I noticed that when taking a free throw, the other players stand behind the paint line, however theres a special free throw where they stand way back, can someone explain the difference between said free throws please?
i dont know if im competent to talk about this, but you can stand where ever in that half circle, and I think some players cant shoot normal free throws but need to take some extra space for it because they shoot the ball stronger, and the other ones have
I think you misunderstood, your average free throw consists of a shooter that stands between the free throw line and the half circle thats behind him. The *other* players stand behind the paint line, i.e. Kyrie shoots a free throw and Allen stands behind