Don't practice by throwing the ball onto a couch though. Throw it on the floor. It screwed up my game a ton, and I don't know if I have even fully recovered. Oh yeah, one thing about just practicing your approach without a ball. Don't do that a ton, it can mess up your timing since your arm without a ball will swing much faster than with a ball. Seems obvious but people forget that. If my with-a-ball approach was as fast as the one without I'd have a 3 step approach.
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- Andy