{"id":6117,"date":"2024-05-24T00:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/?p=6117"},"modified":"2024-12-27T00:39:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T16:39:41","slug":"mistaking-outcomes-for-decisions-the-taxonomy-of-deliberate-practice-activities-tdpa-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/mistaking-outcomes-for-decisions-the-taxonomy-of-deliberate-practice-activities-tdpa-part-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistaking Outcomes for Decisions: The Taxonomy of Deliberate Practice Activities (TDPA, Part III)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 24 May 202<\/em>4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have missed the previous week\u2019s missive, feel free to go to FF184<\/a> to download your free copy of the Taxonomy of Deliberate Practice (TDPA)<\/strong> worksheet<\/strong>, plus the googlesheet version<\/strong>, which helps you track your progress and guide your focus over time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Download TDPA<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Basketball<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

6\/10.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phew. That\u2019s what I scored at the free throw line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For as long as I can remember, I have played basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I had a dollar, I would use 80 cents to buy a can of Coke, and 20 cents for a tiny box of Nutella. My friends and I would sit at a void deck on our skateboards and finish that 4.5 tiny scoops of Nutella, and then go shoot some hoops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I wasn\u2019t at the basketball courts, I would be at a friend\u2019s house playing NBA on his Sega set. If not, I was watching LA Lakers and Chicago Bulls on television. And when I was in the mood, I would be at home shooting at the miniature rim, with the 4 walls as my imaginary team mates to alley-oop to me for a slam dunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my teens, I wasn\u2019t the best at B ball, but I was good enough. I was short compared to the others, but I thought if I kept playing, I would grow taller. I did eventually grow in height (I think it was the genes, not the exercise), and I did get better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 30 years ago, my average free throw was 6 out of 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually, I thought it was not<\/em> bad<\/em>. I mean, I\u2019m better than Shaquille O\u2019Neal, one the most dominant players in NBA history, who had a career free throw percentage of 52.7% (that\u2019s why the other teams loved sending him to the foul line).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is Shaq\u2019s comment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Me shooting 40% at he foul line is just God\u2019s way to say nobody\u2019s perfect.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Compared to Michael Jordan, his career free throw percentage was 83.5%. That\u2019s insane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the average free throw percentage in NBA for 2020s? Approximately 77.8%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wait, what about the the free throw percentage in the NBA across time? Did it change, or was it stable?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Data from StatMuse<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

As I had not been devotedly following the NBA since the early 2000s, this is somewhat shocking to me. The statistics above were not just based on a single individual player or a specific team; they were averaged across the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And its not just the free throws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shots from 3-pointer line have dramatically increased over time.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Data from Shottracker<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Not only the attempts at 3-pointers have increased, the percentage of shots from the 3-point line have also improved dramatically . Since the three-point line was introduced in 1979, take a look at the stats from the 1980\u2019s til today.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Data from StatMuse<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Critics have been suggesting that this trend has brought the game to a turning point, potentially making the sport boring\u2014because everyone is aiming from afar to get the extra point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How the 3-point line is breaking basketball<\/a><\/h4>

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