{"id":2324,"date":"2016-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/basketball-tips-how-to-shoot-a-free-throw\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:59:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:59:39","slug":"how-to-shoot-a-free-throw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/how-to-shoot-a-free-throw","title":{"rendered":"Basketball Tips: How To Shoot A Free Throw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CoachUp founder and former Professional, Jordan Fliegel, takes demonstrates the proper mechanics when shooting a free throw. The three most important factors to a free throw are focus, balance, and consistency.<\/p>\n<p><span contenteditable=\"false\" data-mce-object=\"iframe\" class=\"mce-preview-object mce-object-iframe\" data-mce-p-allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-p-frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-p-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TDIbIigKi4U\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TDIbIigKi4U\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><span class=\"mce-shim\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Basketball Tips: How To Shoot A Free Throw I am Jordan Fliegel, former pro forward and CoachUp coach. And this is the free throw. It&#8217;s important to be a great free throw shooter, not just if your fouled, but so that you&#8217;re on the court late in the game. 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