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Editor's Note: There are probably thousands of unheralded free throw shooters around the world who could outshoot the highly paid pros. They will, for the most part, go unrecognized, and for most, the challenge is in just continuing to better their own best marks. Here is one such story. Bob Snyder, of Marcellus, N.Y. has over 1,200 streaks of 100 consecutive made free throws. ******
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Jim "Makevery" Schatz came through to win the San Diego Senior Games Free Throw Championship over James Pauley.

This season Jim "Makevery" Schatz's FREE THROW MASTERY is sponsoring three events - A fourth event, if the Huntsman (St. George, UT) decides at the last moment to hold the second annual senior free throw championship. A petition is being passed around by the shooters to hold the Huntsman free throw event.

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He just keeps doing it.  Bob Fisher holds more world records for free throw shooting than any other person on this planet.

In March, 2012, he broke or set six more records, now waiting approval by Guinness.

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The Sonoran Desert Basketball Shootout was held in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday December 10th, 2011. The event consisted of 5 shooting competitions including free throws for accuracy, 3 pointers for accuracy, most free throws in a minute, most 3 pointers in a minute, and Got Range. 16 shooters competed in the event with participants from Arizona, California, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, and Utah.

The event results are posted below:

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Alan Reifman has a new book out, titled "Hot Hand," about streaky sports performances. 
There is a small section on "gym rat" free-throw specialists, with mentions of NBSA shooting greats, Rick Rosser, Tom Amberry, and Ted St. Martin on page 79.

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