I have been playing basketball for about 5 years now to stay in shape. My ball handling skills were never that good until I started to watch this channels videos. I just came back from the court and your lessons work. "Thanks, Shot Science"
Go to our YT Channel and look for Our vertical jump videos and you will also find our "Vertical Handbook" which is ta three month daily program. Our players report really solid gains using this program.
Guys I am a really good stealer, I can steal the ball easily and run on the fast break by myself all alone, but I go so fast that I miss the layup due to the fact that I put so much power since I am going really fast, what should I do? Thanks, and keep up the great vids!
Use your two step to focus and balance your self and steady yourself and gives you time to position your self ... I use to have the same problem ... use your two step to slow yourself down and practice finger rolls
You can decelerate doing your run-up, so that you can put the ball right where you need with a soft touch. Coach Rock from I love basketball TV talks about it.
It is a good idea to be able to shoot both the overhand and the underhand layups. Continue to practice the underhand because it comes in handy when you are attacking the rim hard.
Hi Coach Tom if i do this Lay up 101 Alone it's really work for me but if i have an opponent in my front the defender always slap the ball if i started to Finish. He's slapping the ball if the ball is on the front of my body.
Work on getting the ball on your off-side hip for he shot. If you keep getting blocked, possibly this is a shot that you shouldn't be taking. A jump stop and finish often has the defender over run your shot. Jump Stop at about 4-5 feet from the hoop, up fake, then finish.
Thanks Coach Tom but i'm not always getting blocked but the defender is like Andre Igoudala he always slap the ball and if he hit my hand accidentally the Refs always don't call a foul that's why i need to know how to protect the ball even tho the defender is very physical player
Thanks for your suggestion i always do that but if i do my second step or what we call THE LAUNCH FOOT that's the timing where the defender slap the ball to my hand.
Those of you complaining about going to fast to the rim and having the ball bounce off the backboard should remember that you have to take two steps first and glide on the third thus releasing the ball before you land or it will be considered a travel.
Thanks for this, Coach! I've been playing basketball for 2 years now and I'm trying to make my high school's varsity team this year as a senior, and my major weakness has always been the layup, especially the underhand method. Now I can actually practice the right way to do it. Thanks again!
I always occasionally come back to these videos even though I've seen them and applied them to my game. It is fun to watch and sometime I might have missed something.
this really helps. i have realized, as i do the overhand layup, that a lot of times even when i hit the corner of the box, my shot rolls out and it's really frustrating. ill have to work on that underhand
Oh! thats how you do the layup! I was so close to the rim like i was right above it when i release the ball from my hand. I thought it was me getting rusty from not playing for a week. Now i understand why im missing my layups...
Thanks for the tips coach, with my lack of scoring power my speed was only used for defence but after your video I'm able to score more than I though I could.
This is great. I played for many years and never had much trouble when I was younger but now that I'm older and coming back to the game I've lost the touch and always missed layups on a break and under the ring. It's getting embarrassing so this will definitely help. I think if you keep doing drills it will certainly increase the accuracy and muscle memory of doing the layup (and shooting) Thanks, guys!
Shot Science, well done, undoubtedly you have helped thousands of people improve their basketball including mine. I especially like this video because I have learned how to defend myself against blocks while going for a lay-up. THANK YOU!
Thanks coach!!! This tutorial went good on me, I started to rarely miss lay ups when I'm clear, in my last scrimmage, fastbreaks went good, the "sweet spots" really worked. Thanks coach, I'm Elementary, I'm 5'3", normally on a 9'5" or 10' baskets. Thanks and keep up the good work!
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!
Thank you so much, last year i was a forward and made only one basket the whole season, and it was a free throw. Now ask i watched your videos i make about 28 points per game, and break about 2 ankles per game! Thank you so much Shot Science Basketball, you just earned a subscriber!
Thanks for the video I've almost always missed my layups and never understand why. Now I know why I have been missing the layups. It was because I always did over hand layups and not under hands. Thanks again for the lesson!
