Creighton University retires Kyle Korver’s jersey
By Doug Patrick
The shot heard ‘round the league
The origin of Korver’s shot is based in tradition. Korver comes from a basketball family. His father and four uncles played Division III basketball, and his three younger brothers and female cousin played Division I hoops.
However, he credits his mother — who also played high school and college basketball — for his first steps towards success.
Korver remembers her saying, “Kyle, if you look at the front of the rim, you hit the rim. You look at the back of the rim, you hit the back of the rim. Look just over the front of the rim and the ball goes swish.”
Laine Korver clearly knew what she was talking about.
Throughout Kyle’s life, he has remained relentlessly focused on refining his shooting stroke.
To shoot the same way every time.
To become automatic from beyond the arc:
"“I think the secret to shooting is finding a shot you can make exactly the same every single time and then do it a whole lot. There’s no secret potion to it all. You just gotta find something, however, you are, like, whatever feels good to you, but shoot it so you can make it the exact same every single time.”"
This obsession with perfection has made him into one of basketball’s deadliest snipers.