How To Shoot an NBA Jump Shot with Khris Middleton

Khris Middleton was an unheralded prospect coming out of Texas A&M, but in three short years he's turned himself into perhaps the premier 3-and-D shooting guard in the NBA. How? Hard time in the gym, working on his shot. In this How To, Khris takes us through some drills and shares some insights on how you can become a sniper in your own league.

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[GFreezy]

3 years later he a all star and in the eastern conference finals

[businessboykenichi]

instructions unclear, I now play for the Nets. Help.

[irishx]

wow I can totally shoot like an nba player now thanks

[johnhui]

Now he’s a 2 time all star and nba champion

[Drohead]

After watching this video I took the detailed information and walked on to the Warriors. Thanks for information!

[rodelacain]

Middleton is a very humble & cool guy. I like his personality

[KarateStanceConor]

Anyone else still waiting on how to shoot an NBA jumper?

[aidenryland]

About damn time you do a video with Kmidd most underrated player in the league!

[TheShachattack]

Khris has one of the most fundamentally sound jumpers in the league

[sanjaysayshi]

From an 'after thought' to an All Star! Much props Kris

[kennethmoore]

Now he's on his way to his first even NBA finals!

[norvinzor]

One of the most beautiful shooting forms you will ever see

[thischeeseburger]

Props to this dude. Had an amazing season this year, putting up great fantasy numbers

[bingefest]

One of the hardest working players out there, kudos to Middleton on his first all star selection and maybe Finals appearance.

[aitch]

5 years and he’s now the secondary scorer on a team in the finals

[serum]

Even though Im watching this video 3 years later. Im still always trying to perfect my jumpshot.And learning to create space to become the best i can be.

[mrzack]

notice how the elbow and even the upper body is a bit slanted and not straight when dipping the ball winding up. Only the last split second before release does the elbow and body straighten for the release. This way, you create tension (strength needed for the shot in order to hit a far distance three). When the ball reaches the top, the body is relaxed for the final release. Another thing, when shooting, you are not evenly distributing the weight 50/50 on each leg. One leg (usually the left leg if you are a right handed shooter) has more of the weight distributed (probably a 60/40 or 70/30 distribution ). So essentially all jump shots are one legged jump shots.

[kobethebest]

Form in the thumbnail looks like Kyrie

[pandaman]

5 years later his an 2 time all star eastern confrence champ and a nba champion

[javier]

Went to middle school with Khris and we had several classes together, pretty chill and laidback dude. Proud of him