18 Top Gifts for Basketball Players

Best Basketball Gifts: Perfect for Any Basketball Player Gifts of basketball gear and apparel are easy selections for someone on your shopping list who has the makings of a future basketball star.  We collected our top picks just for you to make your gift shopping easy! What do you get for your basketball-crazy child, coach, or husband/wife if...

The Boeheim Brothers

We are excited to announce our newest NIL partnership with Syracuse’s Jimmy and Buddy Boeheim! Coming into this season, Buddy was selected to the preseason All-ACC First Team and to the NABC Player of The Year watch list. Jimmy comes into his first season at Syracuse as a transfer from Cornell where he was averaging 16.7...

Justin Ahrens

We are thrilled to welcome Ohio State sharpshooter, Justin Ahrens, to The Gun family. Justin has been using The Gun shooting machine for the past decade and says it's had a major impact on his game. In high school, Justin was a two-time co-player of the year in the state of Ohio and holds multiple school...

Shooting Line to Become a Straight Shooter

By Nathan Edick, Just Hoops In order to become a great shooter, you must become a straight shooter first. From your shooting pocket you must move the basketball along your shooting line to eliminate any rounded or wasted movements. Your shooting line consists of: 1). Lead Foot 2). Lead Hip 3). Elbow 4). Shoulder 5). Wrist A vertical/straight line must connect to all...

What Coaches Will Be Looking For During Tryouts

Written by Trent Scarbrough, Just Hoops As a former coach’s son I had the opportunity to dig into a coach’s mind daily, and figure out what coaches are looking for in their players. Coaches want high character players. The characteristics and actions below are attributes that have nothing to do with skill or talent that you have...

Fowler High School – Coach Nate Goerge

Huge congratulations from everyone here at Shoot-A-Way to Coach Goerge and the Fowler Eagles on a Division 4 State Championship in the state of Michigan! The Eagles brought home the hardware after an impressive showing in East Lansing knocking off Bellaire 54-20! Coach has had a Gun in his program for the last 11 years and attributes...

The Game Has Changed

Flashback to the 2001-2002 NBA season, 5 of the top 10 scorers in the league made themselves a living with mid-range jumpers and strong finishes in the post. The other 5 in the top 10 were pure scorers with unlimited range. Scoring back then was balanced from the post to beyond the three point line. Now let’s...