March 18th, 2008
How To Become A Better Free Throw Shooter - A Basketball Training Article
When I was a young man, a friend of mine invited me to a foul shooting competition that was being held at a local gym. At the time, I didn’t even know these things existed and I was fascinated by the amount of players that were there. Some guys were not basketball players at all but were there for the competition. I immediately judged everyone based on appearances and picked my favorites. I was completely wrong about who would win and who wouldn’t. My friend was an incredible foul shooter and won the competition for his age group that day. The competition was a best of 25 free-throws with the highest scores winning prizes. I studied the best shooters as some ended up going into over-time because nobody was missing. Guys that were 70 pounds overweight were hitting 20-25 in a row and I was amazed. What I learned stayed with me a long time and helped me develop a set of guidelines that helped me maintain a tremendously high free-throw shooing percentage throughout high-school and college basketball.