It wouldn’t be the worst for TJ to steal whatever Fenelly does for free throws. The women are consistently a much better free throw shooting team.
That's generally the case across the board for basketball.
It wouldn’t be the worst for TJ to steal whatever Fenelly does for free throws. The women are consistently a much better free throw shooting team.
Per CBB Reference, our 68% at the line puts us as the 293rd best FT shooting team this year.
The frustrating thing for me is it seems our offensive style is being physical down low to get to the paint, but why if you can’t hit
My grandfather was a great athlete (basketball, track) back in the day. He shot Granny style from everywhere and I remember my cousin being outraged during games of horse as he would get destroyed by the granny shot. For free throws I think it's a legit strategy.People sneer at "muh granny style" free throws. In reality we should call out any player still using "loser style" free throws and any coaches who allow their players to do it. I much prefer making free throws to win than looking cool while losing.
It's his form, when he leans back, he is horrible, when he keeps his weight going forward, he makes them. I would say when the leans back, his weight is on the heels of his feet, but when he keeps the weight on the balls of the feet and toes, he is just fine.BRE really struggles, more on the road! At this stage I don’t know if it’s fixable. That’s the one shot you can shoot over and over in a gym on your own!
easilyIf there is a single poster on this board that could shoot 70% in similar conditions I would be shocked
If there is a single poster on this board that could shoot 70% in similar conditions I would be shocked
That's generally the case across the board for basketball.
I was thinking about this recently. We've seen the FT% regress, especially the first year here, on almost all of our transfers. I think what you mentioned as #2 above is the primary reason.Our free throw performance the last 3 seasons has sucked for two reasons:
1. We aren’t a great shooting team in general
2. The defense we play requires a ton of energy, these guys are tired
It wouldn’t be the worst for TJ to steal whatever Fenelly does for free throws. The women are consistently a much better free throw shooting team.
It wouldn’t be the worst for TJ to steal whatever Fenelly does for free throws. The women are consistently a much better free throw shooting team.
I was thinking about this recently. We've seen the FT% regress, especially the first year here, on almost all of our transfers. I think what you mentioned as #2 above is the primary reason.
So I went and looked it up:
Gilbert: Previous 76%; ISU 71%
CJones: Previous 75%; ISU 77%
Pav: Previous: 84%; ISU 73% (small sample size )
Holmes: Previous 74%; ISU 69%
Osunniyi: Previous 64%; ISU 67%
Jaz : Previous 80%; ISU 73%
Gabe: Previous 78%; ISU 69%
Ward: Previous 70%; ISU 46% (small sample size)
R Jones: Previous 48%; ISU 42%
Brockington: Previous 78%; ISU 78%
So leaving out the small sample sizes (< 30 FTs with ISU), there's been 8 transfers - 2 improved slightly; 1 stayed the same; 5 regressed between 5-9%.
Also, something to watch for next year - Gabe and Jaz both improved between years 1 and 2 at ISU, but not back to where they were before (both shot >86% in the year before their transfer). For that matter, Bob has improved every year here too, for what it's worth - in his 5 yr career he's 140-314.
I finished my high school career 72%, the best on my team as a 2 year starter…so no they’re not that easy. That’s why anyone that consistently shoots over 80% is so highly valuedIf there is a single poster on this board that could shoot 70% in similar conditions I would be shocked
But what about 7,500?In an arena surrounded by 10-15,000 people watching you and some sort of precarious situation pending on whether you make the shot or not.
Michael Jordan was one of the most OCD, motor-memory conditioned athletes you'll ever find but shot 83% for his career.