FIX THE SHOT.
KEEP THE
FIX.

Every shooting session starts with Lou watching your player shoot, from the first rep, before anything gets changed. He looks for the same handful of leaks he sees in almost every young shooter: a narrow or crooked base, the guide hand pushing, the elbow drifting out, a release that changes speed when the shot matters. Then the session works one leak at a time.

Form shooting close to the rim rebuilds the pattern. Footwork drills put the pattern on the move. Game-speed catch-and-shoot, off the dribble and off screens make sure it holds when a defender is closing out. The last stretch is always live, because a shot that only works in an empty gym is not fixed yet.

This is for the player who can make ten in a row in the driveway and then goes 1 for 8 on Saturday. For the point guard whose defender goes under every screen because nobody respects the pull-up. For the post player who wants a face-up jumper before high school. And for the high school shooter whose coach keeps saying "same shot every time" without showing how.

Lou hit 11 threes in one game at Oklahoma City University, a school record that still stands, and now plays for the Harlem Globetrotters, where the shot has to fall in front of a crowd every night. The drills are the ones he uses himself.

• Shot review from the first rep of the first session
• Mechanics, footwork, rhythm and range
• Catch-and-shoot, off the dribble, off screens
• Recap with a shooting plan for the week

If a private session is more than you need right now, the Sunday Shooting Lab runs every Sunday in October at The Hive. Middle school from 5:30 to 7:00 PM and high school from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. The full four-week program is $249, or $75 for a single Sunday, and the first five to register get $50 off with the code EARLY. Register for the October Lab.