By Ronald Johnson Staff Writer
The Douglass basketball team has come up with an idea to help fund raise for equipment to improve the team’s shooting accuracy.
Head coach Pierre Brooks said the Shoot-A-Way shooting machine costs about $4,000, and the team has already reached half that goal.
“We have been petitioning local businesses, also asking different sports teams to send donations,” said Brooks. “I believe that it is a good investment.”
Brooks said it will help a lot of players with their shot, and the arc on their shot, as well as giving a lot of repetition in shooting a basketball from different places on the court.
“[We] not only work on getting up shots, we work every day on ball handling, your passing, and also your defense. It’s a lot of opportunities here not only from an academic standpoint, but as a student athlete as well,” Brooks said.
Brooks said he pushes his athletes to go to different camps and to play AAU summer league to help them enhance their skill level.
Sophomore point guard Jenard Smith said he believes this will help him get a lot more shots up when the season comes next fall.
“I want to become more than just a persistent shooter. I want to be a deadly shooter,” said Smith. “This machine will help me out a lot.”
