Free throws--Men vs Women
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Women's teams range between 83.05% and 54.88%, 170th is 69.68%
Men's teams range between 82.5% and 56.9%, 170th is 71%.
It seems like the answer to your question is "they aren't".
Men's teams range between 82.5% and 56.9%, 170th is 71%.
It seems like the answer to your question is "they aren't".
They are at Rutgers. Our women's team is shooting almost 80% from the line.
Actually 165/209 = 78.9% (don't know if that includes todays 4 for 4, if not becomes 79.34%) Only starter who has poor numbers is Tekia Mack at ~ 50% but doesn't get to the line often.
Guirantes and Johnson a combined 96 of 106 for 90.56% ('ella 71 of 78 and Diamond 25 of 28)
Actually 165/209 = 78.9% (don't know if that includes todays 4 for 4, if not becomes 79.34%) Only starter who has poor numbers is Tekia Mack at ~ 50% but doesn't get to the line often.
Guirantes and Johnson a combined 96 of 106 for 90.56% ('ella 71 of 78 and Diamond 25 of 28)
I thought it was a more general question. If it’s just talking about at Rutgers it’s not much of a mystery.. they’re just better shooters.
Not sure if you realize this but the size of a women’s basketball is smaller than a men’s ball in circumference by an inch thereby making it easier for women to shoot a better percentage on that aspect alone so you can’t compare the two
I actually did not know that (or don't remember). Has that always been the case?
No, it’s been like that for around 25 years I think. Maybe around the time the WNBA was formed.
Didn't know that. Wonder if it could have anything to do with women's hands being smaller? Bet it's all relative & you can compare.
Probably but since the hoop is the same size it should be easier with a smaller ball.
smaller ball is one reason.. shorter players means more arc on the FT shots.. softer touches on the rim.
you really cannot compare the two. that second bit explains why it is harder for big men.. and as an engineer someone needs to explain it to Myles...
when a shorter person shoots at the 10 foot rim.. that ball must get up over 10 foot as it nears the rim. It could, and should, lose some speed as it rises up. gravity doing its thing.
Theorhetically a ball releasted at floor level would have just enough momentum to get up over teh front of the rim and would be the softest shot you could imagine.
Whereas Myles.. what's his natural release point for the ball on a FT? is it already 9 feet when it leaves his fingertips? It has only to rise 1 foot to clear teh front of the rim... but he has the distance from the front of the rim to the FT line to cover and must propel the ball forward... a flat/fast shot like that is terrible. And if he put the same arc on it like a small player might.. then the ball might get as high as 14-15 feet before coming down toward the rim..
BOTTOM LINE.. it really is tougher for big men. I think Myles can go to a 1-hand shot... if he turned sideways and used 1 arm.. the ball would be released closer to rim and he could put more of a normal arc on it.. and with big hands and a single point of release, it should be accurate.
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