Standing throw
The standing throw ( English set shot ) is a throwing technique in the sport of basketball . A distinction is made between two types of standing throws, namely one-handed and two-handed standing throws:
One-handed stand throw
In a one-handed standing throw, only one hand (or an arm) performs the actual throwing movement, while the other hand only supports the ball from the right or left (depending on whether left or right-handed) until the time of the throw and fixes it on the throwing hand .
In contrast to the jump shot , the thrower does not jump off and does not move from the place during the throw. Because the throw is easier to block than a jump shot , it is rarely used in games. Nowadays, however, there is still a form of one-handed standing throw that is regularly used in free throws .
Two-handed standing throw
The ball is thrown towards the basket with both hands at chest or head height. This technique has long been considered obsolete and is practically no longer used.
The two-handed standing throw, along with the lay-up, was the original throwing technique that James Naismith had developed for basketball. As a rule, however, this technique was very inefficient from a distance, which is why in the early years of basketball one always looked for proximity to the basket. Very few players achieved an efficiency with the standing throw that could be compared with today's distance shooters, such as Bobby McDermott .
In the 1930s and 1940s, the two-handed standing throw was replaced by the newly developed jump shot , but it was still used in isolated cases until the 1950s. Larry Costello , who ended his career with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1968, is generally considered to be the last two-handed stand thrower.
literature
- Robert W. Peterson: Cages to Jump Shots. Univ. of Nebraska Press, Lincoln (NE) 2002, ISBN 0-8032-8772-0 .