The ‘Doctor’ is in the house - What you can achieve with the Dr. Dish Shooting Machine at Shot Zone

The importance of the Dr. Dish Shooting machines as an analytic tool at Shot Zone

Article by SG Basketball Coach John McAuliffe

Campers at our Summer Camp working on their shooting with the Dr. Dish shooting machine.

Our high tech basketball shooting machines from Dr. Dish continue to be leading innovative products for basketball training. Over the past few years, we have helped players achieve their goals by providing purposeful and efficient training techniques. A key to training efficiently is through establishing accountability. 

Championship teams are made up of players who hold each other accountable. Accountability helps build a great team culture that allows each player to contribute to the success of their team.

An essential element of individual and team success is accountability. When players are held accountable for their actions and training, there is a great opportunity for success in situations on and off the court.

Here at Shot Zone using Dr. Dish, we want training to be as efficient as possible and the Dr. Dish Training Management System is set up to assist coaches and players in the best ways possible. With this system, coaches, players, and parents now have the opportunity to track each and every rep. 

This gives players an extra sense of urgency and accountability with their training. Having goals is great, and with the Dr. Dish system players can see their progress towards those goals. Working towards goals helps players build the confidence they need to contribute to team success.

Progress fuels how players feel and perform. That being said, there is an immense power in progress and the motivational drive that is built and maintained through it. Today players have so many tools at their disposal to, as we say at Shot Zone, “Become Great”. The Dr. Dish shooting machines allow for players to complete challenges and programs over time, keeping them working hard while having fun.  

One of the great features of the Dr. Dish Training Management System is the ability to track progress over periods of time. Each and every rep can be saved, allowing players to track and celebrate their progress. Sometimes when players are working towards a goal, they are so focused on the big picture that they lose focus of the details and are less motivated/disinterested in the everyday work needed to put in. Our workouts and drills provide players with the structure and challenge needed to get and keep them engaged while training until their goals are achieved. 

A hard thing for players to practice and accept is self-awareness and receiving critical feedback. Self-awareness is important to enhance a player’s understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. Feedback helps players understand and grow from the analysis of their performance. 

An important piece to the game of basketball, is having fun. Players hear this from me all the time but the message can be overshadowed by the idea of working hard in training. For the players who love to compete it is easier for them to have fun while working hard. 

For some players, it is not as easy to have fun while training hard. With the Dr. Dish Training Management System, coaches are able to hold players accountable in each and every drill by tracking shots and giving their players the results. This will help individuals and teams succeed and gives coaches the ammo to challenge their players each and every day.

A tough element of any sport is that there are skills that are easily measurable and others that are not. For example, in basketball, ball-handling skills are more difficult to accurately measure. An easier skill to measure is shooting, through tracking shots. 

Dr. Dish has perfected the ability to do this with their shooting machines through their Training Management System. This provides a powerful analytical tool for the coaches to use and share with players. Coaches are empowered to better help their athletes reach their personal and team goals. Tracking practice shots, training shots, and game shots, gives players the best opportunity to succeed and reach their full potential.

To book a session at our new Under Armour Court to try out Dr. Dish yourself, you can download our app, book a slot and give it a go!

Elevating our trainees’ shooting game, literally!