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Facts Friday

This week's Fact Friday Kim shares a fact from Revisionist History: The Big Man Can't Shoot, from Malcolm Gladwell's Podcast.

'Granny style' is best way to take a basketball free throw.


The Guardian also wrote an article outlining what Malcolm Gladwell shared on his podcast. In the article Hannah Devlin quoted Madhusudhan Venkadesan, who led the work at Yale University: “Our mathematical analysis shows that if the thrower is capable of controlling the release angle and speed well, the underarm throw is slightly better for a basketball free throw.”


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