I linked an article about this in the Fultz thread. Dwight Howard talked about hitting 90% of free throws in practice and getting worse in the games because it was a mental issue related to the fear, not a skills issue.If a player spends all day practicing and shooting 100+ shots a day, can this player learn to shoot?
Edit: I have a hard time understanding why an elite athlete that spends hours a day trying to gain a skill seems to be getting worse.
Here is the quote:
Howard made 67.1 percent of his free throws his rookie season, but he's only gotten worse as his career has goes on, bottoming-out to a career-low 48.9 percent this past season. Though he said he practices more than ever these days, he claimed the more he practices, the worse he gets.
"It causes us to think more," Howard said.
Howard remembers hitting 465 out of 500 free throws in practice one day with the Los Angeles Lakers. He made 49.2 percent of his in-game freebies that season