Follow Through

General Instructions:  Once you have released the ball and the ball continues to move in an upward arch to the basket your dominant arm (shoulder gridle) will flex completely upward and toward the basket as your non-dominant arm is still relaxed.

Shoulder Girdle:  To flex your dominant arm 180 degrees on the release of the ball you will continue to upwardly rotate using your middle/lower trapeizus and serratus anterior muscles.  Your non-dominant arm will be in a relaxed flexed position therefore you will also have slight upward rotation.
Shoulder Joint:  Concentrically contract pectoralis major upper fibers and eccentrically contract deltoid anterior fibers to push the ball towards the basket.
Elbow/Radioulnar Joint:  Flexion to extension of elbow while shooting the ball will activate biceps, brachioradialis, and brachialis concentrically.  To extend your elbow at the end of the shot you will activate triceps brachii and anconeus muscles to finish the shot.  Your hands will be pronated as you push the ball therefore pronation of your forearms will activate pronator teres and pronator quadratus.
Hip Joint/ Pelvic Girdle:  After landing the jump your hip joint will be slightly flexed with a isometric contraction of the gluteus maximus, semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and biceps femoris.
Knee Joint:  After landing the jump the contraction of the muscles are eccentrically contracting with slight flexion using your quadriceps muscles.