What is free throw percentage (ft%) in basketball?
Free throw percentage is the share of unguarded shots from the free throw line that a player makes.
FT% = Free Throws Made / Free Throws Attempted
How free throw percentage is recorded
Free throws made divided by free throws attempted, tracked separately from field goals.
Worked example from a box score
A season line of 48-64 from the line is 75% — the level at which late-game fouling stops being a good strategy against that player.
What a good free throw percentage looks like at youth level
65% is a fair youth average, 75% is good, and 80%+ makes an athlete someone a coach wants at the line in the last minute.
Why it matters for a youth athlete
It is the purest repeatable-skill stat in basketball, because nobody is defending it. It is also the stat a young athlete can improve fastest with deliberate practice.
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