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College basketball player has crazy, one-handed free throw technique that actually works

We’re gonna have to try this one out for ourselves.

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL player Tony Wroblicky is a 6’10″ big man.

Like many centers, he has always been awful at shooting free throws. He never broke 60% from the line, and bottomed out as a junior when he made just 52% of his free throws.

Coming into the 2013-14 season, he made a radical change. He adopted a goofy, one-handed shooting technique that looks horribly awkward to the untrained eye.

It worked, somehow. He’s now a 72% free-throw shooter.

He holds the ball in one hand the entire time. It’s crazy looking:

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“It was new to me. It took a little while to get confident in the form, but once that happened, it started working,” he told the Washington Post.

– Tony Manfred, Business Insider

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    Mute Leslie Alan Rock
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    Jan 20th 2012, 9:18 PM

    You actually answered your own question there. The answer is support..through think and thin. Through ups and downs. That is what a real supporter does

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    Jan 20th 2012, 9:59 PM

    Well done connacht.

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    Jan 20th 2012, 10:25 PM

    Brilliant performance. Particularly second half into a gale. Pure passion. Would’ve been be very sad to see them not win a game in the pool.

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    Jan 20th 2012, 11:55 PM

    Well done Connacht- a victory of heart over wallet! A determined and committed team that deserve a lot more success! Also great that 3 provinces are through- and as an Ulster man thanks for that ;D Eiré abú!

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    Jan 20th 2012, 9:54 PM

    YEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

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    Jan 20th 2012, 10:20 PM

    Three times as many Irish teams as other home nations i believe in Q F’s

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    Jan 20th 2012, 11:54 PM

    Home nations? What home is that horse? Home of what exactly? Feck off to the BBC with your “home nations” boyo.

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    Jan 21st 2012, 12:22 AM

    Thumbs down all you want, but anyone using the term “home nations” can only be a west brit.

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    Mute Clive Solas
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    Jan 21st 2012, 1:51 AM

    From Wikipedia: Home Nations is a collective term with one of two meanings depending on the context. Politically, it means the nations of the constituent countries
     of the United Kingdom
     (England
    , Northern Ireland
    ,Scotland
     and Wales
    ). In sport, if a sport is governed by a council representing the island of Ireland
    , such as the Irish Rugby Football Union
    , the term can refer to the nations of the constituent countries on the island of Great Britain
     (England, Scotland and Wales) and the collective Irish nation. This dual meaning has persisted in existence despite the partition of Ireland in 1922 as historically the term included all ofIreland
    , which between 1800 and 1922 was wholly a part of the United Kingdom. The term home countries (not to be confused with the “home counties
    “) is also sometimes used, and is synonymous.[1]

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    Jan 20th 2012, 9:54 PM

    What a load of horse manure. That’s like saying “I don’t like black people but I’m not a racist”

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    Jan 20th 2012, 9:42 PM

    they are on the verge here!

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    Mute Phil Mc Donald
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    Jan 20th 2012, 10:43 PM

    What do you care?

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    Jan 21st 2012, 12:16 AM

    fair ple diobh. Dylan rodgers told me last week in trevor Brennans pub to put my house on a connacht victory… shoulda listened to him…

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    Mute Pádraic O'Callanáin
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    Jan 21st 2012, 3:34 AM

    Hell or Connacht? Poor Quins got both.

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    Jan 21st 2012, 12:44 AM

    Mike Mc Carthy and Muldoon would want to be getting a look in with performances like that

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    Jan 21st 2012, 12:44 AM

    With the Ireland squad that is

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    Jan 20th 2012, 8:07 PM

    in any other sport and with any other team, massive questions would be asked of a team going for a 15th loss in a row. A run only matched by Galway United in recent memory.It is truly bizarre that the fans continue to blindly support this team. It is not admirable, it is not brave and will only contribute to their continued role as whipping boys. Best of luck to them tonight as I really do think they deserve a win. They have performed well against way bigger budgest but at what stage do you, as a supporter, say enough is enough. Something has to change. Again, best of luck to them tonight.

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    Jan 20th 2012, 9:02 PM

    What a silly comment

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    Jan 20th 2012, 10:08 PM

    Mayo GAA anyone?!! Supporters suffering many disappointments on big days, yet still some of the best supporters in the country. Emmo you obviously don’t understand the concept of being a true supporter, you don’t just turn your back when the things get tough.

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    Jan 21st 2012, 9:25 AM

    Wimmin

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    Jan 21st 2012, 9:36 AM

    Absolute rubbish comment, fails to understand meaning of “Supporter”

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    Jan 21st 2012, 1:06 AM

    The West’s awake – the West’s awake!

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    Jan 21st 2012, 1:27 AM

    If Muldoon & Mc Carthy producing displays like that week in and week out, they would get a look. Consistency is the key.

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    Jan 21st 2012, 7:36 AM

    I feel sorry for Connor O Shea. He deserved a quarter final place after the win in Toulouse.

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    Jan 21st 2012, 11:00 AM

    I think losing to Toulouse at the Stoop coupled with a loss in Galway has handed Quins exactly what they deserve really. One Swallow does not a summer make.,.

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    Jan 21st 2012, 8:14 PM

    Fair enough. But still would like to see oshea do well.

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    Jan 21st 2012, 12:09 PM

    Great win, my nerves are shot after that finish, great to see a full house in Galway as well. Might not be the best team in the country but our supporters will rival anyone. Best of luck to Ulster, Leinster and Munster for the rest of the competition

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    Jan 21st 2012, 5:56 AM

    Oppps! ( famous refrain of US presidential hopefuls) that one’s been done!

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    Jan 21st 2012, 5:54 AM

    The West awake!

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