Andre's Foul Shooting

[fatlucy]

He has the resources and the support to make it happen. Just has to put the time in.

 

[Gringo]

Quite frankly, makes me recall a Larry Bird story - a guy who was a poor foul shooter and never stayed after practice to improve his foul shot - missed critical foul shots in Larry's HS State Semi or Finals game - I forget. At any rate, Larry never talked to the guy again. Not because he missed but because he did not stay after practice to improve leading to that awful result.

Do you recall the story or did you forget the story?

 

[Inyatkin]

Do yourself a favor and Google Nick Anderson.

Then look up Mackey Sasser. A catcher who couldn't reliably throw the ball back to the pitcher

 

[Dogdeacon]

He is the worst free throw shooter in the HISTORY of the NBA. Needs to be fixed simple as that. I think underhand is the most obvious solution and I don't understand how pride deters from trying underhand when its a hell of a lot worse to be the worst free throw shooter ever. We've talked about it here before, but there are guys like Chris Weber and Blake Griffin that started off their careers as horrible free throw shooters and then quite obviously put in the work to correct this over the summer.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

A not so extreme approach (compared to the underhanded shot) was implemented with Josh Boone. I think it was during his Sophomore year. Remember how he extended his arm out with the ball in the palm of his right hand, followed by turning the ball over and making a 90 degree angle at his elbow, then would shoot from there. This seemed to restrict the extra movements that he would usually bring into play, such as bringing the ball way too far back over his head IIRC. He shot significantly better that year, then ditched it over the summer and his shooting went downhill again. I wonder if it would have made a difference in his NBA longevity if he had kept that routine.

I recall Wilt Chamberlain going to underhanded free throws and improving his percent by doing so. I hope that Andre will try a new approach as well.