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    All For *One* For All Meticode's Avatar
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    Default Re: Wait...I thought a "jump-shot free throw" was illegal

    Quote Originally Posted by Pushxx
    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...
    Let the man shoot the ball the way he wants to.

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

    Quote Originally Posted by Meticode
    Let the man shoot the ball the way he wants to.
    Agree.
    Personal familiarity > "Correct" method.

    Reggie Miller had his elbow out and nobody was going to tell him he was shooting the ball incorrectly. Even Kobe has his elbow out a little bit, I remember him talking about his form on an interview a while ago. Do what feels comfortable.


    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.
    Your legs can't break the plane or any part of your body? Because I'm pretty sure I've seen tons of players extend their upper body over the plane and then take a giant step forwards to catch themselves after the ball hits the rim.

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

    you can stand anywhere in the half-circle too, knew a dude in HS who would stand on the far left of the freethrow line

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

    Quote Originally Posted by Burgz V2
    you can stand anywhere in the half-circle too, knew a dude in HS who would stand on the far left of the freethrow line
    Nick Van Exel stands far back

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

    Quote Originally Posted by waseem780
    Nick Van Exel stands far back
    Kyrie Irving always stands back a little bit from the line.

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

    Quote Originally Posted by La Frescobaldi
    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
    Am I the only one other than you here that knew that Wilt dunked his FTs? Damn.

    Also in the early 90's there was a guy in the Puerto Rican league who jumped on his free throws too. I cannot remember his name but I think that he played for Guaynabo Mets. I'll think of it sooner or later.

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

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    Yeah, I always wondered why more players don't bank their free throws.
    Me too, I played with a guy who sucked really bad at shooting and after he started banking all his shots he got way better.

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

    Wilt also dunked from the 3pt line. It's why they extended it back.

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

    They changed the rules of the player staying behind the free throw line BECAUSE WILT USED TO DUNK IT FROM THE LINE. He would go a few steps back, get a running start, and dunk it from the free throw line instead of shooting free throws.

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

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnMax
    They changed the rules of the player staying behind the free throw line BECAUSE WILT USED TO DUNK IT FROM THE LINE. He would go a few steps back, get a running start, and dunk it from the free throw line instead of shooting free throws.
    I heard about this. Does anyone have footage on this? CavaliersFTW?

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

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    I heard about this. Does anyone have footage on this? CavaliersFTW?
    it was when he was in high school or college though wasn't it?

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

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnMax
    They changed the rules of the player staying behind the free throw line BECAUSE WILT USED TO DUNK IT FROM THE LINE. He would go a few steps back, get a running start, and dunk it from the free throw line instead of shooting free throws.
    So that's why he sucked at free throws. He never got to practice them earlier.

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

    During the 1980s and 90s there was a player named Michael Adams who used to stand far on the right of the free throw line and lean very exaggeratingly when he leaned to shoot his shot.

    Some how he never was penalized for leaning his upper body over the plane of the FT line. I guess only the feet have to stay behind the line/plane.

    An anecdote: in high school I knew a player who used to shoot his free throws 2 feet behind the line and jumped up like a jump shot. He was never penalized at all of all the games I have seen play.

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

    Quote Originally Posted by waseem780
    Nick Van Exel stands far back
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITxDdnzpnU8

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

    Quote Originally Posted by G-train
    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.
    If you watch the controversial 2002 game 6 of the WCF, you'll see Shaq step over the line after every FT before ball making contact.

    Yet he was never called for it and did well that night from the FTL.

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