§ 22 · Shooting & timing

dip / no-dip

The gather at the start of a jumper; a no-dip shot skips most of it and releases sooner.

The dip is the gather at the start of a jump shot, when the player brings the ball down before rising into the shot. A no-dip shot skips most of that gather and goes straight up, so the release comes sooner.

Holding L2/LT while stopping out of the dribble produces the no-dip version of the stop.

See also

  1. § 53quick stopA fast L2 no-dip halt out of the dribble into a shot; a yew2K shot-pack page.
  2. § 65standstillA shot with feet set and the left stick at rest; the baseline every other timing is measured against.
  3. § 34Insta-Stopyew2K page 8: fires a stop before shooting off the dribble. Can cancel fades; Off / Auto / Left-Trigger.
  4. § 7Auto-GreenThe yew2K mod that times and performs a standstill shot for you: click R3, 300–900 ms.