Article: Every time you want to shoot, it's important to "square up," which means you need to point both sets of toes so they're pointing straight at the hoop, then align your hips so you're aiming your front-side parallel with the hoop. Your shots will be more accurate when you square up, if you're following the correct fundamental techniques for shooting. When you're getting ready to take a shot, stop dribbling and take the ball in both hands, and square up to the hoop. Practice your pick-up step, in which you take one last dribble and turn your hips in one fluid motion. Your shooting hand is your dominant hand, the hand you write with and the hand it feels most comfortable to dribble with. Keep your shooting elbow in tight to your hip, and keep the ball balanced on your finger-tips on the bottom of the basketball. Bring it up even with your chin and bend your knees, crouching.  Your power will come with your shooting hand, but you can stabilize the ball and balance it using your other hand. Touch the ball gently with your other hand on the side of the ball. The whole power from the shot should be coming from your other hand, though. To practice your shot motion, lay on the ground with the ball and hold the ball straight up with your shooting hand. Practice rolling the ball straight up into the air a few inches with backspin, coming straight back down into your hand. When you've got the ball in the proper shooting position, extend your shooting elbow straight up and forward, rolling your wrist forward, as if you were trying to reach into a cookie jar on a high shelf. Continue extending your shooting arm, up and out, toward the hoop. Let the ball pop forward when your arm extends to the end, rolling backward as you release it. Keep following through with your hand, putting it in the cookie jar, after you've released the ball. To get extra power from your shot, crouch down and pop up with your legs as you shoot. When your arm gets to the highest point, you should jump slightly, extending your legs and putting some extra power under the shot with your jump.  Don't jump forward, toward the hoop, jump straight up. This is a common mistake with beginners. You want to jump straight up in the air and arc the ball towards its destination, not launch it forward. Free-throws are generally taken without jumping, and you don't have to jump to shoot. However, it's difficult to get the ball into the hoop using arm strength alone, so most shots taken will be "jump shots." Some coaches will tell you to try and get the ball just over the rim of the basket. However, trying to do that might lead to constantly hitting the rim and bouncing back at you. What you really want to do is go cleanly through the center of the rim. Most beginners aim low, hitting the rim, and this exercise trains the eye to make the "sight picture" of the shot higher, aiming more 'over' the rim. Lay-ups are an important part of playing basketball and a great fundamental drill to learn. Good basketball players should have lay-ups locked down so well they'll never miss one in a game situation. it should be an easy two points.  Start at the corner of the free-throw line on your dominant side. Dribble in toward the hoop from an angle, and pull up when you get near the second to last line on the side of the lane-marker. About there, take your steps and jump off the foot closest to the hoop (if you're dribbling righty, jump off your left foot). Bounce the ball off the backboard, just at the top corner of the square on the back, and into the hoop. It helps some beginners to imagine a string tying your dominant hand to your dominant knee, to help remember which foot to jump from. As you drive in, let your shooting hand "pull" up the knee on that side, jumping off the other knee. When you've got the mechanics down, try lay-ups on the opposite side, using your other hand. It'll feel awkward at first, but being able to drive the lane on both sides will make you a much better basketball player. . Shooting practice is a great way to get a little exercise and have some fun. Just shooting around is one of the best parts of basketball practice, so there's little excuse to skip it. Try shooting from all around the court, inside the key, from different angles. Dribble around while you shoot, so you're killing two birds with one stone. Practice shooting when you're tired, and when you're fresh.  Practice shooting free throws. Good basketball players should be able to make free throws almost automatic. Take them over and over again until you can memorize the shooting motion and commit it to muscle memory. Don't waste valuable practice time shooting half-court hail-marys or NBA-distance three-pointers. Get your fundamentals down and practice knocking back 10 in a row inside they key, before you work on making miracles.
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Square up with the basket each time you shoot. Balance the ball on your dominant hand. Roll the ball off your hand. Push off with your feet, jumping straight up. Aim for getting the ball just over the rim and into the basket. Practice lay-ups from both sides. Shoot constantly, from everywhere
Article: Use sharp scissors to trim the cloth around the shape of the blank and make sure to leave about 2 inches (5 cm) of extra cloth draping over the board. Cut the cloth into “V” shapes where your board curves so you can fold it over the rails. You can buy fiberglass cloth at a surfboard supply shop, marine shop, or fiberglass shop. Resin and catalyst are the substances that when mixed together will create the clear, hard coating on the surfboard. Read the ratios for the specific product you have and mix them together in a small plastic container or bucket. Buy polyester surfboard resin and catalyst at a surfboard supply shop. Begin in the center of the board and use a squeegee to work the resin in a figure 8 pattern throughout the middle of the board. Work the resin out and over the rails to lock in the fiberglass when you reach the edges. Resin should take around 5 to 6 minutes to cool, so timing is important. Be sure the entire cloth is evenly wet and secure on the blank. Leave any excess cloth (it will eventually be covered), but make sure to squeegee away any excess drips. Add resin to the top side with the same method you used for the bottom. Add an extra 4 oz. (133 mL) layer of fiberglass cloth on the deck for added strength.
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Cover the underside of the surfboard blank with 6 oz (168 g) of fiberglass cloth. Mix 24 oz (800 mL) of resin with catalyst. Pour the surfboard resin mix over the fiberglass cloth and spread it out evenly. Allow the resin to cure for about 1 day, then repeat on the other side.