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Originally Posted by rainmaker
Many shots? How about all shots? When is the ball NOT slowing down as it moves "through the air?" I'm assuming your talking about the horizontal vector.
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Ok, in the very strictest sense, all shots slow down as they move through the air. But I was thinking in the case of a ball traveling a shorter distance, but at a similar rate of speed, the difference in speed is not as noticable, so perhaps the trajectory looks fairly even. Think of the hard-hit line drive in baseball, for example. Or a shot that has a high arc (a player close to the basket trying to get it over a taller defender) might have an even-looking arc.
My point was to not assume all shots are at on their way down at the halfway point, so we still need to actually watch the ball.