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
Shot science, I am relying to your tutorial videos and I really appreciate that it is free. I am requesting to your team to upload tutorials about positions like "what should a center do?" or "what to do when ur a small forward?"
Excellent job putting this video together! However, please note that around the 1:51 mark in the video, the player travels as he picks up his pivot foot prior to releasing the ball on his dribble.
The other players size is of no consequence! Choose which one you want to use. If they are bigger they are usually looking for the block and the under-hand shot works best!
@ShotScience Yeah i have been practicing it everyday, at basketball practice and on my own time, i have seen improvements. But if i am on a fast break, i am going to finish with my right hand for now, because i am not satisfied with my left hand finishing yet. Thank you and God bless!
coach. i love using the underhand method. i feel that i have more control and as a result have a soft touch. but people say i shouldnt do it because it could easily get blocked and that i should go up strong with the over hand
Thank you so much coach, thats just what I needed. Ive been playing basketball since high school and now in college and have always been made fun of cause of my dreadful layups... I think that underhand approach would really help me!
Thank you for making this episode. I have basketball tryouts tomorrow and this is my 8th year playing. I'm really scared I won't make the team. Any tips that will help me focus and not pay attention to the pressure of the coaches?Thank you!
We can only guess unless you get us a v ideo. We suppose that you are starting the shot from a low arm position and flinging the ball toward the basket. If so, change it so that you are reaching UPWARD and then releasing the ball as you see in our videos.
Change to using under-hand layups to take the power off the ball! When you shoot over-hand the hand transfers the run-up speed to the back of the ball.
ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND using the underhand layup. It's not about your size, but how and why you use the underhand. It takes much of the speed off the ball so the ball is soft.
i dont really know how to play basketball well, but ive decided to take a rish and try out for my basketball team at school (try outs arent for two weeks) and my friend told me that you basically ust need to do a layup good and so this helps! thanks:)
I'm 11 years old and your video made me understand layups and got me on a basketball team! It was hard because in 4`8.....Can you make a video on has to stop/control your fouling....I'm guilty of fouling...
Great tips! Just started playing Basketball casually,since i'm front the UK the local cage near my park hoop is horrible and does not even have string but still! ill try these tips on it
Hey shot science, I wanted to tell you that my middle school basketball tryouts are next Monday. I am wondering if you can give me any advice on making the team?
coach! I'm from Chile and created a channel just to make this question: in a game, you have to pass through your defender to make a layup, but what if there is another one waiting for you close to the rim? what should i do? and if you accept the challenge, would you make a little video for those situations? please, it would help me so much in my game!
This could be very true. We recommend that you work on your lower body (legs) and develop more explosiveness. You can achieve this through our Vertical Jump Program. It focus's on this area and you get the extra reward of a better vertical.
HEY COACH BELIEVE IT OR NOT I PLAY CENTER AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GREAT OUTSIDE SHOOTER I WATCHED ONE OF YOUR VIDEOS AND A FEW OTHERS I SAW THAT I HAD BEEN HOLDING THE BALL ON MY PALM NOW I CAN SHOOT BETTER THAN EVER THANKS BUT I AM STILL GOING TO PRACTICE
Eli, Glad we could offer something to help you and your game. This please us a great deal.
how if my layup didnt release high enough to hit the sweet spot because im only5'4
Darren Khor sorry I'm late, but you can do it at any height.
thnx because of this video i made all my layups even with my left and people were suprized thanks again
+Kevin Aluka Glad we could give you a tip or two to help your game.
me too
ugh i always choke on wide open layups.
hahaha . Dont worry . You'll get better
Don't worry lay ups are actually the most missed shots in the nba just always practice them it always good to practice layups whenever practicing
+iLLuSioN tX no...
Its probably because ur not slowing down
Same here, lost to a friend that I usually beat. I shot like 10 wide open layups and missed them all
I have been playing basketball for about 5 years now to stay in shape. My ball handling skills were never that good until I started to watch this channels videos. I just came back from the court and your lessons work. "Thanks, Shot Science"
Thank you so much for this video. Basketball tryouts are starting at my high school and im center so i need to do layups and get rebounds. Im 15, 6"3
Does anyone have any tips to increase my vertical so i can possibly dunk or do better layups? I can almost touch the rim. Im 5 inches off.
