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Old Sun Dec 13, 2015, 10:51am
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Nifty Trick ...

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Originally Posted by ChuckS View Post
... During free throws, I need it to become automatic if I see a violation, knowing if it was on the offense or defense ...
Somebody taught this (below) to me thirty-five years ago, and I've been doing it ever since.

As either the lead, or the trail, on every free throw, I look at the color of the shooter (let's say it's blue), and I say to myself, "Blue whistle. Blue whistle. Blue whistle ...", over and over, until the shot is released. This reminds me to immediately sound my whistle for an offensive lane violation, while also reminding me to have a delayed violation for a defensive lane violation (to see if the ball goes in, or not).

Like the Alka-Seltzer commercial used to say, "Try it, you'll like it".
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