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Recap is done at the top.

With regard to free throw shooting--I have no idea why it sometimes go bad, and why it seems infectious from player to player.  It think in sports the power of visualization can be powerful.  When my daughter competed in gymnastics, if one teammate fell on beam, it seemed like the next three would fall too.  I knew some coaches that would not let their team watch their teammates' performances for that reason.  Well, you can't hide a bad free throw from your teammates, and I wonder about the subliminal message it implants when a normally sharp shooter misses a couple.

From what Tempie has said in previous years, one of the worst things you can do during a free throw slump is to have your team start practicing a whole bunch of free throws--it simply increases the pressure and nerves,  when instead you want shooters to rely on their instinctual muscle-memory.  These are kids who have each shot tens of thousands of practice free throws before they get to Stanford--it is purely mental as this point. 

That said, Karlie was out at halftime by herself shooting some free throws--although she had no attempts in the game.

[81alum]

Recap is done at the top.

With regard to free throw shooting--I have no idea why it sometimes go bad, and why it seems infectious from player to player.  It think in sports the power of visualization can be powerful.  When my daughter competed in gymnastics, if one teammate fell on beam, it seemed like the next three would fall too.  I knew some coaches that would not let their team watch their teammates' performances for that reason.  Well, you can't hide a bad free throw from your teammates, and I wonder about the subliminal message it implants when a normally sharp shooter misses a couple.

From what Tempie has said in previous years, one of the worst things you can do during a free throw slump is to have your team start practicing a whole bunch of free throws--it simply increases the pressure and nerves,  when instead you want shooters to rely on their instinctual muscle-memory.  These are kids who have each shot tens of thousands of practice free throws before they get to Stanford--it is purely mental as this point. 

That said, Karlie was out at halftime by herself shooting some free throws--although she had no attempts in the game.