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Message: [QUOTE="Cuango, post: 4092592, member: 3834"] Too bad today’s players are unwilling to try the underhand method of shooting free throws. Many of the old time players swear by this method and contend that virtually anyone who struggles with their free throws could raise their percentage substantially by using this method. Unfortunately, today’s players are more concerned with possible ridicule by others than they are with improving a critical weakness in their game. Shaquille shot 52% over his career. Imagine if he had gone to Rick Barry and improved his percentage to say, 75% even. That would have resulted in many more points but more importantly more wins for his teams. It would have also eliminated the fouling (Hack-a-Shaq) at the end of games and kept one of the most dominant forces in the history of the game on the floor during crunch time. It really just boggles my mind that people are so caught up with possibly being made fun of that they won’t at least try something that could conceivably make such a difference in their career as a basketball player. Now, I’m obviously no expert, perhaps the efficacy of this method is overstated. However, one of the great free throw shooters of all time swears by it so I would think it would be worth a try at least! [/QUOTE]