A year ago, the Noah system was purchased for the Gopher Women's Basketball practice court - by the support group whose name slips my memory right now. This was a great purchase, and enough to make me want to join and pay dues.
I believe the Noah system (plus shooting coaches) can be credited for Scalia's shot getting a lot better than her already-great high-school shot, and the rapid improvement in Powell's three-point shot, for instance.
The "doctrine" that comes with the Noah system is the 45-degrees mentioned. But to clarify
@polli's question a bit (for the questioner), the doctrine is that the ball should enter the cylinder at 45 degrees, not be shot at 45 degrees. They would be the same if we were on the Moon and the jump of the jump shot was high enough that the shot departed the hands from a 10-foot height (because the arc would be a symmetric parabola with no air drag or spin drag). But on Earth with air drag, the ball slows down in flight so that the angle of incidence to the cylinder is slightly steeper than the angle of departure from the hands (plus/minus ball spin). Thus, in general (so the theory goes) you want to shoot at an angle slightly shallower than 45 degrees so that it enters the cylinder at 45 degrees. I'm a bit of a radical and believe that incidence angle of 40 degrees is better, and also that it varies by shooter and shooter's preference. Lynx Seimone Augustus, one of the best shooters of all time, shoots extremely shallow plus uses a lot of backspin to make the shallow shot drop, and her shots probably enter the cylinder at 40 degrees.
Anyway, I too am interested in the answer to
@polli'squestion.
