Best Defensive Hand Position To

Limit Basketball Shooting Accuracy

Which is best on defense - choose one?

1. No hand up in the face of the shooter?
2. A hand up WAVING in the face of the shooter?
3. A hand up STATIONARY in the face of the shooter?

Most of us will choose "b", the waving hand.

Wrong...

A study of the above three defensive hand positions was done by M.K. McBeath, and P.J. Kellman.  Here is what they found out.