elbow	0	0	0
17	3 point R Elbow	0	0	0
18	3 point Middle	0	0	0
19	Freethrow	10	4	14	71.43
20	Freethrow	10	4	14	71.43
Total		120	123	243	49.38

Made 120 - 28/04/15

Got up early and walked the dog but only for a short walk as my ankle was really sore after walking yesterday. Walked 1 mile in 23.36 minutes and climned 315ft.

I then went to the court and shot my hoops. I is starting to get a bit colder so it took me a while to loosen up my shooting arm. I only managed to make 120 out of the 200 shots before my arm got too tired and my ankle was too sore to shoot any more.

I am going to have to slow build up to the 200 made shots over the next month!! I am going to do 120 makes thos week, next week I will make 130 the next week 140.... until I am making the 200 shots:

My shooting today was piss poor! I made only 61.5% of my freethows however if you take off the first set which was really bad I made 73% which isn´t so bad.

Over all I made 56% of my shots which isn´t too bad and I have started to get into a rhythm and I also know when a shot will go in and when it has missed as soon as it has left my hand which is a good sign that the training is working.

Set	Position	Made	Missed	Total	Percentage
1	Freethrow	10	14	24	41.67
2	L 3 feet out	10	7	17	58.82
3	R 3 feet out	10	7	17	58.82
4	L 5 feet out	10	6	16	62.50
5	R 5 feet out	10	9	19	52.63
6	L Elbow	10	8	18	55.56
7	R Elbow	10	6	16	62.50
8	Freethrow	10	3	13	76.92
9	L Mid Baseline	10	10	20	50.00
10	R Mid Baseline	10	17	27	37.04
11	L Mid middle	0		0
12	R Mid middle	0		0
13	Mid above freethrow	0		0
14	3 point L Baseline	0		0
15	3 point R Baseline	0		0
16	3 point L Elbow	0		0
17	3 point R Elbow	0		0
18	3 point Middle	0		0
19	Freethrow	10	4	14	71.43
20	Freethrow	10	4	14	71.43
Total		120	95	215	55.81

*******EDIT*********

Had training tonight and we had game simulation for 2 hours where the first unit went against the second unit for 2 hours. I shot much better from the areas that I trained in the morning and from the freethrow line as well.however I was 2 for 8 from 3 points although the missed shots were all in and outs execpt on which missed to the left.

Active Rest day - 27/04/15

This morning I managed to get my fat arse out of bed to take the dog for a walk. Walked 1.4kms in 33 minutes and climbed 472ft.

The walk wasn´t too bad and I am feeling much better for it. I have been re-thinking my training again and I think I would be better off walking every day to loose weight instead of starting the jump training.

I am thinking that once my weight drops to 85kgs (it is 96kgs now) I will start the jump training, for now I am setting the goal of walking the dog every morning before I go to shoot hoops to try and shift extra weight and also to get to the court warmed up.

Rest Day - 26/04/15

This morning I worked instead of shooting as this week we have been without internet so I have a backlog of work!!! This morning my internet was 4mbps so I had to take advantage of this.

Poor - 24/04/15

Todays training was really poor. My head wasnt really in it and wevery time I missed I lost focus!

I had one set that I shot well and the rest were really bad I only shot over 70% in 3 out of the 10 sets today.

My stroke was feeling good but I missed a lot short today for some reason!

It took 162 shots to make the 100 shots today for a poor 61.7%!! down 10% from yesterday.

Set	Made	Missed	Total	Percentage
1	10	9	19	52.63
2	10	7	17	58.82
3	10	2	12	83.33
4	10	7	17	58.82
5	10	4	14	71.43
6	10	7	17	58.82
7	10	6	16	62.50
8	10	9	19	52.63
9	10	8	18	55.56
10	10	3	13	76.92
Total	100	62	162	61.73

I have looked online and next week I am going to start doing the make 200 training that I used when I trained when I was at University below.

Basically the training is to make 10 shots at every position which will add up to 200 made shots a day with 40 of the shots being freethrows (Sets 1, 8, 19 and 20).

Sets 2,3,4 & 5 will be catch and shoot shots to get my eye in and work on getting into a rhythm. Sets 6,7, 9, 10, 11,12 and 13 will be game specific off of a fake 3 point shot, fake drive one dribble and shoot. This is the technique that I mostly use during a game where I shoot a mid range jump shot if I do not shoot the 3 point shot or drive to the basket after a faked 3 point shot.

Sets 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 will be catch and shoot 3 point shots.

When I get better at these shots I plan to add 5 sets of step-back shots to add onto the fake 3 point shot, fake drive one dribble and shoot to cover for the defender guarding the shot.

I have created the following log sheet to record my shooting:

Set	Position	Made	Missed	Total	Percentage
1	Freethrow	10
2	L 3 feet out	10
3	R 3 feet out	10
4	L 5 feet out	10
5	R 5 feet out	10
6	L Elbow	10
7	R Elbow	10
8	Freethrow	10
9	L Mid Baseline	10
10	R Mid Baseline	10
11	L Mid middle	10
12	R Mid middle	10
13	Mid above freethrow	10
14	3 point L Baseline	10
15	3 point R Baseline	10
16	3 point L Elbow	10
17	3 point R Elbow	10
18	3 point Middle	10
19	Freethrow	10
20	Freethrow	10
Total