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Anyone in the country got a longer FTM streak that Phil Forte III at oSu?
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Consecutive Free Throw Streaks
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When in High School we had a contest to see who could make the most free throws in a row. This was not in a game but was held at a big rally the day of a game against our cross town rivals. I made 23 in a row. That night at the game I missed the first two I attempted. This was a very long time ago, we all shot free throws under handed then.
I looked good on paper but not so good in the game.
I looked good on paper but not so good in the game.
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It seems that I.....
It seems that I did some amazing things except when I was called on to do them.
I could play a mean game of pool unless I bet anything other than a beer, then I was a chump.
One time as a late teen I bowled a 280 whereas my constant average was about 125 (It has dropped since then). There were some girls I was showing off for and that made all the difference.
It seems that I did some amazing things except when I was called on to do them.
I could play a mean game of pool unless I bet anything other than a beer, then I was a chump.
One time as a late teen I bowled a 280 whereas my constant average was about 125 (It has dropped since then). There were some girls I was showing off for and that made all the difference.
To me, the mark of a real player is the ability to make free throws under pressure.
After I started teaching, when I was 36-37 years old, I once made 99/100 free throws when a student challenged me. I made 52 consecutive, missed one, then made the next 47.
When I was a HS Junior, I made four free throws during the last 90 seconds of a State Championship game we won 78-76.
In the early years of the UGA womens' basketball program, my wife "walked on" to try out for the team when she transferred from a Jr. College. They told her they had already had tryouts, had the team physicals, but she could work out with the team that day and come back if she was willing to pay for her own physical, but the team was pretty well set, and her chances were slim. They were shooting free throws at the time. She went to the line and proceeded to make about 30 in a row. They didn't say any more about her paying for her own physical.
She was Female Scholar Athlete of the Year at UGA in 1976, and still ranks in the top ten in single-game scoring at Georgia.
After I started teaching, when I was 36-37 years old, I once made 99/100 free throws when a student challenged me. I made 52 consecutive, missed one, then made the next 47.
When I was a HS Junior, I made four free throws during the last 90 seconds of a State Championship game we won 78-76.
In the early years of the UGA womens' basketball program, my wife "walked on" to try out for the team when she transferred from a Jr. College. They told her they had already had tryouts, had the team physicals, but she could work out with the team that day and come back if she was willing to pay for her own physical, but the team was pretty well set, and her chances were slim. They were shooting free throws at the time. She went to the line and proceeded to make about 30 in a row. They didn't say any more about her paying for her own physical.
She was Female Scholar Athlete of the Year at UGA in 1976, and still ranks in the top ten in single-game scoring at Georgia.
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GO Pokes!!!!!!!
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As a high school player, Wilt Chamberlain developed a free throw shooting technique that would cause all of organized basketball to change its rules. Seven feet tall, Chamberlain would stand at the free throw line and leap towards the basket to drop the ball in. Now, the rules of basketball make it clear that a free throw shooter cannot cross the free throw line until the ball hits the rim.
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