It is well known that basketball shooting is a deteriorating art in this country. Million dollar athletes in the NBA and star college and high school players miss open jumpers with great regularity and often fail miserably at the free throw line. Stories abound about the dilemma.
Coaches don t know what to do.
To miss easy jump shots is so common that it s not considered out of the ordinary. Seventy Percent for free throws is considered quite good. Europeans and players from other countries shoot better than Americans. As they get their athletic skills up to the level of our athletes, we re going to start losing to them because we can t shoot the outside shot. An Olympic medal will not be a sure thing very much longer.