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1-Slicer-1 · 11-06-2010, 10:34 PM

I don't think wrist strength does so much in terms of shooting. Wrist strength gives you strong crisp passes that you can make within a tenth of a second.

I found that after I started hitting the gym though (keep in mind, I did no specific wrist exercises), my shot became 10000 times better. I was able to release so much quicker, and my shot became more and more consistent in terms of form. The best part was that I was doing everything off the dribble. I was able to pick the ball up off the dribble from 5 feet behind the 3 point-line and release so quickly when there was a guy in my face and I would hit maybe 75% of my shots. It was ridiculous.

The key being a good shooter is consistency and I found that consistency came with simply hitting the gym hard.

11-06-2010, 10:34 PM	#3
1-Slicer-1 Banned (ABWS) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Home Posts: 327 Thanked 136 Times in 55 Posts Failed 77 Times in 24 Posts	I don't think wrist strength does so much in terms of shooting. Wrist strength gives you strong crisp passes that you can make within a tenth of a second. I found that after I started hitting the gym though (keep in mind, I did no specific wrist exercises), my shot became 10000 times better. I was able to release so much quicker, and my shot became more and more consistent in terms of form. The best part was that I was doing everything off the dribble. I was able to pick the ball up off the dribble from 5 feet behind the 3 point-line and release so quickly when there was a guy in my face and I would hit maybe 75% of my shots. It was ridiculous. The key being a good shooter is consistency and I found that consistency came with simply hitting the gym hard.