Editing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (section)

===Skyhook===
Abdul-Jabbar was well known for his trademark skyhook, a [[hook shot]] in which he raised the ball and released it at the highest point of his arm's arching motion. He could shoot the skyhook from up to {{convert|16|ft}}. With his long arms and great height, he released the ball so high that it was difficult for a defender to block without committing a [[goaltending]] violation.<ref name=dupree_03261983>{{cite news|first=David|last=DuPree|title=Sky's the Limit With the Hook Of All Hooks|date=March 26, 1983|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1983/05/26/skys-the-limit-with-the-hook-of-all-hooks/8778171a-c00e-4192-90f2-6058f2d407b7/|access-date=April 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Tex|last=Maule|title=SI Vault: How a coin flip helped the Milwaukee Bucks land Lew Alcindor|date=March 12, 2015|magazine=Sports Illustrated|url=https://www.si.com/nba/2015/03/12/lew-alcindor-coin-flip-kareem-abdul-jabber-milwaukee-bucks|access-date=April 18, 2022}}</ref> His body being between the defender and the ball made it further difficult to block,<ref name=dupree_03261983/> as did extending his non-shooting arm to fend off opponents.<ref name=secrets/> He was stronger shooting the skyhook with his right hand than he was with his left, which he developed in his later years.<ref name=secrets/>

According to Abdul-Jabbar, he learned the move in fifth grade after practicing with the ambidextrious [[Mikan Drill]] and soon learned to value it, as it was "the only shot I could use that didn't get smashed back in my face".<ref name=lat_01272006>{{cite news| url=http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2006/01/talking_with_ka_2.html | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | title=Talking with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Part II | date=January 27, 2006 | access-date=May 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915152707/http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2006/01/talking_with_ka_2.html|archive-date=September 15, 2018}}</ref> He also watched [[Cliff Hagan]] shoot the hook with the [[St. Louis Hawks]].<ref name=secrets/> To prevent his hook from being blocked from behind, he was advised by Wooden to do away with the typical sweeping motion of a hook shot, instead keeping the ball close to his body and shooting with a straighter motion. Abdul-Jabbar's hook shot improved in his junior year at UCLA, after the dunk was banned. In his final college years, he often released the ball several feet above the [[rim (basketball)|rim]].<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Nielsen|title=The Shot That Reigns Over the Rim|date=March 8, 1988|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/08/sports/the-shot-that-reigns-over-the-rim.html|access-date=April 18, 2022}}</ref>