Straight from an NBA Championship coach! . We have "stretched the mind" of Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla who has been a member of our Basketball Immersion community. We are proud of our 10-year legacy of sharing the game for coaches at all levels.

Offense done right. ✔️ Create speed to the ball. ✔️ Create space for the ball. ✔️ Create advantages for the ball.

A rigid, technique 1st approach, might be limiting potential, not building it. Let the environment teach. You guide the journey. Reply: What’s one thing you’d change about how you teach shooting?.

8/ How do we track progress?. Can they adapt to distance? Pressure? Defenders?.Can they self-correct?.Those are the marks of a developing shooter.

7/ Isn’t form important?. Yes. But it emerges from function. Repetition with intention creates efficiency. Good form is a byproduct—not a starting point.

6/ What’s a beginner shooting session look like?. Not lines. Not reps. It’s messy. Variable. Active. Players solve problems, shoot on the move, adjust in real time.

5/ If the form looks “wrong”… let it be. Early on, different-looking shots are often just the brain solving a new problem. Don’t fix it too soon. Let feel lead to function.

4/ What about the off-hand?. Don’t obsess over it. Call it a support hand. Use one-handed constraints so the player discovers when it’s helping vs. hurting.

3/ Decision-making belongs in shooting drills—early. Don’t separate “form shooting” from “game shooting.”.Make every shot part of a read. That’s how we build real confidence.

2/ Shooting build-up? It’s not step-by-step—it’s layer-by-layer. Start with isolated one-handed shots. Then add movement, passes, defenders. Always contextual. Always game-relevant.

1/ How do you teach a new shooter?. Let them shoot. No instruction. No form talk. Just get the ball to the rim. Let them feel success and failure first—before you add constraints.

Rethinking How We Teach Shooting to Beginners. Most coaches start with form. We start with outcomes, intention, and variability. Here’s a modern approach to developing shooters. A thread. 🧵

The ideas shared for the last 11 years with Basketball Immersion are not only grounded in science but are concepts I've used with my own daughters. Hear my full brain dump on the latest episode of The Basketball Podcast:

I referenced this on this week’s podcast. I shared more daily details of my daughter’s “CLA Ecological” journey through development on my instagram. Follow here

Are you coaching on a stationary bike and expecting they'll be able to bike better on the street?. In EP384 of The Basketball Podcast, I share this analogy that, well, makes sense to me.

Learn directly from game-changing voices in coaching. Tobin Anderson — Shaping Pressing Systems and Motion Offense through CLA.Cody Toppert — Designing CLA-Informed Practices that Optimize Learning.Zach Guthrie — Rethinking Pre-Game Routines for Better Readiness.Brianna Finch —

Simple way to create an advantage is space for a match-up to drive or Barkley out of Over Action.

I discussed this concept of understanding "space for speed" vs. teaching dribble moves on my latest brain dump. Episode available here and wherever you listen . Drill explainer

Bunch spacing demonstrates how intentional bad spacing can create advantages. in this example the wing step up ghost screen and the spacing at the rim creates a big advantage.

Just dropped a full summer’s worth of coaching insights on The Basketball Podcast. From CLA to "Assist King", this episode is packed with practical ways to improve your player's experience, and a logical way to think of realism in training and practices.