During the launch, the leap is an additional
force that intervenes in its execution, but it requires the need for a
coordinated overlap with the other forces present, which will also be
communicated to the ball, and that are beyond the power transmitted by said heel, elbow extension and
shoulder flexion and movement of the wrist. It is in this coordination of
forces that lays one of the decisive aspects for the successful launch.
It should however remember the
following:
• The shot for goal is a smooth
gesture, where relaxation and balance outweighs the role of force.
• The shot for goal is a
movement that must be run at speed.
At launch, more than the height
of the jump, regardless of his speed and relaxation with which the player
performs.
Salient features, which can be
drawn when comparing a free throw and a launch in suspension
The basic structure of the
gesture of release is similar in both cases. At the launch itself in
suspension, there is a stage of mere translation of the arm (and ball), no
change in their relative positions, which corresponds to the phase of the jump
before the release. In a launch jump, forces players
to act successively and continuously, almost without interruption. At the launch itself in
suspension, there is a more or less prolonged interval (depending on the height
of the jump) between the point of intervention of the legs and when the arm
starts its action, performing the push the ball to the basket.
