Fix the shot. Then trust it.

Seven checkpoints from the floor to the follow-through — the Base, the Pocket, the Path, the Set Point, the Release, the Arc, and the Chain. Built one at a time in close, then connected into a single motion and carried out to mid-range. Close-range work that feels too simple is the foundation everything else sits on. The phase closes with a 50-shot baseline so every number that follows has a starting point.

“Fix the shot. Then trust it.”

The shot starts the instant the ball touches your hands. Catch-and-shoot off movement, relocation, and screen exits build the spot-up game; the pull-up, step-back, and hesitation pull-up build the shot off the dribble. The seven checkpoints have to run on autopilot while your attention goes to the catch, the defender, and the clock.

“Shot ready before the ball arrives.”

Range is earned through the base, not the arms. Deep-distance calibration teaches the body to generate more power without changing the release — a deeper base, more leg drive, a slightly lower set point, and everything else held exactly the same. The phase closes with a 50-shot three-point assessment.

“Keep the shot. Add legs.”

Fatigue, time pressure, and the contest — the three things a game adds that a gym never does. Physical loading before every shooting set reveals which checkpoint breaks first, targeted correction rebuilds it, and the program closes with a 100-shot final assessment that maps the shot you built against the shot you walked in with.

“Fix the shot. Then trust it.”