How can I shoot a basketball accurately?

I'm 5 foot 5 and I am a girl who's 14. I wanna know how to shoot a basketball without using two hands, and actually get it in most of the time.|||exactly what micahm03 said, just practice constantly. Shooting is muscle memory, you can look that up and understand it more. Another thing.....dotn listen to people who tell you to "do this" or "do that" to your shooting form. Two of the best shooters in NBA history did not have "perfect"shooting form. Reggie Miller and Larry Bird. Stick with what your comfortable with. Accept advice of course, but you dont have to neccessarily stick to ONE "form" of shooting.|||why would u wanna shoot with one hand. if ur talking about a hook shot then do what that Patsfan guy said

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|||practice your form close up %26amp; work your way out.a game u could play is you start close up by the block %26amp; everytim you make it you take a step back everytime you miss you take a step foward. make sure ur doing it with good form,have good balence, shoulder weighth square up use your legs%26amp;snap ur rist

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take your left thumb and put it over your right thumb forming a "T".. doing this will give you perfect hand position on the ball.. position the ball on your forehead, that is the best release point.. keep your right elbow below your wrist, which will give you the best possible rotation.. and when shooting do not move your left hand at all..





with that said, you will also need to practice all the time.. just shoot shots less then 10', from all angles, slowing increasing the distance.. you should not be shooting further then a free throw if you have to jump to do it.. stay close til you can shoot free throws just bending at the knee, and shooting.. it will take you about 2 months or so to become really consistent..





using this form actually increased my range about 5'.. after the two months or so getting used to it.. increased my left hand to 15', and my right hand to pro 3 pointer range.. when i used two hand i always ended up with a side spin, which caused slightly off line shots to have no chance after hitting the rim or backboard.. your rotation should be just like a ball rolling toward you.. you will get what they call a "shooters bounce, or shooters roll"





reverse it when using your left hand..





i started with 25 shots, each hand, each day, after warming up, and playing for about two hours.. your muscles learn better when your tired, and will increase your range if you do this right before leaving.. also it was 25 shots in a row, each hand.. starting over when missing.. you will be amazed after two months if you do this..





i hope this was helpfull|||ok... to master the one hand shooting.. which i can say im pretty good at.. you must 1st take shots with 2 hands..and flick ur wrist like ur taking a normal shot.. but let ur shooting hand take it more so. after a few attemps.. than just basically act as if u were taking a regular shot ... take ur left or right hand off the ball ... and just flick ur wrist with that one hand... after hours and days of practicing you should become more accurate with 1 hand shots..|||Well it's not fail proof but when I was younger I found that when you flick your wrist and push the ball off with your fingers follow through and make sure you're pointing in the direction of the basket... helped me. Hope this helps you.|||Practice practice practice!





Check out this vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRCbvYTbMCo|||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-nV0Gzof鈥?/a>|||just relax|||just play and play. you will get it