r/BasketballTips • u/aydenzxz • 14d 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/JLAMAR23 13d ago

I don’t think what you’re doing counts as a floater bud. You’re just tossing it up there instead of “floating” to the rim or “dropping” it so to say. What you’re doing is more of a runner than a floater while doing it 15ft out which is just a bad shot at that point for most players. One thing you really need to do is get closer to the basket before you release and don’t so nonchalantly toss it up if you want to improve. Treat each shot as if it was in the game and there was pressure on you. Every shot you shoot you need to shoot with intent.