Oh yes, the game where the normally 64% FT shooter in Jones had an 0-5 game. If he had his normal 3-5... we win. Nerves can get to a player... especially in the pressure packed final four.
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Oh yes, the game where the normally 64% FT shooter in Jones had an 0-5 game. If he had his normal 3-5... we win. Nerves can get to a player... especially in the pressure packed final four.
BAD free throw shooters need to use the back board on their free throw shots. It is easier to see and use the vertical plane ( back board) rather than the horizontal plane ( top of the rim). It may sound crazy but believe me it works for most bad shooters. It can't hurt those guys to at least try.
That's just an excuse. The bottom line is free throws contributed mightily to a lost title.
Now tell us what cost us a title the other 100 years of UK's basketball program? I mean we only have 8 titles. Come on , crush the coaches and players for every other year we didnt win the title.
How about be happy we've been in position the last weekend 4 times recently to even win titles and actually won 1.
If you act like its our god given right to win titles.. well relive the BCG years over and over again, maybe it will get you off this spoiled kick.
You don't need to be unathletic to be able to shoot freebies. These guys bunk within walking distance of the finest practice gym in college basketball, they need to use it.
Agree. I love Cal, but it is his Achilles heel. Hasnt he said numerous times its up to the guys to do it on their own?
And we don't know if Briscoe's in a slump of that's his natural free throw. He's only played four games, so hard to make a judgement
actually we do know that Briscoe is in a slump. FT's don't change from 10 years old to the NBA... if you are a career 70% + ft shooter..... thats the ft shooter you are. (Im talking same distance, same rim height... no one guarding you)
Briscoe changed his shot form. They talked about it ...i think it was the combine maybe. At some point he'll either figure it out or change it back to his old way.
Briscoe changed his shot form. They talked about it ...i think it was the combine maybe. At some point he'll either figure it out or change it back to his old way.
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Wrong????, Brother I have taught it for years and can show you the difference. I am talking about those that have a very difficult time, such as Lee, Briscoe, D Johnson, and so on, could benefit. What would it hurt to try.
Actually , the best way is to practice by just shooting with your wrist. The more movement in a shot, the more room for error.
Then you've taught it wrong. If it was easier everyone would be doing it. It's not and this isn't middle school.
Glad you saw that. The too much spin comes from the way he allows the ball to roll off his fingertips. Creates a very high arch, which isn't automatically a bad thing, but it makes it hard to have accuracy and consistency. He would probably fare better if he went for the bank shot if he is going to continue with that form.
Coming from A smart azz know it all that probably didn't play more than elementary school. As I said before this works better for guys that have a extremely difficult time. If they are already good then there is no need to change. The last time I checked the distance from the free throw line to the rim was the same for middle school, high school, college, and Pro.
How can Lee be so bad? I can't do anything with my left hand, but am pretty sure with 1 week to practice I could make 50% left handed.
I get it, I get what you're saying but we are talking about college kids at the D1 level. These guys know how to shoot a basketball. You teach the granny shot to kids that don't have the upper body strength or coordination to shoot a standard set shot.
All our guys need to do at this point is get in the gym and practice their stroke. If they have to resort to the Granny technique this team is in big trouble.
I'm not talking about the granny technique. I'm just talking about using the back board with a regular shot. The vertical surface and square give the shooter perspective rather than over the front of the rim. Yes they are college kids, but it is obvious that what they are doing now isn't working. The next time you are in the gym try it both ways. Do I think they will try this, No. Do I think they will make much improvement as is, No.
I've been saying this forever on this board. It falls on deaf ears.
Whenever we lose a game it's because of free throws and free throws only.
We could miss two free throws all game, lose by 1 and someone say we lost because we didn't make those two free throws lol
Yup. It is the unintelligent basketball fans though man...what are you going to do. Teams lose games for a variety of reasons.
And to the guy asking about Lee...heck if I know. I agree 50% or higher should be obtainable for ANY HIGH LEVEL college or pro b-ball players IMO.
You are extremely oversimplifying it. Like I said, hitting enough free throws just to tie it would result in us shooting close to 80% as a team. That is not a realistic expectation. If you have to shoot 80% as a team to win a game, you're going to lose a lot of games, I don't care who you are.
Rarely, anybody states "If we had one less, turnover or one more offensive rebound, we would have won the game." It's not obvious in a boxscore, but both a turnover and an offensive rebound are worth more than a single made free throw. They don't translate directly to a point on the scoreboard, but they provide/take away an opportunity to score points.
I'm still getting a good laugh. It doesn't take playing past elementary ball to do some simple physics. It is in no way on earth easier for a bad shooter to use the backboard on free throws. after you leave a distance of around 10 feet and in (not taking into account that the angle is when it easier to use the backboard. A shot from the short wing) your margin for error from trying to bank in the free throw is twice as small as trying to make it without the backboard like any reasonable human. You would theoretically be telling our 50 percent free throw shooters to shoot the ball in a twice as small window in order to make the shot lol come on now
