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Get the ball inside! (playing aggressively to obtain foul shots in basketball)
Basketball coaches constantly exhort their players to "Get the ball inside!" and "Go to the foul line!" Teams that can do these things regularly are going to frustrate their opponents and win a lot of games.
At Southeastern Regional last season, we used these cardinal principles to minimize our weaknesses and produce one of the most memorable years in school history.
Though losing our top returning player for the season, lacking a true "go to" star, possessing little size, and being just an average defensive rebounding team, we still managed to post a 16-7 record and advance to the state sectional championship game.
Perhaps our most telling statistic was averaging six free-throws more per game than our opponents. Though we were not outstanding foul-shooters - we averaged slightly less than 60% - we went 15-1 for the games in which we shot more free throws than our opponents and just 1-5 for the times we shot fewer free throws.
From our opening game, we had our players strive to get the ball inside to a low-post and to play aggressively for foul shots. We allowed all of our players, even the guards, to flash into the low-post and geared all of our offenses, including our zone attack, to produce good shots in the lane area and draw fouls.
- NORFOLK STATE'S HOT SHOOTING FROM FOUL LINE SINKS HOWARD.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot February 4, 2001 700+ words
...win might have come easier. ``I was open in the first half and I feel I can do whatever I want right now when I get the ball inside,'' Neal said. When Howard gave Neal more attention, Mills took advantage by scoring 13 of his 15 points in the second...
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...Carthage. Because it was at the foul line that the Thunder lost the game...goals, but the discrepancy at the foul line really hurt us." Carthage (13-1, 2-1) shot 28 of 37 from the foul line, while Wheaton was 7 of 15. "That...
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...inboard of the island and right next to the foul line. That safety item is a red-and-white...place. In doing so, we stepped over the foul line and put ourselves in unnecessary danger...rule of staying three feet away from the foul line to avoid crossing it. We now know that...
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- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) June 9, 2006 700+ words
...victory. A deplorable 7 of 19 from the foul line, the Heat dropped the opener of the...double-digit deficit could overcome the foul-line foibles of center Shaquille O'Neal...from Wade were enough to overcome the foul-line follies. For a while it appeared the...
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- Magazine article from: Bowling Digest SPIGNER, BILL December 1, 2000 700+ words
...I have trouble because I approach the foul line too fast. When I speed up, I tend to...shoes to help keep me from rushing the foul line. But after seven or eight frames, they...this problem? To avoid getting to the foul line too fast, pay attention to two key things...
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- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) June 8, 2006 700+ words
...victory. A deplorable 7 of 19 from the foul line, the Heat dropped the opener of the...double-digit deficit could overcome the foul-line foibles of center Shaquille O'Neal...from Wade were enough to overcome the foul-line follies. For a while it appeared the...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) McGraw, Mike December 23, 2005 700+ words
...Writer Getting outscored badly at the foul line is nothing new for the Bulls this season...The Cavaliers were 33-for-41 at the foul line, while the Bulls hit 8 of 10 free throws...have been outscored by 157 points at the foul line. "Chicago is a jump-shooting team...
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- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) January 24, 2004 700+ words
...career 49.5 percent average from the foul line. "Coach (Keith) Cieplicki thought...weak area of her game. Away from the foul line, the former All-State Maryland player...Chinny" Nwagbo, takes aim from the foul line with her one-handed form during the...