Good luck to you in your tryouts. Let us know how they go for you.
Squats
***** Can you please link me to some of your videos about increasing your vertical
Go to our YT Channel and look for Our vertical jump videos and you will also find our "Vertical Handbook" which is ta three month daily program. Our players report really solid gains using this program.
Thanks so much for your very nice comment and we hope you will be and remain a strong supporter of your coach.
Guys I am a really good stealer, I can steal the ball easily and run on the fast break by myself all alone, but I go so fast that I miss the layup due to the fact that I put so much power since I am going really fast, what should I do? Thanks, and keep up the great vids!
We highly recommend that you use an "underhand" layup as it takes a lot of run-up speed off the basketball.
Use your two step to focus and balance your self and steady yourself and gives you time to position your self ... I use to have the same problem ... use your two step to slow yourself down and practice finger rolls
bruh slow down, unless LeBron is chasing you
You can decelerate doing your run-up, so that you can put the ball right where you need with a soft touch. Coach Rock from I love basketball TV talks about it.
It is a good idea to be able to shoot both the overhand and the underhand layups. Continue to practice the underhand because it comes in handy when you are attacking the rim hard.
Hi Coach Tom if i do this Lay up 101 Alone it's really work for me but if i have an opponent in my front the defender always slap the ball if i started to Finish.
He's slapping the ball if the ball is on the front of my body.
Work on getting the ball on your off-side hip for he shot. If you keep getting blocked, possibly this is a shot that you shouldn't be taking. A jump stop and finish often has the defender over run your shot. Jump Stop at about 4-5 feet from the hoop, up fake, then finish.
Thanks Coach Tom but i'm not always getting blocked but the defender is like Andre Igoudala he always slap the ball and if he hit my hand accidentally the Refs always don't call a foul that's why i need to know how to protect the ball even tho the defender is very physical player
See our videos "Finishes at the Rim!"
after you pick up your dribble try to hold the ball like a football player it keeps strong defenders from slapping it away in the lane
Thanks for your suggestion i always do that but if i do my second step or what we call THE LAUNCH FOOT that's the timing where the defender slap the ball to my hand.
We are really pleased for you Angela. This makes us feel really good to have helped you and your game.
Those of you complaining about going to fast to the rim and having the ball bounce off the backboard should remember that you have to take two steps first and glide on the third thus releasing the ball before you land or it will be considered a travel.
What????????
lol
We are very pleased that we could help out!
You're right about the Mikan Drill. Underhand layups must be practiced going straight in to the basket!
This helped me & my team sooo much because we were missing layups on fastbreaks, but now, we always make them. Thank you so much! :)
We are really pleased that we were able to help you and your game. Keep workin on it!
Thanks so much for your support. We greatly appreciate it!
Thanks so much and we are very pleased that you find them helpful. Thanks again.
All the help you need is contained in the layup videos.
good guy shot science
makes helpful videos
responds to them 3 years later
amazing, you should get like an award
SWEET!!! We love hearing that we have been able to help players improve their games.
Thanks for this, Coach!
I've been playing basketball for 2 years now and I'm trying to make my high school's varsity team this year as a senior, and my major weakness has always been the layup, especially the underhand method. Now I can actually practice the right way to do it.
Thanks again!
Probably need to learn to do this shot straight away as well. It begins with practice!
I always occasionally come back to these videos even though I've seen them and applied them to my game. It is fun to watch and sometime I might have missed something.
Thanks so much Jevon. We really appreciate your comment. That makes our day!
this really helps. i have realized, as i do the overhand layup, that a lot of times even when i hit the corner of the box, my shot rolls out and it's really frustrating. ill have to work on that underhand
The sweet spot is the best target for your succes on the shot AND yes, fully extend the arm.
Oh! thats how you do the layup! I was so close to the rim like i was right above it when i release the ball from my hand. I thought it was me getting rusty from not playing for a week. Now i understand why im missing my layups...
