Is it legal to do a short jump while dribbling before you really go up for the basket? I see this all the time, but it seems like an up and down to me.

i am a 5’11 ,18 year old guy,and i play basketball for fun lots with my friends. we been palying for yrs now. I am an above average player. I am relly agile and have good ball handiling skills and i can rock fakes,and layups,pivots. My shooting sucks really bad though. I pratice so much of my shooting but when i use them in a game they barley work. how can i get a shooting accuracy over 50%?

I am getting a new form like nba players so How do you get power for shooting a basketball above your head?
Besides just your legs?

i really want to be better in terms of shooting in basketball the problem is i’m miles away from the nearest basketball court. what training can i do with a basketball that doesnt involve a ring that can improve my shooting? maybe in accuracy or in strength, anything. some links would also be helpful. thanks btw i have a basketball, just not a rim.

is having your basketball flat or having too much air in it affect your dribbling.

Don’t tell me that I need to work on form shooting. I have done that countless times and it doesn’t work. Tell me how to release the guide hand when shooting a basketball. I already know I am suppose to shoot with one hand. Just tell me how to get my left hand off of the basketball when I am shooting.

Ive been shooting below the forehead for awhile in basketball and im really good at it but i watch nba players and college players shoot above their forehead/head so their shot wont get blocked. Ive been working on doing shooting like that but i wanted to know if it was too late to change up my shooting form. Im headed to hs