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Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 10:44 am
by E-Balla

Watch on YouTube


Never thought of this before but I found this video extremely interesting.

EDIT: Fixed link since this thread has been revived for some reason

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 10:54 am
by southern wolf
That explains Michael Beasley's struggles.

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Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:11 am
by Jno
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im good

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:36 am
by packforfreedom
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Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:41 am
by breatnach
Interesting thought. I guess your shooting stroke takes years of practise, while your hair may change every couple of months.

Edit: Unfortunately, I doubt we'll be able to have an actual conversation between everyone's pictures. :noway:

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:42 am
by BobanSmash
Easy to understand and seems logical but not a thing that you normally think that would matter (or at least i haven't thought about it) but clearly you can see the effect of haircuts on shooting form.

Interesting stuff

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:44 am
by _jin
I thought it was a troll thread but after watching that video it actually makes a lot of sense.

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:44 am
by _jin
packforfreedom wrote:Image

he's got a load of hair but it's actually flat.

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:21 pm
by young_frogger
Meh, Korver and Nash and Bird are three of the G.O.A.T shooters and all three sported long hair for a long time, not buying it.

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:22 pm
by _MidNight_
I've actually never given this much thought, but after watching that video OP might be on to something here!

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:22 pm
by Ballah
There goes any hope of Elfrid Payton getting a decent shot.

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:23 pm
by BobanSmash
young_frogger wrote:Meh, Korver and Nash and Bird are three of the G.O.A.T shooters and all three sported long hair for a long time, not buying it.

All have long hair but none of them have high haircuts that interferes with the normal shooting form, did you watch the video?

Having a ponytail or mullet doesn't affect your shooting form, but having a Shumpert like flat top does.

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:29 pm
by thamadkant
_jin wrote:
packforfreedom wrote:Image

he's got a load of hair but it's actually flat.



When it rains where you are and you dont have an umbrella and you are exposed to the droplets... You get wet.

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:33 pm
by Jarlaxle0204
young_frogger wrote:Meh, Korver and Nash and Bird are three of the G.O.A.T shooters and all three sported long hair for a long time, not buying it.

Their hair was low though. It didn't impact where they released the ball. Did you watch the video? It's more about height of the hair than length.

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:58 pm
by AFM
Explains Lebron's increasing accuracy from 3

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 1:02 pm
by E-Balla
_jin wrote:I thought it was a troll thread but after watching that video it actually makes a lot of sense.

I laughed at the premise at first but after watching the video it made perfect sense.

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 1:39 pm
by GopherIt!
Do beards improve shooting?

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 2:05 pm
by Viper1500
Well this explains Elfrid Payton's struggles


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Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 2:09 pm
by _jin
young_frogger wrote:Meh, Korver and Nash and Bird are three of the G.O.A.T shooters and all three sported long hair for a long time, not buying it.

Korver is actually one of the examples shown in the video. I had the same initial reaction, the difference is I watched the video before commenting.

Re: Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 2:12 pm
by -Sammy-
In a related development, Google image searches for "NBA funny hair" have increased 6000% since the OP.