Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke

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Your Hair Is In The Way Of Your Natural Shooting Stroke 

Post#1 » by E-Balla » Wed Jun 1, 2016 10:44 am



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

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Post#2 » by southern wolf » Wed Jun 1, 2016 10:54 am

That explains Michael Beasley's struggles.

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Post#3 » by Jno » Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:11 am

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Post#5 » by breatnach » Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:41 am

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:
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Post#6 » by BobanSmash » Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:42 am

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.

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Post#7 » by _jin » Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:44 am

I thought it was a troll thread but after watching that video it actually makes a lot of sense.
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Post#8 » by _jin » Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:44 am

packforfreedom wrote:Image

he's got a load of hair but it's actually flat.
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Post#9 » by young_frogger » Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:21 pm

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.
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Post#10 » by _MidNight_ » Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:22 pm

I've actually never given this much thought, but after watching that video OP might be on to something here!
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Post#11 » by Ballah » Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:22 pm

There goes any hope of Elfrid Payton getting a decent shot.
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Post#12 » by BobanSmash » Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:23 pm

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.
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Post#13 » by thamadkant » Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:29 pm

_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.
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Post#14 » by Jarlaxle0204 » Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:33 pm

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.
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Post#15 » by AFM » Wed Jun 1, 2016 12:58 pm

Explains Lebron's increasing accuracy from 3
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Post#16 » by E-Balla » Wed Jun 1, 2016 1:02 pm

_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.
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Post#17 » by GopherIt! » Wed Jun 1, 2016 1:39 pm

Do beards improve shooting?
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Post#18 » by Viper1500 » Wed Jun 1, 2016 2:05 pm

Well this explains Elfrid Payton's struggles


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Post#19 » by _jin » Wed Jun 1, 2016 2:09 pm

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.
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Post#20 » by -Sammy- » Wed Jun 1, 2016 2:12 pm

In a related development, Google image searches for "NBA funny hair" have increased 6000% since the OP.
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