Form Shot Stephen Curry is considered one of the best shooters to ever play the game of basketball, the picture to the right explains a little bit of how he uses different aspects of physics to do so. To start the shot process a force is applied from the shooters lower body compressing like a spring, converting potential energy into kinetic energy. Energy is transferred through the shooters body until a force is applied to the ball. Newton's third law takes action at this point as the ball puts an equal and opposite reaction force. An ideal shot has back rotation with high angular velocity to create a softer touch when it hits the rim.

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Arc on a Shot Great shooters all have one thing in common, and that is a high arching shot. As the picture illustrates to the right, the higher the arch on the shot, the bigger the area is for the ball to go in the basket. While shooting the ball straight up in the air gives the ball the biggest target to make it in the rim, the best angle to shoot a basketball is around 45-52 degrees. This gives the shooter control of the basketball and gives the ball a bigger target to make it.

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