That's exactly what happens to me
Spreading your fingers, especially your thumb really helps your control a bunch!
Thanks for the tips coach, with my lack of scoring power my speed was only used for defence but after your video I'm able to score more than I though I could.
The sweet spot was just what I needed, knowing where to throw the ball finished my lay-ups practice.
You bet. We are pleased that we could offer some help.
I am working on my California Teaching Credentail. Your videos are really helping me to make the connections for the CSET exam. Thanks!
Thanks for the tips, I used to never make lay ups but now I've gotten better at them by a lot because of your advice. Your the best!
You are a genius.I don't know why you make these free videos on youtube but god bless you coach!
Glad we could help and congratulations to you.
This is great. I played for many years and never had much trouble when I was younger but now that I'm older and coming back to the game I've lost the touch and always missed layups on a break and under the ring. It's getting embarrassing so this will definitely help. I think if you keep doing drills it will certainly increase the accuracy and muscle memory of doing the layup (and shooting) Thanks, guys!
Shot Science, well done, undoubtedly you have helped thousands of people improve their basketball including mine.
I especially like this video because I have learned how to defend myself against blocks while going for a lay-up.
THANK YOU!
Thanks Shot Science Basketball , all your post helped on basketball training and i get an award at 3 on 3 basketball contest , THANK YOU
GREAT!!! We love to hear that we are able to help players improve.
Thanks so much Will. We really appreciate your comment.
Glad we could offer you some things that will work for you.
Thanks coach!!! This tutorial went good on me, I started to rarely miss lay ups when I'm clear, in my last scrimmage, fastbreaks went good, the "sweet spots" really worked. Thanks coach, I'm Elementary, I'm 5'3", normally on a 9'5" or 10' baskets. Thanks and keep up the good work!
Glad we could help out Alvan!!!!!!
AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GET BETTER!
Thanks ShotScience. These Layup Finishing helped me. Makes me improve my skills on shooting
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!
I have a very consistent and reliable shot from three and midrange because of this channel! I now start on my varsity team
How cool is that???? Congratulations and we are pleased that we can help.
Thanks and i really appreciate that u found time to awnser my question.
Thank you so much, last year i was a forward and made only one basket the whole season, and it was a free throw. Now ask i watched your videos i make about 28 points per game, and break about 2 ankles per game! Thank you so much Shot Science Basketball, you just earned a subscriber!
Thanks Jason. We are really pleased that we were able to help you.
Jason Zhang stop with the lies 😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the video I've almost always missed my layups and never understand why. Now I know why I have been missing the layups. It was because I always did over hand layups and not under hands. Thanks again for the lesson!
SWEET!!! Glad we could offer you some help.
"Pounding the ball" on the pick-up dribble is good!
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
Glad we could help out!
Gooood call! be strong to the hoop!
I get open all the time, so making the easy layup will improve my game immensely, thanks!
It will for sure.
Shot science, I am relying to your tutorial videos and I really appreciate that it is free. I am requesting to your team to upload tutorials about positions like "what should a center do?" or "what to do when ur a small forward?"
This helped so much thanks coach
We are so pleased that we could help out. Keep workin on your game!
Good to hear!
Excellent job putting this video together! However, please note that around the 1:51 mark in the video, the player travels as he picks up his pivot foot prior to releasing the ball on his dribble.
chris sherkel It is not a travel, the player bring a ball to a rest on the 2nd step, thus making it not a travel.
I love you SHOT SCIENCE. My basketball techniques have really improved much. Thanks so much.
SS fans from Hong Kong
so much for your comment. It is really appreciated.
Thanks for your comment Paolo! We intend to.
The other players size is of no consequence! Choose which one you want to use. If they are bigger they are usually looking for the block and the under-hand shot works best!
@ShotScience Yeah i have been practicing it everyday, at basketball practice and on my own time, i have seen improvements. But if i am on a fast break, i am going to finish with my right hand for now, because i am not satisfied with my left hand finishing yet. Thank you and God bless!
