Analysis Of The Free-Throw Shot

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Analysis of the Free-Throw Shot

Analysis of the Free-Throw Shot

     When deciding about a movement to study, I thought about many, and very few
interested me.  Then I decided to choose something that was very important to me.
Shooting the basketball, and more specifically the technique in performing a
free throw.  I thought by looking more closely at the details of a movement I
have been doing since a small child.  I thought possibly I could learn something
that would give me an advantage in my shot.
     The application of this particular movement is for shooting a free-throw,
which is a stand still uncontested shot.  There are a few rules that go with
shooting a free-throw, such as you have to be behind the fifteen foot line,
called the free-throw line, and you can't cross that until after the ball makes
contact with the rim.
     When performing this skill you should also be aware of the other factors
that could influence your accuracy in performing the free-throw.  The rim is
fifteen feet from the free-throw line on center.  Also you should be aware of
the fact you can fit three basketballs through the rim at the same time if
placed together.  Also the rim is ten feet high from the floor, meaning you have
to make sure win shooting the ball, that the angle is higher than ten feet at
its peak so then on its decent to the basket it will have a chance to go in.  If
you don't get it higher than ten feet it has no chance to go in.
     When you start talking all these angle's and trajectories, you can begin to
understand why some people are accurate and some are not.  Shooting free-throws
is not a thing of chance or luck.  It is something that takes repetition.  To be
a good free-throw shooter you need to have a repetitive action, not something
that changes every time.  Since the conditions are predictable it is very easy
to become a good repetitive free-throw shooter.
     If you would be unsure about the correct movements, it would be beneficial
to study the movements of someone who is one of the  best at what you were
studying.  The best of our time would be Mark Price of the NBA.  He has a career
free-throw average over ninety percent, which by free-throw standards is very
good.  To give you an idea of how well that is, you need to examine the averages.
If a person was to shoot over seventy percent for the year, they would be
considered a decent free-throw shooter.  Someone over eighty percent is
considered good.  So if you are able to shoot ninety percent over a career
spanning more than ten years, you are considered one of the best ever.
     Everyone has there own personal technique or procedure leading up to the
actual shot. Probably the most common routines would be to stay off the free-
throw lime until referee is ready for you, and then step up to the line and
receive the ball.  Once you step to the line and receive the ball you want to
get in a comfortable position with your feet shoulder width apart, and your
dominant side foot slightly in front of your other.  Balance is key to shooting
because you want to end your shot on the balls of your feet, and if you are not
balanced you will fall forward and the shot will not count.  Then you want to
take a deep breath and relax.  Some people will bounce ball one time or five the
ten, it is all personalized.  Then you want to focus on rim, bend at the knees
and deliver the ball.  This would be the sequence that is most commonly followed.
By following the same sequence every time you begin to develop a rhythm and
that is what you want.  You need to find what is comfortable and stick with it.
     Along with this sequence of events leading to the shot, you want to be
aware of proper shooting technique.  Proper shooting technique would be to rest
the ball on the fingertips of your hand.  You do not want the ball resting in
your palm.  Control of the shot comes from the fingers.  You want to use your
non dominant hand as support on the side to the ball.  This hand has nothing to
do with the shot, it is there only for support of the ball. Then you would want
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