granny style
Old-fashioned shooting form
Granny style describes an underhand throwing or shooting technique, most famously used in basketball free throws where the ball is released from between the legs with both hands.
The term evokes the image of how an elderly woman might throw—gentle, unhurried, and decidedly uncool.
Despite being mocked as old-fashioned or unmasculine, granny style free throws are remarkably effective, though few players adopt them for fear of ridicule.
He switched to shooting granny style and his percentage went up twenty points.
- old fashionedNo longer contemporary
- oldExisting many years
- nursing homeLong-term eldercare residence
- broochesOrnamental clasped jewelry
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
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granny styleoverhand
Throwing from above
jump shot · standard form · fadeaway · turnaround jumper · pull-up jumper
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