By: Eric Fawcett -- October 14, 2024 When attacking the transfer portal in the spring Florida’s coaching staff quickly locked in on Chattanooga’s Sam Alexis as a key target that could check a number of their boxes. For starters, the Gators were interested in improving their defense. They also wanted a player that could play either frontcourt position. Getting tougher was also a focus. Plus, ideally, they wanted someone with multiple years of eligibility remaining. Alexis passed each of these tests, and luckily he decided that Florida was the best spot for him to land. Sam Alexis To Be Key Rotation Frontcourt Player | GatorCountry.com
If you’re squeamish you might want to look away for the rest of this paragraph, as he also shot just 48% from the free throw line last season, a slight dip from his freshman season where he shot 55%. He now sits at an even 50% from the charity stripe on his career, making him one of the worst free throw shooters in the country among frontcourt players playing above 20 minutes per game. I think just about anyone can improve FT shooting through working on mechanics and repetition, repetition, repetition.
and you should mention, repetition. Anyone who became good at something had lots of reps to achieve it.
