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If you are into coaching basketball and you're looking for some solid tips, especially for coaching youth basketball, then you are in the right place.  We have a simple piece of equipment that will help you and your shooters with your basketball shooting technique.

Below you will find a lot of links to articles, tools, and resources all aimed at helping you and your shooters to become better at free throw shooting.

1. No change in 50 Years - Free Throw Shot Percentage Stay the Same - An article from the New York Times about the fact that the only number in all of sports that hasn't improved in 50 years is free throw shot percentage.
2. Muscle Memory - "Practice makes permanent."  There is a reasons why a routine ritual is formed by the greatest shooters.  They have trained their muscles to remember how to shoot by repetitive action.  Here is a short article on the importance of creating good muscle memory.
3. Shoot 10,000 Times - Another article that reinforces the necessity of shooting a lot.  There is a reason why 10,000 is the target number.  The great one's exercise their craft that many times in order to excell at whatever they are doing.
4. How to Improve Your Free Throw Shooting Percentage - This is the 1st in a series by the inventor of the "Nothin' But Net" FREE THROW TRAINER, Coach Al Heystek.  
5. Your Ritual Will Improve Your Free Throw Shooting Percentage - Here is where Coach Al Heystek explains the important role your own personal ritual plays in getting you ready to make your shot.  Your Ritual.  Take a breathe, and get it right before you shoot.
6. Free Throws: Solid Mechanics Result in a Good Stroke - The 2nd in our series, this article defines the way you must set up and shoot if you want to be an elite shooter
7. The Mantra You Say to Yourself When Shooting Free Throws - What goes on in your head when you are standing at the line?  Don't choke!  "Shoot it straight."  This is the transcript of Coach Al's 3rd instructional video.
8. Repetition - Practice Makes Permanent in Free Throw Shooting - This is the actual transcript from Coach Al Heystek's 5th Instructional Video.  Practice - Practice - Practice!  Here's why it is so important to Practice - Practice - Practice!
9. Confidence in Free Throw Shooting is the Result of Accuracy and Consistency - Getting your head into the game, and keeping it there when you are at the line is a HUGE part of the game of basketball.  Here are some tips from Coach Al.  This, the 5th and final script from our coaching videos.
10. Quality Coaching Advice From Others - The best articles and videos on Free Throw Shooting that we could find.  Use these tools and resources to increase your knowledge as a Player, or as a Coach.  
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