Jim "Makevery" Schatz
Endorses the Free Throw Trainer
Jim "Makevery" Schatz is one of the leading authorities on basketball's free throw. Jim is the author of the soon to be published book, "The Guide To Free Throw Mastery - Beyond Expectation" and is the originator of the NBSA. He is the National Basketball Shooters Association National Tournament Chairman and Director. We are extremely proud to have his endorsement which you can find below.
Occasionally, a new shooting product or technology comes along that
dramatically improves a shooter's understanding of shooting, their fundamentals, percentages and accuracy. Many of these products are bulky, require a lot of attention and maintenance, and are expensive.
But not all of them. A new product called the Free Throw Trainer™ (www.freethrowtrainer.com) is being introduced to the NBSA's
(www.nbsashooters.com) top shooters and teachers. It's seven inches long, looks like a yellow Popsicle stick, and has a small black spotat the top. It attaches to the center of the front of the rim, withthe tip serving as the bulls-eye target. It sells for $19.95. And it
really works.
It's an amazing device. I started using the Free Throw Trainer™ about six months ago and it significantly improved my shooting accuracy, consistency and percentage of shots made. I never practice without it now.
Let me explain how and why it works.
Since the beginning of basketball, there have been many schools of thought on precisely how or where to target; that is, where the eyes should look and remain anchored while shooting: the front of the rim, back of the rim, center of the hoop, above the rim, etc.? Until now, it's been an unknown and invisible target.
The Free Throw Trainer™ is such a simple and effective tool, I wish I'd thought of it. The Free Throw Trainer™ improves free throw shooting because it gives the shooter a "visible" bulls-eye target for the center of the basketball to travel through based upon the physics of
maximum hoop entry.
Noah Basketball is credited with defining the physics of shooting: the perfect arc, around 45 degrees; the hoop's sweet spot (where the basketball should enter the hoop), 11 inches behind the front of the rim -- not the nine-inch center as most shooters and coaches had
thought.
The Free Throw Trainer™ deserves equal credit for finally defining the shooter's perfect bulls-eye target. Because of this, we now know precisely where the eyes should be centered and focused: on the Free Throw Trainer's™ bulls-eye.
Seeing precisely where I want the center of the basketball to be over the front of the rim and knowing precisely where the center of the basketball should enter the hoop completes the mind's picture of perfect hoop entry and the perfect shot arc of 45 degrees. Just
knowing this hoop entry knowledge while shooting relieves any tension and allows the shooter to get into the subconscious, boosting confidence significantly.
This relationship of hitting the now-defined bulls-eye and entering the hoop at the now-defined sweet spot automatically creates the perfect shooting arc of 45 degrees and the perfect shot tunnel, with the basketball passing through the bulls-eye target, through the sweet spot, and finally popping the net.
And I mean all net, obviously eliminating all the misses -- right, left or flat that miss and hit on the front and sides of the rim -- in the process.
Free Throw Masters, defined as shooting 96 percent or better in competition, rarely miss, shooting even better in practice. When the masters do miss, and this occasionally happens, they usually miss long, rarely left, right and especially short. Aiming at the Free
Throw Trainer's™ bulls-eye target is the fastest way to replicating the free throw masters' results.
I now use the Free Throw Trainer™ every practice session and in all my instruction. I have over 100 kids this summer, 2014, in a Pasadena Public Parks youth program, sponsored by Free Throw Trainer. All my students are being trained to shoot with the Free Throw Trainer and we are having a great summer and much shooting success. The device works exceptionally well for the kids who can practice at home with a basketball hoop in their backyard or driveway. We encourage the kids to do this, shoot at home, since it is difficult to put up these Free Throw Trainer™ units, to practice daily, at public facilities.
I encourage everyone, no matter what your age, whether you are a free throw master, expert, player, coach, intermediate or beginner, to buy the Free Throw Trainer™ to practice with and really start mastering your ability to shoot while at same time mastering yourself.
Jim "Makevery" Schatz
National Basketball Shooters Association National Tournament Chairman and Director.
Occasionally, a new shooting product or technology comes along that
dramatically improves a shooter's understanding of shooting, their fundamentals, percentages and accuracy. Many of these products are bulky, require a lot of attention and maintenance, and are expensive.
But not all of them. A new product called the Free Throw Trainer™ (www.freethrowtrainer.com) is being introduced to the NBSA's
(www.nbsashooters.com) top shooters and teachers. It's seven inches long, looks like a yellow Popsicle stick, and has a small black spotat the top. It attaches to the center of the front of the rim, withthe tip serving as the bulls-eye target. It sells for $19.95. And it
really works.
It's an amazing device. I started using the Free Throw Trainer™ about six months ago and it significantly improved my shooting accuracy, consistency and percentage of shots made. I never practice without it now.
Let me explain how and why it works.
Since the beginning of basketball, there have been many schools of thought on precisely how or where to target; that is, where the eyes should look and remain anchored while shooting: the front of the rim, back of the rim, center of the hoop, above the rim, etc.? Until now, it's been an unknown and invisible target.
The Free Throw Trainer™ is such a simple and effective tool, I wish I'd thought of it. The Free Throw Trainer™ improves free throw shooting because it gives the shooter a "visible" bulls-eye target for the center of the basketball to travel through based upon the physics of
maximum hoop entry.
Noah Basketball is credited with defining the physics of shooting: the perfect arc, around 45 degrees; the hoop's sweet spot (where the basketball should enter the hoop), 11 inches behind the front of the rim -- not the nine-inch center as most shooters and coaches had
thought.
The Free Throw Trainer™ deserves equal credit for finally defining the shooter's perfect bulls-eye target. Because of this, we now know precisely where the eyes should be centered and focused: on the Free Throw Trainer's™ bulls-eye.
Seeing precisely where I want the center of the basketball to be over the front of the rim and knowing precisely where the center of the basketball should enter the hoop completes the mind's picture of perfect hoop entry and the perfect shot arc of 45 degrees. Just
knowing this hoop entry knowledge while shooting relieves any tension and allows the shooter to get into the subconscious, boosting confidence significantly.
This relationship of hitting the now-defined bulls-eye and entering the hoop at the now-defined sweet spot automatically creates the perfect shooting arc of 45 degrees and the perfect shot tunnel, with the basketball passing through the bulls-eye target, through the sweet spot, and finally popping the net.
And I mean all net, obviously eliminating all the misses -- right, left or flat that miss and hit on the front and sides of the rim -- in the process.
Free Throw Masters, defined as shooting 96 percent or better in competition, rarely miss, shooting even better in practice. When the masters do miss, and this occasionally happens, they usually miss long, rarely left, right and especially short. Aiming at the Free
Throw Trainer's™ bulls-eye target is the fastest way to replicating the free throw masters' results.
I now use the Free Throw Trainer™ every practice session and in all my instruction. I have over 100 kids this summer, 2014, in a Pasadena Public Parks youth program, sponsored by Free Throw Trainer. All my students are being trained to shoot with the Free Throw Trainer and we are having a great summer and much shooting success. The device works exceptionally well for the kids who can practice at home with a basketball hoop in their backyard or driveway. We encourage the kids to do this, shoot at home, since it is difficult to put up these Free Throw Trainer™ units, to practice daily, at public facilities.
I encourage everyone, no matter what your age, whether you are a free throw master, expert, player, coach, intermediate or beginner, to buy the Free Throw Trainer™ to practice with and really start mastering your ability to shoot while at same time mastering yourself.
Jim "Makevery" Schatz
National Basketball Shooters Association National Tournament Chairman and Director.