Kyler Filewich is not going to the free throw line in search of style points, just those that count on the Wofford dashboard.
This is why the 6 -inch 9 -inch center of Winnipeg, man., Asked for the tips for tips, taking him to move from the traditional shooting attempt to a return style.
Granny style. Sneaky draw. Or the shot that the member of the Rick Barry basketball renowned temple transformed into art form. Barry even came to Spartanburg, South Carolina, to give Filewich a personal tutoring. Although the figures say that Filewich has continued to fight the free throw line, he says that his confidence has increased.
“I did not necessarily have the success I wanted,” said Filewich on Wednesday. “But I have the impression that I am quite confident. When I needed, (about) five minutes to play in the title of Socon … I was able to intensify and make two when it counted.”
The Filewich form will be exhibited for a national audience Thursday evening when Wofford (19-15) of the South Conference plays Tennessee n ° 2 in Tennessee (27-7) in the Midwest region of the NCAA tournament on Thursday evening.
Wofford coach Dwight Perry said Filewich had asked for help to improve his success rate on big shooting, which was 31.6% last season. The Ty Anderson assistant is friends with one of Barry’s sons and stretched out.
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“People do not realize that Rick Barry is the best launch shooter statistically in the history of the NBA. So, if you want to learn from someone, you really want to learn from the best,” said Perry.
Barry came to the Spartanburg school, in South Carolina, for the type of teaching session which generally occurs during the offseason.
“Rick Barry came graciously and gave his wisdom and somehow gave some advice,” said Perry. “We were very lucky. It was a few days during which they did it in the middle of the season. ”
Filewich went to the grandmother style around the beginning of February and found a success of success, going 4 for 6 and 6 per 10 of the line in consecutive games this month. However, there remains the worst shooter of free burrows at 31.8%.
In this title match of the conference, he went 3 out of 7 of the line. He had 1 in 5 before pouring two with 5:32 to do to give the burrows a five -point lead.
Filewich was not the only Wofford player to remove something from Barry’s visit. Filewich was most obvious thanks to social media with its sneaky grip and launch in the basket.
“This is obviously something that is atypical on the day and the age of today,” said Perry. “But at Kyler’s credit, he was fully bought, and I think that allowed him to do what we wanted to do, to keep him confident and aggressive on both sides of the ground.”
Filewich’s confidence increases each time he trains to shoot like Barry.
“I know I can do them,” said Filewich. “I do them to a large clip in practice. It was great to work with Rick Barry. I am super grateful that he took his time to show me how it is and somehow takes the mentality of doing everything you need to win. ”
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