charity stripe
Penalty shot location
The charity stripe is basketball's free-throw line—the mark fifteen feet from the basket where players stand to shoot uncontested after being fouled.
The term comes from the idea that free throws are "free" or given charitably, though earning them usually requires absorbing contact: He stepped to the charity stripe and sank both shots.
Uncontested penalty basket attempt
- foul lineBoundary marking violations
- foul shotUnguarded penalty basket attempt
- shooterOne who fires weapons
- hoopsCircular bands or rims
basket · backboard · rim · net · swish · airball · brick · rebound
Degree of correctness
- formShape or document
- follow-throughCompleting what you began
- releaseTo let go
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
arc · routine · mechanics · alignment · balance · control · repetition · muscle memory
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
- nervesTense apprehension
- tensionStretched or strained state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- silenceTotal lack of sound
crowd noise · expectation · momentum · intimidation · composure · choke · stakes · crunch time
Exact location or meaning
- conversionAct of changing states
- makeTo bring into being
- missFail to reach
- percentageProportion out of hundred
bonus points · go-ahead · tie-breaker · close out · stat line · career high
free throw
Uncontested penalty basket attempt
- foul lineBoundary marking violations
- foul shotUnguarded penalty basket attempt
- shooterOne who fires weapons
hoops · basket · backboard · rim · net · swish · airball · brick · rebound · one-and-one
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- formShape or document
- follow-throughCompleting what you began
- releaseTo let go
touch · arc · routine · mechanics · alignment · balance · control · repetition · muscle memory · knee bend
clutch
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
crowd noise · silence · expectation · momentum · intimidation · composure · choke · stakes · crunch time · pressure cooker
point
Exact location or meaning
- conversionAct of changing states
- makeTo bring into being
- missFail to reach
percentage · bonus points · go-ahead · tie-breaker · close out · stat line · career high
- basketball slangairball, alley-oop, ankle breaker, baller, ballin
- basketball scoringlayup, dunk, free throw, jump shot, three-pointer
charity stripethree-point line
Basketball's bonus-distance boundary
downtown · half-court · deep · mid-range · paint
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