Accuracy of Skill Performance in the Basketball Free Throw Shooting

Takayuki Watanabe^*, Takeshi Sato^† and Shoji Igawa^‡

^(*) Hachinohe University, Japan
^(†) Jissen Women’s University, Japan
^(‡) Nippon Sport Science University, Japan
E-mail: nabetaka@hachinohe-u.ac.jp, sato-takeshi@jissen.ac.jp, igawa@nittai.ac.jp

Abstract

The purpose of this study were to investigates how timing of shot of skilled player and assess performance accuracy of free throw shooting. Ten college students participated in this study (5 skilled players, and 5 naïve participants) aged 18-23 years. They performed free throw shooting at 10 times. Shooting seen was recorded three cameras and analyzed shooting successful rate, off-target distance (the distance between the basketball through point and the center of the goal) and shot timing. Shot timing was not significant difference. Shooting successful rate of skilled players was higher than unskilled players. Offtarget distance of skilled players was significant smaller than naive player. Consequently, skilled player is possible to aim at the center of the goal and shooting near the center of goal.