Stephen Curry is one of the very few players in NBA history who changed the ecology and popularity of basketball. Unreasonable shooting and dribbling not only opened up the “three-point era” in the NBA, but also allowed many amateur basketball players to learn to imitate. However, behind Curry’s sharp shot, there are many different factors intertwined. The following is Curry’s comprehensive quantitative analysis.
Stephen Curry is one of the very few players in NBA history who changed the ecology and popularity of basketball. Unreasonable shooting and dribbling not only opened up the “three-point era” in the NBA, but also allowed many amateur basketball players to learn to imitate. However, behind Curry’s sharp shot, there are many different factors intertwined. The following is Curry’s comprehensive quantitative analysis.
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Stephen Curry revealed in 2019 that he has been suffering from severe myopia, or more precisely, he suffers from Keratoconus. The symptoms are basically severe astigmatism that causes blurred vision and inability to focus. Blurred, including the basket.” Curry sometimes even had to squint to focus, so his marksmanship was actually made with blurred vision.
Compared with eyesight, hand-eye coordination is more important for basketball players. “Basketball, or any sport, does not depend on who has good eyesight to perform outstandingly. It is not always possible to see clearly. The maturity and instant of hand-eye coordination Reflexes are what count,” says Don Teig, former president of the athletic division of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Ryan Bulson, a professor of vision at the University of the Pacific, believes that there are two theories to explain this. The first is the effect of muscle memory. For Curry, a top shooter at the NBA level, tens of thousands of trainings have already formed a habit for the body. It is also the “feel” that most people refer to. “Our brain will exclude some actions that do not make a shot, and remember the action, strength, etc. of the shot.” Bulson said, the most famous example is Michael Jordan’s closed-eye free throw.
When retired NBA sharpshooters talked about Curry, they all mentioned two important points, the lightning-fast shooting speed and the top-to-unusual hand-eye coordination.
Kerr took Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry as an example. Thompson’s shooting action is a near-perfect standard shooting action, but Curry is a relatively non-mainstream “quick push” action. However, both of them are already historical gods. Shooter, “Klay is a textbook, and Steph is more like a science fiction novel, but both of them are super sharp shooters, because they both have extraordinary touch and talent.” Kerr said, “Klay is that you know he is going to shoot, but Can’t hold it, and Steph is like you can’t figure out when he’s going to make a shot, and he has probably the best hand-eye coordination in the world.”
Reggie Miller mentioned that Curry’s shooting speed is the key to his stand out, “His shooting is very neat. Generally speaking, shooters shoot in two rhythms, jumping and shooting, but he has only one rhythm: jump-shoot. “According to the sports data company Stats LLC, Curry’s shot is about 0.3 seconds, while the NBA average is about 0.54 seconds; and the highest point of Curry’s shooting arc is 4.94 meters (vertical height), the NBA average is about 4.8 meters, “You didn’t There is a way to change the size of the basketball, but it can change the size of the basket.” Almost every shot Curry can get close to the perfect shooting angle of 45 degrees, so Curry’s high arc means the bigger the goal of the basket.
Behind the talent is double the sweat
“Many parents of young basketball players came to ask me what is the secret to training Curry. I told them it was very simple, just keep shooting repeatedly.” Dell Curry said.
Although Curry is often called full of shooting talent, not every point of ability is natural, but the joint crystallization of a lot of training.
Curry’s shooting habit is derived from his lack of physical condition, but it evolved for survival. “No matter what stage he is, he is the shortest in the game, so he can only find a way to score.” Originally, Curry’s shot The point is at the waist, and relying on the wrist to exert force, but Curry felt that this was not good, so he spent a whole summer looking for his father and younger brother to improve his shooting movements. The adjusted shooting is roughly the same as the current posture.
After entering the NBA, Curry’s training plan can only be described as “precise division of labor” and “tailor-made”, which is different from ordinary professional players. Payne to build.
“Curry is the most special player in NBA history. His external physical fitness and physical condition are not outstanding. He may not even be average, but he has first-class quality in invisible places.” Payne said.
Payne has been working with Curry since 2011. He is a practitioner of utilitarianism. His training philosophy is to find out the most efficient solutions and movements, and integrate the body and mind by including technological assistance, mental training, brain training and movement refinement. Reduce unnecessary actions on the field, and improve decision-making speed and accuracy.