Conclusion

My purpose in doing this was to see if doing a routine at the free-throw line affects your percentage, and I did just that. I am very satisfied that I finally found the answer to this question that I have had in the back of my head for so long. I will use this information to improve my own free-throw percentage and ultimately become a better basketball player.

My hypothesis was half correct. I predicted that doing a routine at the free-throw line would improve everyone’s percentages. I was right in the way that the basketball players percentages increased when they did the routine. But on the other side, it decreased the non-basketball player’s free-throw percentages so I was partially correct. If I were to do this experiment again, I would have more non-basketball players participate so that my statistics could be more accurate for them.

If I explored this topic more thoroughly, I would see if crowd noises affect the free throw percentages. I would do that by having the participants shoot fifteen free-throws while it is completely silent and then again when there is a large crowd screaming, cheering, chanting, yelling, etc.. I would either do that or see if shooting free-throws underhanded increases the percent chance of you making it. That project would be interesting because there have been many successful underhanded free-throw shooters.