THE EXPERIMENT

Ok. Well. My SRP topic thing "Whether the absence or presence of a net affects free throw accuracy in basketball." I've come up with an experiment on how to test this. Hopefully it won't need too much changing but I have a feeling I might have to change one or two things. And I'll need volunteers. Lots of them.

EXPERIMENT:
AIM: To find whether the absence or presence of a net affects free throw accuracy in basketball.

HYPOTHESIS: The absence of a net decrease free throw accuracy in basketball.

EQUIPMENT: official NBA sized basketball, basketball court, basketball net, 30 people (15 experienced players, 15 non-experienced players), recording apparatus

METHOD:
1. Set up basketball court on a clear day, with net attached to hoop on the side facing away from the sun.
2. Have each person shoot at the hoop 10 times from the penalty line.
3. Take the net off the hoop.
4. Have each person shoot at the hoop ten times from the penalty line.
5. Record results, with a separate record for each person, with experience level noted.
6. Repeat the steps 1-5 two more times on different days but under the same conditions.
7. Compare and analyse all the results.

Hopefully, that will be the experiment I use to gather my information. I did do a bit of research and came across this site, which had a similar experiment on it, with the results.

http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2006/Projects/JO334.pdf

The results on this site actually stated that the lack of a net resulted in greater free throw accuracy in basketball. I, however, think differently because I think that the net, which may not physically help a shooter, may help mentally focus the player's accuracy and help increase the shooting accuracy. And thus, my hypothesis. I will look further into this and perhaps find more sources to gather information from.

For now, that is all.