Improving free throws

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topos said:
Arms crossed, hands in armpits the entire game, scowling, haven't stood up to do the rouser since 97.
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Whoa! Last time I mocked the fanbase in this very fashion I was nearly banned from GH.
Of course that was during a game thread.
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Get a jar and for every free throw missed that's $20 in the jar, nice donation to the Children's hospital. It's all about money for these guys, you take it away from them and they just might finally do something about it.
 









Rocksoldier said:
I never played basketball, but a few years back I randomly grabbed a basketball I hadn’t touched in about five years, and went to an outdoor city park with a double rim and randomly shot 100 free throws. I ended up dropping in 67. Now if a kid who lives eats and sleeps with a basketball in his hands, can’t do better than that they should be giving back the NIL money they’re receiving.
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While I don't disagree that it is amazing how much high level basketball players struggle with free throws it isn't quite as simple as what you laid out there.

Go shoot those free throws again....but this time do it after running around a ton and then find a way to add in tons of distractions both visual and audio.....my guess is your percentage will drop quite a bit.

That said, it is sad that there are college and pro players that can't even hit like 60% of their free throws after playing basketball pretty much their entire lives shooting an unguarded shot from a fixed location that hasn't changed since they were quite a bit younger.
 


Chico Gopher said:
If there was ONE secret or ONE specific technique that guaranteed an improvement in free throw shooting for every team and every player, you know that every coach in the world would be teaching and practicing it. Of course, all coaches also know that teaching and practicing something doesn't always guarantee that every player will perform it exactly right every time during games.

The truth is that there can be 100 different issues for 100 different players at any given point in time when it comes to shooting free throws. The idea that one size fits all is ridiculous. It's frustrating to watch and in most cases, just as frustrating to fix.

Here is another thing that affected me when I was young. The idea of practicing something with the big game on the line and if you fail you lose. For me, there was no way to practice that until the actual moment occurred. "Do it right or you don't play this week or we all run extra sprints" was not the same in my mind as "Do it right or we lose this game right now.". There was absolutely nothing that my coach could replicate in practice that was the same as "You have one shot to get it right, right now, or we lose this game right now".

I was a mental mess as a player back in my early years! :)
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In HS we used a drill called “save me brother”.

Coach stood off to the side with a big paddle. All of us players surrounded the lane taking turns at the FT line. If you made it, you rotated. If you Missed, you stood “on the chopping block “. If the guy behind you made his FT, you were saved. If he missed you would get whacked by coach. But then the second guy who missed would now be on the block. I shot 83% in hs. Can remember college
 



Big Dawg said:
In HS we used a drill called “save me brother”.

Coach stood off to the side with a big paddle. All of us players surrounded the lane taking turns at the FT line. If you made it, you rotated. If you Missed, you stood “on the chopping block “. If the guy behind you made his FT, you were saved. If he missed you would get whacked by coach. But then the second guy who missed would now be on the block. I shot 83% in hs. Can remember college
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Guessing a drill like that might meet with some resistance in this current day and age but like the creative way of introducing some pressure to the situation. Seems like it would encourage teammates to get along because you wouldn't want to be on the chopping block when the guy tasked with saving you has it out for you. :)
 

MNVCGUY said:
Guessing a drill like that might meet with some resistance in this current day and age but like the creative way of introducing some pressure to the situation. Seems like it would encourage teammates to get along because you wouldn't want to be on the chopping block when the guy tasked with saving you has it out for you. :)
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In Vegas they charge extra for that.

Don’t ask me how I know.
 



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