Ep 2063 Do Your Players Shoot Free Throws in Practice the Way They Shoot Them in Games?

Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast) · Nov 4, 2026 · 12m

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Pressure, fatigue, and a routine that holds up when the gym gets loud.

Coach Steve Collins once had a team that shot seventy six percent from the line in practice and fifty eight percent in games. The players were not the problem. The practice was. Ten in a row, fresh legs, a quiet gym, and nobody watching had trained a skill his players would never actually use on a Friday night.

In this deep dive, Steve rebuilds free throw practice from the ground up for the opening weeks of the season. He explains why the only free throws worth counting are the tired ones, why the…