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Do collegiate basketball programs practice free-throw shooting?
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:21 am
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:21 am
Does anyone know if free throw shooting is something that is worked on in practice, daily? If so, how long?
I'm genuinely curious.
I'm genuinely curious.
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Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:22 am to Smalls
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Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:23 am to Smalls
Nope
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:23 am to Smalls
during the season?
no
no
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:24 am to Pilot Tiger
I've heard a few of the interviews with coaches this week (before the tourney) saying sometimes you don't want to focus on free throws because sometimes it makes a team worse
I found that interesting
I found that interesting
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:25 am to Buckeye06
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I've heard a few of the interviews with coaches this week (before the tourney) saying sometimes you don't want to focus on free throws because sometimes it makes a team worse
Johnny Jones must be one of them
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:26 am to Pilot Tiger
quote:
during the season?
no
Damn. I would think a solid 15 minute session per day would be normal.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:27 am to Smalls
would probably do nothing to improve someone's free throw shooting
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:29 am to Smalls
I don't know of many that deliberately set a lot of time in practice aside for it.
I've seen the guys currently at UK talk about going over to the practice facility on their own accord to do it. Joe Craft is literally a walk across the parking lot from the Wildcat Lodge and they have 24 hour access.
I've seen the guys currently at UK talk about going over to the practice facility on their own accord to do it. Joe Craft is literally a walk across the parking lot from the Wildcat Lodge and they have 24 hour access.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:30 am to Pilot Tiger
I guess I don't understand how something so fundamental to the game can be disregarded. Or so difficult that we missed six in a row last night. 
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:30 am to Smalls
a lot of teams have the players do it on their own time in their gym work when you don't have 12-15 guys all trying to simultaneously work on their free throws
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:33 am to Smalls
it's not disregarded
imagine 13 scholarship players practicing free throws and how much time that would take when they could be working on defensive sets for their upcoming opponent
imagine 13 scholarship players practicing free throws and how much time that would take when they could be working on defensive sets for their upcoming opponent
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:33 am to S
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a lot of teams have the players do it on their own time in their gym work when you don't have 12-15 guys all trying to simultaneously work on their free throws
Aren't there like 6 goals in the men's practice gym?
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:33 am to Smalls
Bill self said 100 free throws per game miss earlier this year.
Not sure if that's it or what
Not sure if that's it or what
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:35 am to Smalls
probably more
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:35 am to rockchlkjayhku11
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Bill self said 100 free throws per game miss earlier this year.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:35 am to Smalls
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Aren't there like 6 goals in the men's practice gym?
I mean to be fair, most of those guys have formed their free throw shooting habits by college. And unless they're just atrocious at it, it's probably going to take a significant effort to break it.
Now I've seen a coach assign an assistant to a guy and have him shoot them when they break out for individual stuff in practices if they're really bad at it.
This post was edited on 3/20/15 at 10:36 am
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:36 am to Smalls
They probably don't work on it during practice much but I am sure each player is required to shoot a certain amount on their own each week
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:37 am to Smalls
Should they? It's probably horrible return on investment. I mean, theres a lot of ways to improve. People get too caught up on free throws. The difference between a 90% free throw shooter and a 50% free throw shooter still translates to less than 2 points per game in almost all cases. Theres so many ways to make that up. And theres not unlimited practice time to focus on such individual skills.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:38 am to Buckeye06
They do but it's normally after practice or mix it in between drills. I've been to watch OSU's practices and this is what they did. The ones that need work are there a long time on their own working on their shot. With that said, it sure doesn't show in the games. OSU's FT shooting has been historically awful.
When I was coaching travel/AAU ball I made sure my kids practiced under pressure while they were tired. There are different drills to do this but over the course of the season it really helped increase their %.
When I was coaching travel/AAU ball I made sure my kids practiced under pressure while they were tired. There are different drills to do this but over the course of the season it really helped increase their %.
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