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article 26 March 2025

Basketball Lesson: ‘BEEF’ Shooting

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Lesson Overview

Shooting is the most important skill in basketball as it is how players score points for their team. This lesson will use the ‘BEEF’ shooting progression to develop a simple but effective shooting technique.

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Ian MacLeod

Development Manager at Eagles Community Foundation and GB Basketball Assistant Coach

Ian is Assistant Coach for the Great Britain team (2024) and the former Head Coach for Newcastle Eagles Basketball team. He is also the Development Manager at the Eagles Community Foundation, an award winning foundation that delivers club development alongside its junior basketball clubs, operating across the North East of England, and its elite performance level academy in Newcastle.

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