Foul shots
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was scary but we did enough. Who would have bet Mike and Corey would miss shots and Eugene make his. Guy had serious intense focus down the stretch.
Just glad Wisky missed a few..they were 9 fer 9 and went 12-15 end game..phew.
Just glad Wisky missed a few..they were 9 fer 9 and went 12-15 end game..phew.
Mentioned this is a different thread, but will expand a touch. Our guys have pretty poor form -- and it's all over the place. Several don't bend their knees, but rather kind of jerk the ball up, and finally, and most importantly, they don't seem to be engaged in the process. TAKE YOUR TIME! Concentrate. Follow through. Watch the basket as you shoot. Really need some serious work here.
Agree completely with this and it drives me nuts. I actually copied Eddie Jordan’s knee bend and form and was a career 85% free throw shooter. I also had a father who was a coach for 25 years and drilled into my head that they were FREE throws and I’d better make the majority of them so I practiced 100 a day at the end of each practice when your the most tired to simulate true game conditions. Why these kids can not be taught this is beyond me.
In watching today's game, it's not like our kids don't have decent mechanics. Right now, it's mental and actually physical. For example, when Corey took his first FT shots, he had just finished driving. Even though he's in great shape, I think he needed to take a few more deep breaths and remember to bend his knees. I've noticed when he misses, he loses concentration and doesn't bend his knees. That's why both FT's clanged off the front of the rim. He's a 76% FT shooter. There's no reason to go 1-4 from the FT line. The same with everyone on the team.
And as a team we shoot a very mediocre 61% from the FT line. But here's the rub: against SB we shot 42% from the line and against Hartford we shot 50% from the line. If we had just shot our season average, we would have won both games strictly from the FT line. Never mind all of the other mistakes made.
Some have good mechanics, but some have terrible mechanics. And some of our shots from the floor are...interesting. The one area where we need real work.
Having said that, this is a team that really busts its rear up and down the court. And Pike is 100% engaged in every second.
Checked on NCAA.com, and RU is 348 out of 351 in free throw shooting percentage. Only 3 teams in Div. I shoot free throws worse than us.
The most discouraging aspect is that opponents are shooting better from the foul line than Rutgers the home team who should be more familiar with the baskets/rims and has the crowd yelling against opponents shooters.In Rutgers case missed foul shots can be the difference between winning and losing because the offense has such difficulty scoring.
We had a three game stretch where it looked like we finally rid ourselves of this problem, but since the Hall game it reared it ugly head. Have to fix this or keep blowing winnable games.
These guys have been playing basketball since they were kids. You would think by now they would know how to make the easiest and most practiced shot in basketball.
It's the one part of the game that you can almost count on occurring. There's really no reason for a decent athlete who is a basketball player to not shoot 75% from the line.
If you practice the wrong thing you don’t get better. Some of our players just don’t have good form.
Persistent coaching is required here. Performance at the foul line falls as much on the coaching staff as it does on the player.
We should hire some of the women's team to teach men how to shoot fouls (e.g. Tyler).
MO