What If the “Best” Free Throw Technique Isn’t the One You Teach? Should you bank your free throws? After diving into a presentation with Dean Jarvis—world record holder for consecutive made bank-shot free throws—many traditional coaching assumptions get challenged. Dean’s research-driven approach, inspired by high-percentage Korean bank shooters, delivers impressive results. Bank shots offer roughly a 20% greater margin for error than swishes, especially for depth control, while providing a stable visual target that enhances quiet eye focus and motor learning. The motion is compact, efficient, and athlete-adapted. Modern coaching isn’t about copying aesthetics or enforcing one “correct” technique. It’s about understanding why certain solutions are more stable under pressure, and being willing to challenge tradition when the evidence points elsewhere. Watch the presentation at our #basketballimmersion YouTube Channel.