What If the “Best” Free Throw Technique Isn’t the One You Teach? @BasketballImmersion
What If the “Best” Free Throw Technique Isn’t the One You Teach?  @BasketballImmersion
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Should you bank your free throws?

Dive into a presentation with Dean Jarvis—world record holder for consecutive made bank-shot free throws—and challenge a lot of assumptions we still see baked into basketball coaching.

Dean didn’t arrive at banked free throws by accident or gimmick. His curiosity started after studying Korean players consistently converting free throws at 80–90% using the bank. That question—why does this work so well for certain athletes?—led him down a research-driven path that most coaches never take.

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