it's become a standard part of the game. the hook shot. instead of the classic facing the basket, both hands approach you turn sideways. you hook the ball over your head with one arm. by shooting that way with one arm you free your other nonshooting arm to hold off the defender. you see the hook shot all the time now. back when the hook shot was a new idea the guy who perfected it was kareem abdul jabar. he was 7'2" with long arms and good coordination so it was almost impossible for a defender to stop one of his hook shots. you couldn't reach him. he mastered the art of creating distance between himself and the other guy. he got so good at the hook shot he could make them so far from the basket his hook shot got its own name when he did it. they called it the sky hook.