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I've heard Raferty make at least two comments alluding to the officials making bad calls in favor of UK. Shows how bad they are.
Welcome to watching UK play basketball. They don't need this kind of help to beat us...
Not RTR... but FT's are never a talent thing if you can even remotely play basketball well at any level imho. It's about repetitive practice, technique to a degree, and mostly concentration.
I played Basketball from 6th through 12th grade as a Guard. I was a pretty good shooter from the field and very good at passing but my balls skills/dribbling and speed etc weren't great and that's why I never could translate to college and why I played SG more than PG. BUT....
I was excellent at FT's. It's not because I had this great talent either. I practiced them religiously because that's how I could get most of my points to help out the team other than some one else getting me open shots. I was never worse that 80-85%. Most of the time I could consistently make 9/10.
That 1 or 2 I missed was always because I let my mind drift for a second or 'over thought' the shot. So basically I would try to dribble until my mind was clear and create a repetitive routine at the line. Just focus and let the muscle memory take over.
There is NO reason the Guards and Forwards at the College level can't be at least 80% FT shooters consistently. They are losing focus or not practicing enough. The only players that have an excuse for being under 80% are really tall Forwards or Centers. They are so tall it's hard to have the right arc on the ball without hitting the rim a lot.
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Why is it that we always seem to get UK when they are coming off of a loss of a string of loses and they have to "find themselves" against us?
Also, we panic way too much. When we get stuck we just toss it up for grabs way too much. We are better off taking the 5 sec call and setting up our half court D
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Also, we panic way too much. When we get stuck we just toss it up for grabs way too much. We are better off taking the 5 sec call and setting up our half court D
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I'm no expert, but in my junior high/partial high school career, I feel entitled since I was a better free throw than at least 80% of this team, but the risk/reward "you'll have to run if you miss" strategy just doesn't work. It creates added stress and inhibits even more. Free throw shooting is a philosphy combined with memorized mechanics based on hundreds if not thousands of practice shots throughout a season from the strike. "How do I hold my head, how many times do I bounce, what do my knees/wrist feel like when I let go?" Those are all questions each player has to answer for himself and believe it. They won't get much better unless they take the initiative to go to the gym themselves and commit to it.
Zebras and free-throw shooting aside, you aren't going to win many games when you have more turnovers than made field goals.
Heard the Kentucky players ragging on Norris calling him "white boy", looked like it sparked him a bit
If we were shooting even 70% from the line as a team today, this would still be a ballgame. Horrendous.
We keep missing chances to get back in this game. We have gotten some good looks these couple trips and can't convert.
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