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Re: McDowell

Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Fri Jan 13, 2017 10:16 pm

Just continual proof we have not practiced free pitches seriously going back years given some of the easy corrections that could be made.

Has cost us games and will continue to unfortunately.
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Re: McDowell

Postby Charleston Pony » Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:17 am

FTs are also a mental thing, but practice is to develop a consistent stroke
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Re: McDowell

Postby Rebel10 » Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:31 am

EastStang wrote:He shoots free throws with stiff legs. No bend. Going to keep bricking if you shoot them stiff legged


Agree. Sometimes it is form and not just mental.
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Re: McDowell

Postby SMULaxer » Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:08 pm

The season is young for him. I'm really looking forward to his break out performance. Its coming. Keep shooting, D!
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Re: McDowell

Postby JasonB » Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:24 pm

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:Just continual proof we have not practiced free pitches seriously going back years given some of the easy corrections that could be made.

Has cost us games and will continue to unfortunately.


I don't know how it is under Jank, but under LB they would spend a ton of time practicing free throws, and the % always improved as the season went along.
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Re: McDowell

Postby Stallion » Sat Jan 14, 2017 3:18 pm

D.J. Hogg gets a lot more minutes and he's a 50% (Not) Free Throw shooter
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Re: McDowell

Postby PoconoPony » Sun Jan 15, 2017 11:10 am

Stallion wrote:D.J. Hogg gets a lot more minutes and he's a 50% (Not) Free Throw shooter


Maybe some of these coaches and players should consider the underhand free throw from the past. As I recall, an NBA HOF player named Barry used the underhand "basket free throw" and averaged roughly 92 % for his career. If a kid is having problems time to consider other available techniques.
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Re: McDowell

Postby mrydel » Sun Jan 15, 2017 11:16 am

If you watch Florida, you will see a player named Barry who uses that method. I watched the OT of their games yesterday and he was 100% in OT with at least 6 made.

I assume he is related.
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Re: McDowell

Postby whitwiki » Sun Jan 15, 2017 12:11 pm

There's a guy for the rockets who shoots that way
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Re: McDowell

Postby Charleston Pony » Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:31 pm

mrydel wrote:If you watch Florida, you will see a player named Barry who uses that method. I watched the OT of their games yesterday and he was 100% in OT with at least 6 made.

I assume he is related.


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Re: McDowell

Postby flockofseagulls » Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:45 pm

mrydel wrote:If you watch Florida, you will see a player named Barry who uses that method. I watched the OT of their games yesterday and he was 100% in OT with at least 6 made.

I assume he is related.


if any of yall listen to podcasts, you should check out "the big man can't shoot" from malcolm gladwell's 'revisionist history' series. really interesting research into why people refuse to shoot underhanded, including why Wilt inexplicably went back to overhand FTs. Rick Barry interviewed at length too.

http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/ ... cant-shoot
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Re: McDowell

Postby PonyFan32 » Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:50 pm

Thanks for the heads up! Been subscribed to revisionist history but hadn't seen that one yet on my feed.
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Re: McDowell

Postby photopony » Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:21 pm

I want him to start at PG and force him to get his [deleted] together. Kid could be a great 4 year PG for us.


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Re: McDowell

Postby Charleston Pony » Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:44 pm

He just needs to keep working hard to earn more than the 5 minutes he got against Tulane. Gu is playing well so it's a pretty strong 6 man rotation right now
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Re: McDowell

Postby PonyLawExpress » Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:09 pm

Charleston Pony wrote:He just needs to keep working hard to earn more than the 5 minutes he got against Tulane. Gu is playing well so it's a pretty strong 6 man rotation right now


Yep, Especially in those kind of games you would like to see him play more and make some sort of impact. You can tell Jank doesn't trust him by his lack of 2nd half minutes in every game.
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