running shot

Shot while moving

A running shot is a shot taken while moving, whether in basketball, hunting, or photography.

The term emphasizes the difficulty of accuracy when shooter and sometimes target are both in motion: He made a running shot from half court.

In film, a running shot follows action with a moving camera.

Related

court · floater · drive · hoop · swish · rim · backboard · stride · momentum · release · fingertip · glass · transition · on the move · sprint · midair · full speed · scoop

Opposites
shooter motion

running shotset shot

Stationary basketball throw

free throw · pull-up jumper

Family

run, runs, ran, runner, runners, running, runny, shot, shots

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G