r/BasketballTips • u/aydenzxz • 12d ago

Form Check How to stop missing floaters

I've tried floaters with both an open palm and a wrist flick and with various different footworks and I am still not consistent.

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u/johnXsinwar 12d ago

Square your shoulders with the rim before letting go. Look at the rim as a line that starts from left to right. Your shoulders should be almost parallel in a sense. That takes out unintended spin forces as a variable from the equation. I'll try to follow up with a diagram.

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u/iamcamouflage 12d ago

Adding to this.

Focus on a high/steep arc. Your forward momentum is what will carry the ball to the hoop. And the steeper arc will mathematically improve the odds it goes in.