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Date Posted: Monday, November 01, 08:58:02pm
Author: VBC
Subject: Some thoughts on free throws.
In reply to: TMH 's message, "I believe Joel Wright was a 71% FT shooter prior to coming here. EE was 80%. It is a big part mechanics, some part psychological." on Sunday, October 31, 10:40:30am

When I was young we would choose sides for pick up games by making free throws. If it was 3 on 3, for example, the first 3 guys to make a free throw were on one team and the missers were on the other. I learned real fast that if I wanted to be on the winning team I better make free throws. Do kids still do this, or has the hyper-organizing of sports for kids made that a thing of the past?

Also, my usual spot was on the bench and when I did get in there were no offensive plays being run for me. If I wanted to see points after my name in the box score I better hit free throws after a bonus situation foul.

My high school trigonometry teacher was a great help with free throws. He used free throws to help explain trigonometric functions. The flight of the ball into the hoop was part of an arc and if you get the ball onto that arc with a consistent motion you'll never miss is how he explained it. Since the hoop is ten feet off the ground he told us to envision a target ten feet above you on the way up on the arc. Put the ball through that target with consistent force and it will fall through the hoop every time. It works perfectly in theory, but not so much so in practice due to the difficulty of being consistent with your motion and force. But the beauty of it is that practice and repetiton really, really help. Get good form and making your free throws follows.

If Simon Ogunlesi, who was a horrid FT shooter when he arrived at Duquesne, could make himself a good foul shooter, and he most certainly did, then Damian, B.J. and anyone else on this team certainly can do the same.

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