- Jun 14, 2014
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Good post play, TLB. Thanks for the reason reminder.
Significant + or - = atrocious FT shooting, ineffective "big-man" play, poor guard play,
clang-shots on rims, what else? Could KAllen be "made" a more active ball-handler ..
dangerous for driving?
This is a confusion for me. Recalling (never-forgetting) UCLA's Bill Walton hitting 20 of 22
turnaround jumpers in that NC game where he banked everyone off the backboard ?
Many real shooters, even guards on drives, use the backboard to dampen the force-fly
of the ball. Are they not teaching that, practicing that, coaching stuff like that? could
lead to a player discovering something better for his game.??
Then also, maybe the offseason, why not run an experiment = take statistics
on our guys shooting FT like Rick Berry, that "granny-style. Realize that a long-arm guy
like Egbunu would have a ball release-point 3 feet closer to the basket, plus UF's
kinesiology studies can prove that underhanded mechanics is smoother, more natural.
Berry's FT% is still near the top in NBA history. It's a university; why not experiment and
collect data of proof? If, like Berry, we started hitting 80+% of our free throws ? It's all a
sign of a really good team, hard to beat. That's coaching them upward. ???
Hell, their was an NBA guard,(Grier?), who shot his FTs via a jump shot = the shot he
got the most practice doing. When you're shooting 60% or lower, why not experiment?
PS>> Underhand FTs can be practiced much longer without fatigue or aching injury.
Significant + or - = atrocious FT shooting, ineffective "big-man" play, poor guard play,
clang-shots on rims, what else? Could KAllen be "made" a more active ball-handler ..
dangerous for driving?
This is a confusion for me. Recalling (never-forgetting) UCLA's Bill Walton hitting 20 of 22
turnaround jumpers in that NC game where he banked everyone off the backboard ?
Many real shooters, even guards on drives, use the backboard to dampen the force-fly
of the ball. Are they not teaching that, practicing that, coaching stuff like that? could
lead to a player discovering something better for his game.??
Then also, maybe the offseason, why not run an experiment = take statistics
on our guys shooting FT like Rick Berry, that "granny-style. Realize that a long-arm guy
like Egbunu would have a ball release-point 3 feet closer to the basket, plus UF's
kinesiology studies can prove that underhanded mechanics is smoother, more natural.
Berry's FT% is still near the top in NBA history. It's a university; why not experiment and
collect data of proof? If, like Berry, we started hitting 80+% of our free throws ? It's all a
sign of a really good team, hard to beat. That's coaching them upward. ???
Hell, their was an NBA guard,(Grier?), who shot his FTs via a jump shot = the shot he
got the most practice doing. When you're shooting 60% or lower, why not experiment?
PS>> Underhand FTs can be practiced much longer without fatigue or aching injury.
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