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Effects Of Preshot Routine Time And Movements On Free Throw Shooting Performance, Mick G. Mack Jan 1991

Effects Of Preshot Routine Time And Movements On Free Throw Shooting Performance, Mick G. Mack

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects that length of preshot routine and use of a set sequence of movements have on free throw shooting in basketball. Seventeen members comprising the University of Northern Iowa intercollegiate men's basketball team attempted 20 free throws in each of four different conditions: (1) normal routine, (2) normal routine with lengthened time, (3) altered routine with normal time, and (4) altered routine with lengthened time. For the altered time condition, subjects used a minimum of 200% of their normal time. For the altered routine condition, subjects used a routine provided by …