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Basketball freethrow shooting: The importance of the “conscious” and “subconscious” mind in improving free throw shooting:

The Cerebrospinal is the organ of the conscious mind and the sympathetic nervous system is the organ of the subconscious. Free throw shooting only requires 2 of these namely sight and touch.

The point I am trying to make here is that my subconscious changed my conscious processes into actually changing careers from a high school basketball coach to a full time traveling Sports artist where I painted Basketball court floors and wall murals with school mascots. The conscious mind has the power of deductive, inductive and analytical reasoning. Are you starting to see how your average free throw shooting process is going to take on a whole new life?

By conscious, I mean critically aware, especially critically self-aware.

The critically conscious are definitely conscious of their consciousness.

The conscious can and does actually instruct or direct the subconscious mind. It is the conscious that dictates, controls and even overrules the subconscious thoughts if permitted.

Understanding the above paragraph will emphasize why during every free throw shot or any shot for that matter must have a conscious thought behind the action. You should never shoot a shot without a conscious thought involved because the human body as perfect as it is was not imbedded with a perfect shooting mechanism. We have the potential to create a perfect shooting mechanism but it must be consciously initiated only after a complete knowledge of perfect shooting principles is obtained and understood.

Basketball – How Your Conscious and Subconscious Mind Can Improve Your Free Throw Shooting Skills

Any ball player will tell you that games are won and lost on free throws. A free throw is a shot in basketball that a player gets after they are fouled. You get two free throws if your shot does not go in the hoop after the foul. Free throws are an important part of playing basketball. This page will discuss the fundamentals of good basketball shooting form and instruct you in the best methods to sink your free throw. If you shoot right-handed, your right foot should be slightly forward. Holding the ball: Use both hands to hold the ball, but only your basketball shooting hand which will actually propel the ball forward. Don’t shoot two-handed. Your shooting hand is the platform and should be underneath the ball with your wrist cocked back. Your other hand helps support or balance the ball, but does not enter into the actual shooting of the ball. Your non-basketball shooting hand should actually come off the ball just before you release the ball, so that you are shooting with one hand. Set Point: The set point is where you position the ball just prior to releasing the shot. If you are right-handed and shoot with your shoulders and feet square to the hoop, have the ball to the right of your face, a little toward the right shoulder. Don’t line the ball up in the center of your face, as this may result in your basketball shooting elbow flying away from your body, and could actually cause your wrist to turn sideways when you release the ball, imparting a side-spin. On the other hand, if you are more comfortable shooting with your body turned in toward the basketball shooting side, and then the set point can be more in front of your face. Release your shot on the upward force of the jump, not on the way down.

Releasing the ball: Take the deep breath, and shoot. Your basketball shooting arm extends forward toward the hoop, the elbow extends and then you release the ball with a snap of the wrist, with the ball rolling off your fingertips. Repetition is the key to success in basketball shooting free throws.