The picture above was posted on twitter. There are three things for players to see:
1) In the left-hand frame, he sells the move to the left prior to the crossover. Even though he has planted and appears to be in the process of changing directions, his shoulders sell the move to the left. Whereas this view is a poor angle to see the left side of his body, Curry appears to have a good shin angle to change directions with his foot outside his knee and knee outside his hip.
2) In the middle frame, his stride is too long to explode to the basket (at least from this view). Curry likely had decided to stop and shoot, so his long stride with the negative shin angle may have been a strategy to stop his forward momentum. To accelerate to the basket, a player would want a slightly shorter step to land with a positive shin angle with nose over his toes.
3) In the final frame, Curry is already shot ready. He stops on balance with shoulders over knees and knees over toes. He also picks up the dribble with his right hand on top of the ball and his elbow back behind his hip. This enables a player to lift the ball into his shot in a straight line. A lot of players like to swing the ball to the middle of their body. Good shooters pick up the dribble with their shooting hand and bring their weak hand to the ball rather than swinging the ball to the middle of their body to meet their non-shooting hand.
Great points! Also, in frame 2, notice how low the hands are on the crossover indicating that the ball was only out of his hands for a very short distance. Many young players have a tendency to play with hands higher (not dropping their shoulders to get their hands lower) and allowing the ball to rise up too high on either side of the crossover.
Stephen Curry crossover and shot preparation..good fundamental points (via @brianmccormick)..http://t.co/6Fm5F6XI
My bet is there is a ballscreen about to be set for curry. He makes the defender think he is going off the ball screen and fakes him out. Great pics.
There was no ball screen. He pulled up for the jumper. It was just a 1v1 move at the top. I was watching the game live, and many GSW fans began tweeting about the move immediately. The picture was posted on twitter before the game ended.
Love Steph Curry as a player, a shooter. But how do we feel about his shot selection in this sequence? Two inches inside the 3pt line, and presumably no exploration of other options in the offense?
I don’t know the GSW roster – I assume a “bad” shot for Curry is better than a “good” shot for many other players – and this isn’t necessarily a “bad” shot. He is open and in rhythm. Just wondered what others thought.
Stephen Curry, the crossover, and shot preparation http://t.co/NmZKecyz #Shooting