The science of shooting a basket involves many different factors: depth perception, speed, release angle, and the trajectory of the ball in flight. Another thing that can drastically affect your jump shot is if you shoot with only one or two hands (shooting hand and stabilizing hand, releasing the ball with only the shooting hand, but using the other hand to stabilize the ball ). This could change your accuracy, shot speed, ball security and release. With all of these factors in play, shooting with one or two hands can mean the difference between winning all your basketball games or losing them all. In the next paragraphs I will talk about some factors that can influence a shot. First, depth perception can affect a shot, but it depends on the individual who is shooting the ball. An experiment was conducted to evaluate how depth perception can affect a shot. Five people shot a basketball ten times each with both eyes open. After that, they had them shot with a patch over their right eye. They found that each had different results. The experiment found that two of the shooters were better with eye patches, two were better without eye patches, and one had no change in results. They observed difficulty catching the ball more than shooting it while blindfolded. Secondly, ball speed can also affect your shot. The speed of something is the speed of the object in a given direction. Ball speed has a major impact on the distance the ball travels and its accuracy. If there is not enough speed, the shot may miss the rim or bounce off the front of the rim. If there is too much speed, the shot may bounce to the center of the card, to improve their shooting ability. Works cited Jenkins, T. J. (2013, October 3). Sports Science Part I: Shooting a Basketball. In science in our world: certainty and controversy. Retrieved March 11, 2014, from http://www.personal.psu.edu/afr3/blogs/siowfa13/2013/10/sports-science-part-i-shooting-a-basketball.htmlDepth Perception and Basketball. (2014, February 13). In the Science Club. Retrieved March 11, 2014, from https://scienceclub.northwestern.edu/journal/ Depth-perception-and-basketball The Physics of Basketball. (n.d.). In the physics of basketball. Retrieved March 11, 2014, from http://www2.hesston.edu/Physics/Basketball/Paperpg.htmHuman Performance Laboratory, University of Calgary. (1997, October 15). Optimal trajectory for the basketball free throw. On PubMed.gov. Retrieved March 11, 2014, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9386207