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iiMttWB?Wr an aid adage that seems to be reiterated in every game on Tft *F^S»o«»«(in baskefijai games.” Even those wtw are tirec o#«iesa»iBg cannot deny Ihe waidity o the quote. tf a team is winoing tete in a game, its players vM be touted and i senkto the ftee-throKK ir>e in an attempt to put away the opponent By confcaBtJte team that is tosings«KJs opposing pJayers to the ' fne !n liopes «iat the piayers will miss 15-foot, uncontested shots, wWc#i liappens a tat more often than it should. Gut tsaia«too much vwxV that goes into a free throvif? Today’s players, from professional to recreational, sorr>etimes put more effort into a pte-shot routine than into the actual shot. Washington Mfizads guard Gilbert Arenas can be seen taking the ball around Ms back and dribbling once for overy person close to him before attempfr>g a tout shct- Elon senior tonurard Adam Constantine, sophomore guard Josh Bcrmey and head coadh Matt Matheny walk us through the diffkxilties of shooting a free throw. ^ake a de«pl^i*th. try ^calmmyseffdo^. you T9 running up JSdown thecgiitfor three or four sof^imes to settle^idown. 7i^ if rs a fate gff^uatkjn lot of pr^^re. \spin tHe ba my hand. WHO CONSTANTINE: * , ail getting fllMa routine.} jst — awe I >n to J^flrandrnbt^er,^ ha# cancel: ' ' ^ff^attacwngfre rim^ur d^k^oach4^athen| Teyre-gorngtoWl you.” f^op/e free'l^'^'nly your MATHENY ON PHOENIX FREE THROW DIFFICULTY: , * “Our biggest^obstacle is simple: We just have to make more. We’re a good free throw stjc^ting team, if you combine our early-i^9Ctic6s with our exhibitkxi games, we were shooting about 85 or 90 percem as a team. In practice we changed our free throw shooting routine so that it s not monotonous. And we really try to treat every practice free throw that we take as a game-like situation.” i KiiniHHHSIlB M THE PHOENIX PLAY AT WAKE FOREST 2 P.M. SATURDAY, eris the FIR«5T AO/-. - H I ME FIRST ACC OPPONENT FOR THE PHOENIX THIS SEASONj C/KVie 337M/-
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