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After maybe, 35,000 free throws taken, I finally got to a point where I can say I am consistent with my shot.
I was an inconsistent 80-90% free throw shooter and now I am consistently above 96%.
What I’ve learned about shooting is, it’s a process – as so much of learning is – where you start out crawling, and if you try to walk too soon, by trying to move too quickly, you abruptly fall down.
Well, learning to shoot a basketball free throw (correctly) is very much a similar process. I’m going along, what seems to be nicely, making series of shots and then –wham! – I miss with a shot that seemed to come from out of left field. I think, “Where did that come from”? Then, maybe I miss another one or two. Then, I am back, focused and making another series of shots. From what I have observed from many shooters, this seems to be a normal occurrence. The key, in case you missed it, is focus.
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Many (basketball) people are remembering John Wooden, with his passing at age 99 this past month.
I first met Coach Wooden in 1973, when I was coaching high school basketball in California. His influence on my coaching and personal lives have left an indelible impression. He also left lasting memories with my sons.
This month's article, Coach: A Coach’s Family Influenced By John Wooden, is my tribute and remembrance of of Coach John Wooden.
A couple of months ago, I was looking for a place to shoot in free throw competition in my state. Living now in Oregon, I thought I would find some age group competition like I shot in when I lived in Florida. Nope – none! No senior games. No basketball competition at all in the State Games of Oregon. Short of creating my own tournament, so I could have a place to compete, I had to look farther afield.
I found that Washington state has a Senior Games and allows Oregon residents to enter, due to there not being a Senior Games in Oregon. That solved one problem, but I still thought something should be available in my state.
Enter the National Basketball Shooters Association, which has volunteered to run a free throw competition as part of the State Games of Oregon and offer a way to get basketball back into popularity in Oregon.
Even if I wasn’t a founding member of the National Basketball Shooters Association, I’d still be amazed at the poor free throw shooting percentages being posted by teams at all levels.
Since perfecting any skill in basketball needs to begin with beginners, we need to look at who is teaching children and what is being taught about shooting free throws.Heck, if college coaches can’t get the job done, how can we expect a youth coach, who may never have even played the game, to understand how to teach the fundamentals of the game, much less teach the fundamentals of free throw shooting?
Recently, I teamed with a couple of free throw experts in the NBSA to put together a simplified, and hopefully easily understood, version of how to begin to teach free throws.The 7 steps we came up with are a guide to be able to begin teaching good free throw fundamentals.
Understanding the components to coaching success go beyond X's an O's. The coach brings success (or failure) to the team through his own belief system, attitudes, focus, communication skills and discipline.
Whenever I teach coaches or am speaking with a group of players, the first topic I will cover is philosophy. I want everyone thinking that attitude, focus, communication and discipline determine so much of a team's success. Without these things, how can there be a coaching philosophy that will hold up to the test of having players who play at their best level, the team playing at its best together, or enjoying the best season you can have?
My Philosophy On Conducting My Life: The right thing to do is to do the right thing.
