-Much-needed In the past, the strongest criticism of the prevailing ideas on correct jump shot technique, which I call the elbow-in-strokesnap jump shot theory, was implicit.  It consisted of players choosing to shoot self-invented jump shots instead of the elbow-in-strokesnap jump shot.  But now my whole-body jump shot theory has been written up as both an argument against and an alternative to the elbow-in-strokesnap techniques.  The whole-body jump shot theory consists of analyses of the best jump shots in the history of basketball.  The result is a systematic and comprehensive jump shot theory that focuses on athleticism, power and protection as well as accuracy and touch.  The purpose of the whole-body jump shot theory is to explain how and why the best jump shots worked in order to make them teachable and learnable.  Reggie Miller’s whole-body elbow-out jump shot and Kobe Bryant’s whole-body reachback jump shot are used as the primary whole-body instructional models.