Sometimes the way to get into a player's head is to implant an image he'll never get out of it.

When it comes to taunting free throw shooters there are some basic do's and don'ts. Do, for example, any clever, creepy, disgusting and/or downright mean-spirited thing you can think of to distract the shooter. And don't, not even for a minute, worry about the fact that the person you are distracting is a real human being with feelings. That's it. Those are the rules. Now enjoy these 12 hilariously awesome applications of them.
 

This move is called "Weird European Guy at the Beach," and boy is it effective.

 

Who could make a free-throw after just finding out they have a long lost sibling?

Free-throw distractions sponsored by 20th Century FOX can also work.

Nothing is more jarring than being reminded of your criminal background.

Shout-reading a Dr. Seuss book is a great way to call back a player's troubled youth.

 

Effective, but distracting a player with one of his mistresses instead of his wife is smarter.

Being reminded that you used to masturbate to someone who is now gross can be unsettling.

You get double points for heckling a basketball player and football player at the same time.

Made up words like "Dunkedon" can really throw a player for a loop.