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- Many people who play the sport of basketball don't know all of the math and calculations that go in to it. From free throw percentages to coaching strategies to better the chance of a win, math is entangled throughout the sport.
Optimal Shooting Trajectories
- Every jump shot is different for each person, including the form in which they perform the jump-shot, the release of the ball from the hand into the air, and the angle/arc in which the ball is released from the hand and enters the rim.
- Many people assume that the higher arc a ball has, the better. While it is a factual statement that makes the rim bigger, giving the ball a better chance to go through the basket, it is not the be-all-end-all way to shoot.
- It turns out, shooting the ball with too high of an arc can be just as detrimental to the chance of the ball going in as a flatter shot.
- Having too high of an arc can alter the control the shooter has on the destination of where the ball ends up, which can turn into a shot that ends up either short or long of the basket.
- while the angle and trajectory of a jump-shot varies from person to person from an angle of 35-55 degrees, the optimal angle is 45 degrees
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