I just moved into a new place that has a built in basketball net. I know nothing to do with putting. But i started doing free throws and I haven't done them for a long time either. But i thought, I'll do them like putting, meaning at least 5 to 10 minutes a day. But one thing i did find was that they are similar to putting in one way.
You move only your hands and your forearms and keep your body still during a free throw. At least that's what my gym coach in High School taught me. He was an old Canadian Professional football player and an old hand at teaching sports. Kind of a "White Shadow" type if you can remember the show from the 70's.
But as I was doing free throws, the more I just focused on moving my hands and forearms my shots were better, and I even threw a few where you get nothin' but net. It's funny how something so simple can be so difficult. Shaquille O'Neal was known as a less than stellar free thrower. How bad I don't know. But he practiced diligently at it, despite his lack of ability. That tells you something about why he excelled in Pro
basketball.
But think about what I'm saying about free throwing and putts. With putts you keep your elbows in and just slightly move your hands and forearms like a free throw. There is some cross training benefit. Try some free throws for 5 minutes sometime and see what I mean. Then go do some short putts. A lot of pro athletes have done some form of cross training to help bring up parts of their game, and you can do the same for your golf game by doing free throws. Try it and see what happens.
I'm going to continue both doing short sessions of free throws and short putts to take my putting game up a notch. Do the same for your putting and you'll do good!
Cross training
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