How are you training your inbounder? (Human Player)

[Brian Ha]

Unfortunately, i believe most teams have overlooked some items of very high importance. Throwing over the wall is good for 30 secs. In-bounding through the slot is good for 2 minutes. Training your hp to be able to in-bounding half-court to full-court shots is much more effective and a much better and more effective way of training an in-bounder.

We have trained our hp to be able to get 8-10 over the bridge. You have no real need to practice throwing the balls over the wall because anyone could do that. It is also a very limited time frame where you would only throw around 2-3 balls if your lucky. If your good at in-bounding throughout the match you could in-bound 6-8 or even more balls depending on the opposing alliance.

There are two ways that i have deduced that will achieve greatest probability of getting the half to full court in-bound. The two-hand on each side doing a bounce off the bottom of the slot for more distance. This way gives you much more control for less distance. The other is the one hand side ways toss. Kind of like football throwing styles. You toss if sideways through the slot. This way gives you much more distance and power for less control of the ball.

Many people will disagree and continue to practice overhand throwing(or underhand). But i believe that a hp that is able to get balls over the bump and bridge during the match will be better than any hp who can throw one 3-point shot in the last 30 secs.