Marcus Smart and Boston Celtics assistant coach work on shooting balance

If I'm Celtics management I'd ask Jay Larrange, "How could you let Marcus practice shot after shot with his right foot touching or over the 3 point line?"

Perfect practice makes perfect play. Imperfect practice makes for imperfect play. Unless I'm wrong about being credited for a 3 pointer, don't your feet have to be behind the line? I simply can't understand a player practicing with a foot on the line, nor can I get a coach not pointing that out. Baffles me.

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AND, more important than where his feet are might be to watch the video to focus on what Marcus does with his shooting hand and head immediately after the ball rolls off his middle and index finger.

It seemed to me that his success rate was way better when he kept his head still just a click of time longer as well as held his finish (with his hand) a tad longer that all of his shots were going in.

I would love to be able to see a whole bunch of his game three pointers as I am guessing that the 'mades' have longer head and hand "finish" than the 'misses'.

This is a small, but very important, part of shooting that is often ignored. Probably comes from young guys listening to some dumb coaches back in the day who emphasized "follow your shot" instructions.

Just shoot the ball and follow its flight into the net. Don't worry about a rebound, don't worry about anything else. Just shoot the ball and watch it until it goes in. Works from all distances, too.

So right wideclyde.