Yeah there's guys that have odd looking shots and can be good with it. There's guys like Kenny Smith. Michael Adams from back in the day who had some weird ways of releasing the ball from their hands. It's a touch thing as much as it is anything. I was a pretty good shooter as well and I often knew before it'd left my hand if it was going in sometimes. There's a flow to it in games where once you've shot a zillion of them you just know. Rey Allen Kyle Korver Steph Curry guys like that they don't even think about the mechanics anymore. It's just the grip and feel of the ball.
I feel that if what you're doing is way unorthodox and it doesn't work. Maybe try squaring up more. Shooting strait should be the easier part. You can coach a kid to aim at the front of the rim. It's getting the right arch and distance that's trickier. You just have to shoot a ton of times to get a feel for it and some have it more naturally then others.
And how a guy shoots around can be different then when in games which I suspect may be his larger issue. I bet in practice he hits them way way better then we think. In games he just looks discombobulated with it. Not even remotely confident or comfortable. It's one thing to be a reluctant shooter but you can't be getting to the point he is without it being an issue for the offense and team as a whole. That's what I'm worried about.
I started playing basketball late, in the 8th grade
I loved it when I started playing
I would shoot baskets in the driveway when it was below zero with gloves on
Every night in the Winter I used to walk to recreation at a junior high school about a mile away
I always was the last person picked for the games initially
I could play D very well, and they told me to stand in the corner
Near the end of the game when they needed a couple of threes
I made them every time
One time I was in Seattle visiting my brother
We went to a sports bar to watch the Hawks against Michigan
A game where Jesse Settles body slammed Ray Jackson to the floor
They had a half court in the middle of the bar
At halftime we went to shoot around
I made about 15/20 threes in a row
When the game came back on:
I wanted to sit down to watch, but my brother and nephew said
that I had to make one under the basket before leaving the court
I missed 4/5 in a row under the basket
Damn
