Abstract: Basketball shooting teaching apparatus that has up to four upright members in connection with a support ring that is positioned closely against the rim of the basketball hoop by resilient attaching members. The support ring and attached uprights may be rotated around the hoop to provide a target area between the uprights for the shooter to aim at. The apparatus may also include a shooting lane delineated by streamers hung from two of the upright members to a point near where the shooter is standing. A ball return may also be used in connection with the device which comprises a pair of rigid members projecting downward from the basket for return of the ball in a direction toward a designated part of the basketball court.