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Hi, this will *hopefully* teach you how to improve your freethrow accuracy!
Alright, I remember one of my old basketball coaches saying that most people miss freethrows because they don't follow these steps.
Step 1: get a rhythm
Now, I'm sure most of you have watched a basketball game on TV correct? Now I'm also assuming that you have seen some players take freethrow shots. Now most of them have a little routine they go through, before they take their shot. The reason they do this is so they get in the habit of following the steps. Like say in the morning, you always get up at 5:00 and do certain things in a certain order so you wont forget to do something. Same concept applies here.
Step 2: find a target
Well this is the 2nd step our coach told us. Now after you do your little routine, aim at a target. Our coach said to start out aiming at the bottom of the rim. As most people throw it a little harder than they relies. If you miss it, then aim for the back of the rim, if you still miss go up to a little below the square and so on.
Step 3: relax
Now this may be the most important step. What good is aiming if you're too shaky to shoot. Just imagine your by yourself on your own court, and try to just ignore the crowd, and the rest of the players.
step 4: stance
Alright now that you have those 3 steps down, you're going to want to get the correct stance. You are going to want to
have your knees bent slightly, with your back straight. Almost as if you were sitting in a chair, but that was sloped downward.
Don't bend your knees too much.Also you're going to want your hand around toward the bottom, about 3/4th's of the way down
step 5: follow-through
One of the most important things is the follow through. You're going to want your hand that's pushing the ball to kind of go up, then curve downward. Now that should be about the place the ball will go, so it's that you do this.
Now, after our team followed these steps our freethrow percentage went up immensely so I would suggest this to anyone who wants to become better at freethrows.
Edit: Can't seem to get pics onto my comp, emailed them to myself from my phone, but they don't show up. :\
Alright, I remember one of my old basketball coaches saying that most people miss freethrows because they don't follow these steps.
Step 1: get a rhythm
Now, I'm sure most of you have watched a basketball game on TV correct? Now I'm also assuming that you have seen some players take freethrow shots. Now most of them have a little routine they go through, before they take their shot. The reason they do this is so they get in the habit of following the steps. Like say in the morning, you always get up at 5:00 and do certain things in a certain order so you wont forget to do something. Same concept applies here.
Step 2: find a target
Well this is the 2nd step our coach told us. Now after you do your little routine, aim at a target. Our coach said to start out aiming at the bottom of the rim. As most people throw it a little harder than they relies. If you miss it, then aim for the back of the rim, if you still miss go up to a little below the square and so on.
Step 3: relax
Now this may be the most important step. What good is aiming if you're too shaky to shoot. Just imagine your by yourself on your own court, and try to just ignore the crowd, and the rest of the players.
step 4: stance
Alright now that you have those 3 steps down, you're going to want to get the correct stance. You are going to want to
have your knees bent slightly, with your back straight. Almost as if you were sitting in a chair, but that was sloped downward.
Don't bend your knees too much.Also you're going to want your hand around toward the bottom, about 3/4th's of the way down
step 5: follow-through
One of the most important things is the follow through. You're going to want your hand that's pushing the ball to kind of go up, then curve downward. Now that should be about the place the ball will go, so it's that you do this.
Now, after our team followed these steps our freethrow percentage went up immensely so I would suggest this to anyone who wants to become better at freethrows.
Edit: Can't seem to get pics onto my comp, emailed them to myself from my phone, but they don't show up. :\
