Free Throw Shooting Research Paper
Some basketball players have strange free throw shooting routines. There are a number of reasons why they perform this act: they're meant to simply have a good grip of the ball (it can get real wet at times during the game), to establish a signature style, to improve free throw shooting, or being plainly superstitious. Who are these players? Let's check it out!
Reggie Miller would dip his hands into a bucket of powder (it's really salt) so he can have a better grip on the ball, step up to the line holding the ball on his hip with his left hand and place his feet about 12-14 inches apart with his right foot slightly forward. He then would raise his arm straight up towards the basket with his hand bent as if he had just released the ball. Then he would take three consecutive dribbles, sit back into a slight crouch and let it fly. This was his free throw routine every time he went to the 15 foot line. …show more content…
This was a routine used by the "Destroyer" every time he visits the 15 ft area.
Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki has what some see as a strange ritual - he sometimes hums David Hasselhoff's song 'Looking For Freedom,' which was a big hit when he was a kid in Germany, as he shoots free throws.
Jason Kidd blows a kiss to his wife Jumana and his family prior to shooting free throws. Jason could not remember when he started his free throw shooting routine. 'I started doing it and making some free throws so I continued to do it. I do it not just because of habit but to let my wife know I'm thinking about her.' It is said to bring him good luck during the games.
Detroit's Richard "Rip" Hamilton, Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash, LA Lakers' Lamar Odom and Dallas Mavericks' Jerry Stackhouse quite also have their own styles of shooting free throws.
Rip Hamilton dribbles to the side. He breathes, dribbles twice down and one to the side before attempting a
Reggie Miller would dip his hands into a bucket of powder (it's really salt) so he can have a better grip on the ball, step up to the line holding the ball on his hip with his left hand and place his feet about 12-14 inches apart with his right foot slightly forward. He then would raise his arm straight up towards the basket with his hand bent as if he had just released the ball. Then he would take three consecutive dribbles, sit back into a slight crouch and let it fly. This was his free throw routine every time he went to the 15 foot line. …show more content…
This was a routine used by the "Destroyer" every time he visits the 15 ft area.
Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki has what some see as a strange ritual - he sometimes hums David Hasselhoff's song 'Looking For Freedom,' which was a big hit when he was a kid in Germany, as he shoots free throws.
Jason Kidd blows a kiss to his wife Jumana and his family prior to shooting free throws. Jason could not remember when he started his free throw shooting routine. 'I started doing it and making some free throws so I continued to do it. I do it not just because of habit but to let my wife know I'm thinking about her.' It is said to bring him good luck during the games.
Detroit's Richard "Rip" Hamilton, Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash, LA Lakers' Lamar Odom and Dallas Mavericks' Jerry Stackhouse quite also have their own styles of shooting free throws.
Rip Hamilton dribbles to the side. He breathes, dribbles twice down and one to the side before attempting a