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@wissox said in Exclusive! Wissox snags game notes from coach Self.:
@nuleafjhawk I’m glad you said it. I hate it that guys miss FT’s. Every college team should be 80%. It’s a flick of the wrist. I can do it and I’m 56 years old! For goodness sakes bill Self, hire me to be FT coach! Even Doke would have made, well, not 80% but hack a doke if I’m coach? NO WAY!!
Free throws are more mental than physical at the college level. Word always was doke shot fine when practicing. It’s about focus, managing adrenaline, fatigue, etc.
Yeah sure I can go to an empty gym and make 8-10 (well back before Covid when I went to the gym). But if you put most of us in a game situation where we’ve been fully exerting ourselves for 20 plus minutes, in a packed house, on national tv, in a game with real implications that 8-10 goes out the window. Some of that you just can’t simulate in practice.
It’s like a tee shot over water. There’s nothing fundamentally different about the motion you are trying to make but the mental challenge can be significant.
