So I looked into this, and the ‘refine win condition’ seems to be an actual technique that some of the best 3pt shooters do employ! I looked up some interviews with some of the best basketball shooters (Steph Curry and Ray Allen) and they mention playing little games with themselves while practice. They will do things such a define win condition as a swish instead of just making the shot, or employing some particular type of rhythm or footwork, or slightly altering the angle of their shot.
But on the other hand, they also mention plenty of repetitive drilling, and watching the available footage of them practicing, it is hard to see a ‘stop after win’ approach in action. There are videos of Steph Curry practicing with a coach who passes him the ball—it looks pretty repetitive to me (although maybe he’s playing some mental games with himself that are hard to pick up?).
So I looked into this, and the ‘refine win condition’ seems to be an actual technique that some of the best 3pt shooters do employ! I looked up some interviews with some of the best basketball shooters (Steph Curry and Ray Allen) and they mention playing little games with themselves while practice. They will do things such a define win condition as a swish instead of just making the shot, or employing some particular type of rhythm or footwork, or slightly altering the angle of their shot.
But on the other hand, they also mention plenty of repetitive drilling, and watching the available footage of them practicing, it is hard to see a ‘stop after win’ approach in action. There are videos of Steph Curry practicing with a coach who passes him the ball—it looks pretty repetitive to me (although maybe he’s playing some mental games with himself that are hard to pick up?).