Approach ?

[75lockwood]

Taking too long can be a bad thing. I've seen some people who setup in the approach, stand still for about 5-10 seconds and do nothing. When you take too long, you could over think it and may tense up your muscles. The best thing is minimize the tasks you do while at the approach. Most of the things can be done prior to stepping up on the approach.

*Cough* Machuga *Cough* lol


my routine involves removing a kid for the lane, then picking up the ball, lining up, hand in ball, bend knee's, 3 point targeting, and go!

[ShortChanged]

As soon as my foot hits the approach and i'm lining up my feet for the shot, I usually take somewhere between 5-10 seconds during league or tournament play. I find that's it's sufficient time for me to focus on where I want to throw the shot, giving me more consistency. Any less than 5 seconds, and 90% of the time, I'm not throwing the ball where I want it to go.