I have complained about this for several years and it isn't getting better. When I looked up the Statistics this Morning, as a team we are shooting just over 66% from the Line. Last night we went 16 for 29 on our Home Court or 55%. To be fair, a couple of weeks ago we had consecutive games of 80% and over 70%, so we can shoot free throws at times. The inconsistency is puzzling.
Our team percentage rates 222 in the Country. The one thing you can't measure is how many attempts that were missed were front ends of 1 and 1's costing us the opportunity for additional Free Throws.
I have always maintained that by the time you reach College as a Scholarship Player you should be able to have an Average of more than 70%. With the amount of practice time and access to facilities, you should be able to have sufficient time to work on free throws and shooting stroke. If you need to improve, you should be shooting 250 free throws a day in the Off Season. A good stroke for shooting free throws is repetition and muscle memory, just like a Golf Swing.
It's hard to criticize Jackson-Davis for anything, but he is suspect as a free throw shooter. He gets to the free throw line more than anyone on our team. and maybe more than anyone in the Conference. Last night he was 7 for 14. If he hit 3 more free throws, and 2 of those were front ends of 1 and 1's, that's 3 more points on the Board, with the possibility of 2 More. If he gets to the Line that often, he needs ton take advantage.
Our team percentage rates 222 in the Country. The one thing you can't measure is how many attempts that were missed were front ends of 1 and 1's costing us the opportunity for additional Free Throws.
I have always maintained that by the time you reach College as a Scholarship Player you should be able to have an Average of more than 70%. With the amount of practice time and access to facilities, you should be able to have sufficient time to work on free throws and shooting stroke. If you need to improve, you should be shooting 250 free throws a day in the Off Season. A good stroke for shooting free throws is repetition and muscle memory, just like a Golf Swing.
It's hard to criticize Jackson-Davis for anything, but he is suspect as a free throw shooter. He gets to the free throw line more than anyone on our team. and maybe more than anyone in the Conference. Last night he was 7 for 14. If he hit 3 more free throws, and 2 of those were front ends of 1 and 1's, that's 3 more points on the Board, with the possibility of 2 More. If he gets to the Line that often, he needs ton take advantage.