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Innovative Strategy Boosts Player’s 3-Point Accuracy to 60% in Conference Games

Do you have players struggling with contested 3‑point shots? Get to know a college coach with a proven method to boost shooting efficiency for high-intensity shots in as little as four weeks. 

Basketball video analysis software is used to improve the amount of contested shots players take.

One day, while combing through his data, Whitman College Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Shawn James noticed something about one of his best 3‑point shooters. Coach James discovered that this player was good at hitting uncontested (low intensity) shots, but struggled every time his shot was rushed. 

With this knowledge, Coach James decided to act. Using insights from his basketball analytics software, he developed a simple but highly effective strategy that transformed this good 3‑point shooter into an elite one. In fact, the player’s 3‑point shooting percentage soared to 60% in conference games. 

a coach uses basketball shot tracking data to explain to a player how he can improve

Coach James credits an innovative metric called Shot Load to improve the player’s high intensity shooting efficiency. To get the specifics on which software he used, how he captured and analyzed the data to develop such a great shooter, download our case study by clicking the link below.

Coach Reveals Strategy He Used to Improve High-Efficiency Shooting

“(Technology) is super important, especially at a Division-III school. Not everybody has stuff like this (basketball analytics software) and so it gives you a huge competitive boost, helps your player development and your practice timing.”

Shawn James, Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach, Whitman College

The integration of basketball analytics software has revolutionized the coaching approach at Whitman College. Under Shawn James’s guidance, this technology has not only streamlined coaching processes but also provided invaluable insights that have significantly improved player performance.

If you’d like to learn more about KINEXON COMPETE VISION, the solution that Shawn James uses to innovate his coaching, contact us at any time.

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