I have a RS junior who is rated as a "c" free throw shooter but is 17-33 this season for a tad under 52%. Is this normal? Does something else effect FT shooting?

It's not unusual to see such a variance. It is a small sample size too. It will likely come closer to the expected range as your season progresses. HCA in road games and fatige can have a dramatic impact also.

Me thinks his 68 stamina probably plays a role in it then.

weena makes good points, and you are right, the stamina probably does play a role.

however, with such a small sample size, you don't need any other factors to explain it. estimating your C free throw shooting at 70%, which is probably generous if incorrect, puts the odds at:
(33 choose 17) * (.7^17) * (.3^16) = 0.011684344
or 1.2%, which is quite likely when you are talking about the ft performance of a single player in a domain of something like a hundred thousand players.

edit: i copied the results out of google, that is why there are the useless decimal places. for those who don't know, google has a very useful built in calculator that is poorly documented, but it is quite powerful and convenient.

I'd be curious to know if a players position plays a role. Big guys are notoriously bad FT shooters.

I'm not sure how it woudl work statistically, but does the one and one make the split between high and low FT shooting even more? Because a good free throw shooter that makes the first as often as not will also have the same good chance to hit the second. . where the bad one that misses the first is stuck with the miss?

33 FT's seems like a small portion to be drawing a conclusion from..

Most foul shots tend to be during the last part of each half, whether it's getting that 7th team foul or being intentionally fouled.

From my D-3 team.

Bruno 100STA B(85) 75%(-10)
Dubose 96STA B-(82) 77%(-5)
Ammons 84STA C(75) 58%(-17)

In general it's about 8% from where your letter grade it for high stamina guys. 8% is also the difference from a freshman's high school stats and their free throw grade.

Quote: Originally posted by Trentonjoe on 12/28/2009I have a RS junior who is rated as a "c" free throw shooter but is 17-33 this season for a tad under 52%. Is this normal? Does something else effect FT shooting?

Story has a stamina rating of 69 which would probably explain it.