I couldn’t agree more. We’ve got enough coaches, including Assistance that Surely somebody can pull the clangers aside and teach them a better technique. It’s unacceptable to be shooting somewhere in the 60% tile from the charity stripe. Going to cost us a lot of close games.
Have them show up at 4pm. Shoot until 7:30. Break for dinner. Back to work at 8. Shoot until midnight. Repeat 4x/wk. Once you’re hitting 80%, you’re excused.
Maybe it because players foucs and practice 3s and dunks. No telling what happens in between. Cover your eyes. When you can be a superstar shooting 33% from 3 what do you expect from 15 ft - 80%?
I posted this to a different thread, but it's probably more appropriate here. Free throw shooting is tough at this level. Obviously if you have kid that has never shot free throws well, you can work on changing his form...but that should have been started whenever they arrived. For the others, like Clayton who has shown he can shoot in the 95% range, you can analyze what his shot looks like this year vs last year and see if he needs to bend his knees more or keep his elbows closer together, etc. But "fixing" free throws of guys that have been playing their whole lives is difficult, especially when they've shown they can do it in the past. IMO, the issue is between their ears. Are they not concentrating enough? Are they tired? Are they wilting under pressure? I have no idea. But just "fixing" a college player's free throw shooting is not simple. I do hope they're practicing more, but the longer it lasts, the more pressure they'll be under when they step up to the line.
