Do+you+shoot+free+throws+better+when+you're+tired+or+not+tired?

Title: Do you shoot free throws better when you're tired or not tired? Lucas Navas 7hour Kerwin

Hypothesis: If I run up to 10 down and backs, then I will have a bad free throw percentage.

Purpose: I want to see if you shot free throws better when you are tired or not. This activity is part of the game. In a late game situation you are easily tired and if you're winning then the other teams fouls you, you shoot free throws. I plan to start with shooting ten free throws and ten run two down and backs and shoot ten free throws. I plan to repeat this until I have ran ten down and backs at a time. Then repeat this two times.

Background: In a late game situation you are easily tired and if you're winning then the other teams fouls you, you shoot free throws. A free throw shoot is “A shot taken from the free-throw line that has been awarded for a penalty. Worth one point.”(Free throw) “The free throw line is fifteen feet away from the hoop and the length of the court is eighty-four feet”(Basketball Court Dimensions).In the article “VARIABLES THAT AFFECT FREE-THROW SHOOTING **“**NBA analyst and former head coach Hubie Brown. ‘When you are tired, your shots tend to be shorter and you may front-rim a shot you normally make.’”(Silverman). On two different charts I have looked at the show different things on one it has calculated Clutch free throw percentage ( this is in the 2003-2006). The leader is “Sam Cassell non-clutch free throw percentage, .863, clutch free throws made 42 out of 44, clutch free throw percentage, .955”(NBA Random Stat). On the other chart is Technical free throws (2005-06 season). The best technical free throw shooter is “Chauncey Billups from the Detroit Pistons, free throw made 51 and attempted 53, his percentage was .963”(Random Stat). During the 20110-20012 NBA Season the free throw percentage during the fourth quarter was still pretty high by the first three quarters were higher. I found is on a chart “During the fourth quarter the free throw percentage was 74.64”(Wills).

Materials and Measurements: The materials I will be using are a basketball, a basketball court, paper, calculator, pen. I measurements will be the percentage of my free throws between each run.

Free Throw Shooting

 * > 10 ||> 5 || 50% ||
 * > 8 ||> 7 || 70% ||
 * > 6 ||> 8 || 80% ||
 * > 4 ||> 8 || 80% ||
 * > 2 ||> 10 || 100% ||
 * > 0 ||> 10 || 100% ||

2 nd Free throw shooting
If I run up to 10 down and backs, then I will have a bad free throw percentage was my hypothesis and it was right because every time i ran more my free throw percent went down.
 * 10 || 4 || 40% ||
 * 8 || 6 || 60% ||
 * 6 || 7 || 70% ||
 * 4 || 9 || 70% ||
 * 2 || 10 || 100% ||
 * 0 || 10 || 100% ||

Works Cited "Basketball Court Dimensions." __Basketball Court Dimensions__. • Better Basketball. 27 Nov. 2012 <[|__http://www.betterbasketball.com/basketball-court-dimensions/__]>. "Free Throw." __Sportdefinittions.com__. SportsDefinitions.com. 29 Nov. 212 <[|__http://www.sportsdefinitions.com/basketball/Free-throw.html__]>. "NBA Random Stat: Clutch Free Throw Shooting." __82games.com__. 2005-06 by 82games.com. 13 Dec. 2012 <[|__http://www.82games.com/random23.htm__]>. "Random Stat: Technical Free Throw Shooting." __82games.com__. 2005-06 by 82games.com. 13 Dec. 2012 <[|__http://www.82games.com/random16.htm__]>. Silverman, Steve. "Variables That Affect Free-Throw Shooting." __LIVESTRONG.COM__. 29 Apr. 2012. Demand Media, Inc. 29 Nov. 2012 <[|__http://www.livestrong.com/article/439075-variables-affect-throw-shooting/__]>. Wills, Matt. "Sample: Sports." Sample Sports. 29 Nov. 12. DevPress. 13 Dec. 2012 <[|__http://samplesports.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/do-nba-players-miss-more-free-throws-in-the-4th-quarter-due-to-fatigue/__]>. (Why don't you find the average amount of running in the first half of a game and then use that to base your running on?(JordanWylie) What if one person is much stronger in the legs and arms than another, so there shot may be significantly different(Luke Strong)  Wouldn't athletic ability affect the outcome? If a pro basketball player did this experiment the outcome would most likely be different from the results of someone that doesn't play basketball often. You should say that you are only testing a certain range of ability.(Autumn Anzell)  Explain more on why you want to do this experiment and what you think. (Kylie Ashton) 1/5/13  Do you think it will matter if you are a boy or a girl? (Alexa Thompson)  Make sure you strech before both of them otherwise that will effect your shot. (Max Everhart) 1/10/13  Put more information that is your opinion not just others. (lstrong)

The mental conditioning and focus of a person could also have a strong output. Perhaps you could talk about it being someone who is unconditioned for focusing on the task at hand while exhaus