Thanx again! I felt a lot more confident and I was able to make more shots. Btw, the perfect shooting form helped too
Focusing on the "sweet spot" has definitely helped. Thanks ShotScience.
Aomine Glad we could help out!
We will take your suggestion and possible do this soon.
Soon. We are working on two right now.
coach. i love using the underhand method. i feel that i have more control and as a result have a soft touch. but people say i shouldnt do it because it could easily get blocked and that i should go up strong with the over hand
Index and second fingers are good!
We are workin on it!
Thank you so much coach, thats just what I needed. Ive been playing basketball since high school and now in college and have always been made fun of cause of my dreadful layups... I think that underhand approach would really help me!
SWEET!! We are pleased that you are getting something out of the video. Keep workin to get better!
Thank you for making this episode. I have basketball tryouts tomorrow and this is my 8th year playing. I'm really scared I won't make the team. Any tips that will help me focus and not pay attention to the pressure of the coaches?Thank you!
I love this guy man. He has helped me out so much with my learning. To the man who made this video, Thank you.
Thanks so much for your very nice comment.
We really appreciate your comments and glad that our videos have helped you. We love Hong Kong!!!! Please "Spread the Word!"
We can only guess unless you get us a v ideo. We suppose that you are starting the shot from a low arm position and flinging the ball toward the basket. If so, change it so that you are reaching UPWARD and then releasing the ball as you see in our videos.
Change to using under-hand layups to take the power off the ball! When you shoot over-hand the hand transfers the run-up speed to the back of the ball.
thank you! I can't wait for my next basketball practice to try it out!
ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND using the underhand layup. It's not about your size, but how and why you use the underhand. It takes much of the speed off the ball so the ball is soft.
i dont really know how to play basketball well, but ive decided to take a rish and try out for my basketball team at school (try outs arent for two weeks) and my friend told me that you basically ust need to do a layup good and so this helps! thanks:)
Glad we could help. Good luck. Please review our video "Make The Team" for some other things that coaches look for.
I'm 11 years old and your video made me understand layups and got me on a basketball team! It was hard because in 4`8.....Can you make a video on has to stop/control your fouling....I'm guilty of fouling...
Glad we could offer you some help with your game. Please "Spread the Word!"
this is the best basketball advice online in youtube
Thanks Coach! This is just what I need to practice to make my layups properly! :)
Great tips! Just started playing Basketball casually,since i'm front the UK the local cage near my park hoop is horrible and does not even have string but still! ill try these tips on it
SWEET Shomari, keep workin on those Skill Sets and keep us up to date on your progress. BTW, hope you will "Spread the Word!"
Hey shot science, I wanted to tell you that my middle school basketball tryouts are next Monday. I am wondering if you can give me any advice on making the team?
I watch your videos everyday and practice everyday hoping I can get better
coach! I'm from Chile and created a channel just to make this question: in a game, you have to pass through your defender to make a layup, but what if there is another one waiting for you close to the rim? what should i do? and if you accept the challenge, would you make a little video for those situations? please, it would help me so much in my game!
very helpful. thx for the info.
can't stop beating myself up for my missed up lay up in tonight's game...
Totally up to you.
We plan on doing the Euro step video in the enar future.
These videos are really helping me with my game. Thats so much guys i really appreciate it. Keep it up!! 😊
Get'em tomorrow!
Woah This Video Really Helps... Im making some basic lay up practice. and it really works..... thanks keep up the good work... thanks coach
Could you do a video on how to do an 'up and under layup'? That would be really helpful!
This could be very true. We recommend that you work on your lower body (legs) and develop more explosiveness. You can achieve this through our Vertical Jump Program. It focus's on this area and you get the extra reward of a better vertical.
HEY COACH BELIEVE IT OR NOT I PLAY CENTER AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GREAT OUTSIDE SHOOTER I WATCHED ONE OF YOUR VIDEOS AND A FEW OTHERS I SAW THAT I HAD BEEN HOLDING THE BALL ON MY PALM NOW I CAN SHOOT BETTER THAN EVER THANKS BUT I AM STILL GOING TO PRACTICE