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Prepare when no one is watching

18 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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A basketball player shoots 150 free throws daily for months, raising his percentage from 66% to 87%. When a lead-changing free throw comes down to 19.6 seconds in a real game, the preparation in empty gyms pays off.

Questions this video answers

150 free throws per day

From June 2 until leaving on the Wednesday before travel (i.e., continuous daily practice through that week)

Started at ~66%; rose to ~86–87% (87% measured on the Tuesday night check)

19.6 seconds on the clock

The free throw could give the lead ("This one's for the lead").

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We had our kids make 150 free throws 7 days a week. I don't think J1 missed a day from June 2nd till we left on Wednesday. So Tuesday night I looked at him, what he shot from the free throw line with his 150 makes and he shot 87%. That was his highest percentage he's ever shot. When he started this, it was a 66. So on his own, he went from 66 to 86. That wasn't. The coaches give all the credit to him. He went to that free throw line every single day. So in that moment tonight when everybody was watching, he prepared himself when Nobody was watching.
19.6 on the clock. Almost fitting on him being on the free throw line. This one's for the lead.