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    Mozart Basketball no pun intended's Avatar
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    Default Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal


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    I brick nerf balls La Frescobaldi's Avatar
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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    Quote Originally Posted by no pun intended
    Hal Greer was lifelong jumper FT shooter........ 80% career

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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

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    No you just cant jump over the line, however it's easier to have a consistent technique if you aren't jumping.

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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    I don't know why it would be illegal in the first place. As long as the shooter doesn't step inside too soon like everyone else, it shouldn't be too bad.

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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    so what about taking one giant leap behind the freethrow line, and making a layup before you land? should be legal?

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    5-time NBA All-Star G-train's Avatar
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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    Quote Originally Posted by ripthekik
    so what about taking one giant leap behind the freethrow line, and making a layup before you land? should be legal?
    You can't go over the line til the ball touches the basket.
    The rule was introduced in college as Wilt was doing exactly that.

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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    Quote Originally Posted by ripthekik
    so what about taking one giant leap behind the freethrow line, and making a layup before you land? should be legal?
    check out interview with Tex Winter........ fast forward to 3:15 to see why the rule is........... you can't break the plane of the free throw line.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyz-FhP2ONk

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    GIVEN NOT EARNED ripthekik's Avatar
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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    ok.. now i remember getting called for those 'getting in the lane too early' calls.. makes sense.

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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    you can jump, but it just looks weird. That's what I did in my freshman, but I looked completely like an amateur so I stopped jumping.

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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    Yeah, Hal Greer jumped on his free throws. Somebody tell this to Dwight.

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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    Can you hook?

    Like sky hook?

    If so, that f.ucker shaq should have done it. Lol

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    GIVEN NOT EARNED ripthekik's Avatar
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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    how about something less embarassing, just bank it off the glass. should be easier for the big guys to toss them at the square. they won't be clowned like throwing underhand or jumping too.

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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    Quote Originally Posted by ripthekik
    how about something less embarassing, just bank it off the glass. should be easier for the big guys to toss them at the square. they won't be clowned like throwing underhand or jumping too.
    Yeah, I always wondered why more players don't bank their free throws.

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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    Consistency is what makes elite free throw shooters, and jumping on your free throw is going to f[COLOR="Black"]u[/COLOR]ck your consistency.

    People just learn how to shoot the damn basketball correctly...

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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    Quote Originally Posted by d.bball.guy
    Hal Greer jumped on his free throws.
    If you watch that Maravich game that's on youtube from his rookie year, a little known Phoenix player named Fred Taylor also does the jump shot from the line, like Hal Greer.

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