Wednesday, 24 April 2013

My First Free Throw

Practice session one - My First Free Throw

Basketball background

My experience within the game of basketball is very limited, I have never played the sport competitively and have no desire to do so. I enjoy watching the NBA and have a great appreciation for the level of skill each player has. Every now and again I will go down to Unipol and throw the ball round for fun with some friends, but thats about it.

Throughout this movement analysis and skill acquisition paper i hope to improve my skills on the court, looking especially at the free throw. 

First practice session

In today's session I wasn't looking to make improvements in my free throwing ability, I was merely looking at my technique as is, to assess myself at a baseline level. This will give me something to work from and improve on throughout my 12 sessions. Kelbick (2007) Says free throw shooting is a very personal process and everyone has their own style. However, there should be some common elements, and, since shooting free throws is a repetitive process, each free throw should be the same, shot after shot.

Today I filmed myself shooting free throws to assess my consistency and to see whether there is a change in my shot pattern from shot to shot.


My first free throw - baseline assessment




Reflection

After reviewing the literature on how to take a proper basketball free throw shot, and then assessing my baseline videos I realise there is a lot of technique work and practice that has to be done. Next session I will be working through my first phase of the free throw action the "preliminary movements"


References

Kelbick, D. (2007, September 10). Basketball Fundamentals - Free Throw Shooting. Breakthrough Basketball - Hundreds of FREE Basketball Coaching Drills, Plays, Tips, Offenses, Defenses & Resources. Retrieved May 20, 2013, from http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/fundamentals/foulshooting.html

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