Source : http://0rz.tw/whbGa LeBron James' Free-Throw Makeover 翻译by巴拉圭 On the far end of the Miami HEAT’s bright yellow practice court, LeBron James can usually be seen trying to match Ray Allen, free-throw for free-throw. Sometimes they’ll finish practice off with a game of Around the World, which James has won twice in the last week, but free-throws always come first. Ray, then LeBron. LeBron, then Ray. Occasionally there is a disagreement over the count – these are not guys that lose very easily – but there they are next day, back at the same spot, with assistant coach David Fizdale fielding rebounds. 在迈阿密的球馆里，可以很常看见LeBron James和Ray Allen两人时常一起练 罚球。有时候他们在练球後会继续留在球馆里比一场投篮练习，上个礼拜James 赢了两场，不过投篮比赛前他们总是会先比罚球。Ray罚完换LeBron，LeBron 完再换Ray这样ㄧ直重覆着。他们ㄧ样都有着不愿轻易认输的个性，虽然有时 候会有意见不合的时候，不过他们隔天还是会出现在同一个球场上一同和助理 教练David Fizdale一起做训练。 We don’t know who wins or who loses – you can assume Allen, but remember that James has beaten him at three-point contest – but we know they take this seriously. A career 74.7 percent free-throw shooter, James has never hit the 80 percent mark for a regular or post season. And it’s just about the only benchmark the four-time MVP has yet to hit after topping 40 percent from three this year. 虽然我们无法得知他们谁输谁赢 - 或许你可以说是Allen，不过请千万别忘了 James也曾经在球队练习时的三分球大赛赢过Ray Allen - 我们只知道他们是认 真在练罚球。LeBron James生涯罚球是74.4%，生涯到目前为止从来没有在季赛 或季後赛罚球命中率达到80%。这也是这位雍有四座MVP的LeBron下一个目标。 If James has a weakness, it’s hitting, not getting, free-throws. And he knows it. 如果LeBron James有什麽弱点的话，那一定是他的罚球命中率。他问题不出在 如何上罚球线上，而是怎麽稳稳得罚进他的罚球。 “I need and I want to shoot in the 80s,” James said during the HEAT’s week off. “That’s my next goal, my free-throw shooting.” James对此也表示: "我希望我可以达到80%的罚球命中率。这是我下一个目标， 我要练好我的罚球。" As it turns out, the Path to 80 has James not only trying to match Allen free-throw for free-throw after practice, but trying to match Allen’s mechanics in games in the second round of the playoffs. 所以我们现在可以注意到，LeBron为了要达成他80%的命中率，他不只是每天练 完球找Ray一起加练罚球而已。为了提高罚球命中率，LeBron不惜一切连Allen 的罚球动作也自动复制。 While James has dealt with bouts of leaning-forward-itis on his free-throws before, at times taking a big step into the paint after releasing the ball, the defining trait of his form has been the deep knee bend and dip just before the shot – and after three dribbles and a spin of the ball. James looked more upright and on-balance than he had earlier in his career, but the results still left him well short of 80. Since Allen has said before that he is always willing to dispense shooting advice but only to those that come to him asking for it, it appears the results of this season led James to the Oracle of the Stripe. James在他生涯中曾经更换不少罚球动作，不过到目前为止每一个姿势能有助他 命中率达80%。不管他以前尝试过怎样的姿势，LeBron总是差80%ㄧ些。现在可好 ，Ray Allen也曾经向球队的大家表示只要谁有需要投篮的帮助，他都愿意给这 个队友ㄧ些帮助，不过前提是Ray希望不管是谁，都可以主动来找他聊聊。结果 现在大家都知道，LeBron就是其中之一。 “That’s what we’ve been working on, trying not to get him to dip” said Allen, a career 89.4 percent shooter. “That dip is what puts the ball in a weird position. It’s interesting because his mechanics, if you watch them when he misses – I’ve studied him shooting them a lot – that dip puts him in a bad position to where he starts trying to move the ball in different places and he ends up missing in different places. We’ve talked about it. He understands it. I just watch him and try to give him information and he seems like he has better confidence. Ray Allen生涯罚球命中高达89.4%。他给LeBron的建议是这麽说的: "我跟他[LeBron] 有讨论过他的罚球，我跟他说，我希望他在罚球时不要做出蹲这个动作。因为我认为 这个蹲，就是他目前罚球会不稳定的最大来源。Bron来找我的时候，我们有一起看他 过去罚球的姿势，我觉得他之前在要出手前的这个蹲正是导致他投出去的球会改变方 向的做大原因。他现在也知道问题在哪，跟他讨论完後，他现在罚球明显有信心多了。" “I don’t know if he adopted my routine, I think he just goes to what’s comfortable for him. Looks good. He missed two free throws [last night] but he looks like he has a greater deal of confidence when he’s on the line. Just how he shoots it looks a lot more fluid. Our little free throw games, they’re definitely helping him.” Ray继续表示: "我是不知道Bron是否真的复制我的罚球姿势，我觉得他应该只是认为 这样的动作他比较适应。总之，我是认为不错啦。他昨天晚上只罚丢了两球。他现在 对他的动作明显更有信心，也更顺畅。我们的那些罚球小游戏的确对他有帮助。" While we only have a single game’s worth of evidence and nine attempts, you be the judge of whether or not James looks more fluid at the line. We’ll start with James’ old form, then the new, then split-screens with both and finally a comparison to James' sensei. 虽然第一场James罚球只罚了9次进了7球，确实是小样本，不过就由你们去评断James 现在的罚球动作及姿势是否更加顺畅。[里面有一部LeBron新旧姿势的罚球影片] James still holds the ball longer than Allen once he’s given the ball a little spin, but the key, Allen says, is the ball remains stationary. 虽然James在罚球的时候拿到球前的预备动作花的时间比Allen还久，但Allen有说， 重点是球从手里到出手都要稳。 “At least he’s not confusing his body too much where he’s doing a lot of moving on the free throw line,” Allen said. “He keeps the ball right at the basket.” Ray表示: "至少Bron现在预备动作简洁有力，不会对他身体造成混乱，只需要把球 牢牢的抓稳就可以了。" There are two things to keep an eye on moving forward: whether James can maintain this form and whether the free-throws fall at an increased rate. The former, however, is almost more important than the latter at this point. With only a few games a week during the playoffs, we probably won’t build up enough of a sample size to prove the effectiveness of James’ new form. But as long as James can maintain a consistency in his approach, we can let the shots fall where they may. 目前为止，我们有两点要注意 : 那就是James是否可以持续的用这个姿势罚球，另外 就是罚球命中率有没有因此提高。现在已经进入季後赛，要证明LeBron是否有进步的 样本数可能还太少，不过只要James愿意持续下去不放弃，他一定可以进球的。 “The other thing I told him, I said, ‘Sometimes you can have great form and you just miss,’” Allen said. ‘”You didn’t do anything wrong, you just sometimes miss.’” Ray还继续表示: "我还告诉Bron一件事，那就是即便罚球动作姿势没有错，都还是会 有罚丢的时候，有时候不是你做错什麽，只是单纯没能投进而已。" -- ◢ ▄◣ ▉ ██▉██◣██▉██▉█◣▉ █◣ ◢█ ▉ █▇ █▇▉█▇▉█▍▉█◥▉ ＴＨＥ　ＫＩＮＧ 　 ▊◥██◤▎ ██▉█▇▉█▇▉█◥◣██▉█ ▉ 　 ◥▆▆◤ █▉◢█◣██◣██▉◢██ ◢█◣　◢█◣▅︵▆▃▁ ◢≡≡◣ ▃ ▉█▇▉▉▉▉█▇ ◥█◣ ◢ ＪＡＭＥＳ ︶███︵▅▅▄▄▅◢) (◣◥█▉█ ▉▉▉▉█▇▉██◤ --

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