Chinanu Onuaku the Houston Rockets 6’10” rookie power forward/center from Louisville is like many big men in the NBA these days. He struggled to hit his free throws witnessing his free throw percent dropping to 46.7% in 2014-15.
So, coach Rick Pitino approached him to offer a solution. He had him view old NBA tape of Rick Barry throwing under hand free throws and the pair set out to correct his woes at the line.
What occurred is Onuaku improved to 58.9% and that was after just one season. While his percentage still could stand further improvements a 12.