Why Does The Proportion of Three-Point Shots Gradually Increase on the Court

From the annual all-star weekend, we can feel some strange changes. In the past, the finale of the next day must be the slam dunk competition. However, in recent years, the brilliance of the three-point game has been comparable to that of the slam dunk competition, and even gradually exceeded people's expectations of the slam dunk competition.

How did this change in our psychology come about? Because more and more players are willing to spend time practicing three-point shooting, the technology of three-point shooting has been improved and the accuracy has been significantly improved. As a result, the competition of the three-point ball competition has increased. The greater the competition, the higher the appreciation of the game, and the expectations of people will naturally increase. In the slam dunk competition, there have been such top Dunkers as Carter and raven in the past few years. Therefore, it is more and more difficult to surpass them and innovate in action, and the appreciation has reached a peak.

So what exactly drives players, coaches, and trainers to see more 3-point shots on the court? Why has the proportion of 3-point shots increased year by year in the past decade? 

First, there are challenges and changes in concepts and cognition. The NBA was established in June 1946, and the three-point line was officially introduced into the NBA in the 79-80 season. Before there was no three-point line, the traditional concept of players and coaches was to create scoring opportunities in the area relatively close to the basket. At that stage, the shooting action of the athletes was still in constant improvement.

Therefore, when the three-point line is introduced, players and coaches need to go through a long process and courage if they want to jump out of the previous tactical concepts to innovate. Not everyone is willing to change their technical actions the first time and give up their original advantages to try new tricks. In addition, the adaptation of shooting action is mainly around the middle distance shooting, so it also needs an iterative process at the technical level.

The second reason is that the hit rate of the two-point ball and the three-point ball is gradually close, and the utility of the three-point ball is gradually highlighted. For retired superstars such as Jordan and Kobe Bryant, there is a big gap between their career shooting and 3-point shooting, while curry and Thompson can make the shooting rate of 2-point and 3-point shots infinitely close, and they have regarded 3-point shooting as a major means of attack.

When more and more players like curry and Thompson appear in the league, they are not only a phenomenon but also bring a new possibility to coaches and players. That is, the 3-point ball that we thought was unattainable can be approached to the 2-point shooting rate through a lot of scientific practice. When we have such cognition, our behavior will change greatly. However, the three-point ball, which was originally used only at the critical moment or when the score was backward and had no choice but to be used, has undergone earth-shaking changes in its status, value, and utility.

It is because of the presence of such players around us that our faith will be more firm. It is also for this reason that more and more players keep increasing the proportion of training time for three-point ball and are willing to spend more time practicing three-point ball. This is a virtuous cycle. Finally, in addition, in the traditional sports culture of the United States, players prefer to score after confrontation, and "Violence Aesthetics" has always dominated. The precise shooting technique such as three-point shooting was regarded as an inferior scoring method at the beginning. Therefore, this misunderstood process needs time and more courageous players to unlock and clear the clouds.

Having talked so much about the background and development trend of the three-point ball, how should we adapt to this change as our domestic basketball fans or professional athletes? First, we should see clearly that, even though three-point shooting is popular now, it is possible to master this technology and really approach its hit rate to a two-point shooting rate (40%) or more through long-term and systematic training. What is worrying is that many young players and even younger children, in order to meet their psychological and physiological needs, have begun to throw a large number of three-point shots before their shooting movements are fully finalized, or when their physical strength and explosiveness have not yet developed.

The result may be more negative. If we practice the three-point shooting too early, it is likely that the shooting action will be changed due to our own strength and other aspects failing to meet the requirements. If we do not practice under the supervision of the coach, the whole shooting action will eventually lead to problems and develop bad habits that are difficult to change. Therefore, we suggest that at this stage, the stereotyping of shooting action is more important than shooting distance. We should look for the maximum shooting distance on the basis of basically fixed shooting movements. If we can only keep good shooting posture in the area 5 meters away from the basket, we should try to improve and maintain the shooting rate, and then think about the three-point shot.

Another situation is that your shooting pattern has been finalized, but your 3-point shooting rate is not high. At this time, we need to be careful when shooting three-point shots in the game. Because the value of 3-pointer and 2-pointer is based on their own shooting rate. If Curry, Thompson, and other stars can't keep their 3-point shooting rate at more than 40%, their shooting proportion must be inclined to 2-point shooting. It is precise because more and more players can predict that they will raise their 3-point shooting rate to a new level that they have the motivation and willingness to practice.

Blindly following will only make us and the team suffer huge losses. In the three-point ball era and the small ball era, even if our technical and tactical characteristics are more suitable for being a center, we must not give up our original face because of the advancement of the times. What we need to do is to develop our own set of techniques and tactics. If we are suitable to be a center, we must first practice under the basket. You can play some basketball simulation games like NBA 2K22. The second is to adapt to the current trend and properly practice the three-point ball.