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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Desperate to improve Floridas free-throw shooting last season, coach Mike White tried a little bit of everything.He tweaked some of his players mechanics. He increased repetitions in practice. He had guys shoot while tired, winded and with some team accountability at stake. He even considered bringing in a sports psychologist.I didnt want it to become more mental than it already was, White said Tuesday.So he waited until the offseason.Thats when White brought in renowned sports psychologist Spencer Wood to work with the Gators this summer.If you can train your mind, use different methods to understand how to stay in that place -- whatever that place is for you or whatever that trigger word is for you -- or get you back into that place of calm, or confident, those type things, I think it can help you with the rest of your game as well, said White, whos in his second season in Gainesville.So far, its made a noticeable difference for Florida (2-0), which plays St. Bonaventure (1-0) in Lakeland on Thursday night.After ranking 323rd (out of 346 NCAA teams) from the foul line last season, shooting a meager 64.7 percent, Florida is up to 78.6 percent from there this season. Two games are hardly enough of a sample size to make White a believer, but he wants to think there is improvement.You hope that moving forward we can be in the same mindset, White said. Im not sure its fixed. I dont want to sit here and think were a great free-throwing shooting team. But what weve seen the first two games is what weve been in practice. You want that to continue, of course. Our guys are in a pretty good place.White said feedback was positive, especially from center John Egbunu, point guard Kasey Hill and forward Justin Leon. Egbunu (53.2 percent), Hill (53.8) and Leon (46.2) were among Floridas worst foul shooters last season. All three are above 70 percent through two games.Leon said Wood worked with players to find their hype meter on a scale of 1 to 10, telling them they needed to play defense at a more frantic pace than offense, especially at the line.He gave me a lot of different breathing patterns, Leon added. So thats really been working for me. ... Its good to see it impact the game. That means the stuff weve been doing is working and it shows weve taken to the time to put the effort in the gym.Woods resume includes a number of college and professional teams. He even worked with the Gators previously, getting invited by former Florida coach Billy Donovan before the 2010 season and helping that team deal with the psychological aspects of trying to get back to the NCAA Tournament after a two-year absence. The Gators, led by Chandler Parsons, Kenny Boynton and Erving Walker, returned to the tournament.White blamed free-throw shooting for his team missing the NCAA Tournament last season. The Gators blew several leads, failing to put teams away late from the line, and had double-digit misses in 10 games.The Gators look considerably more confident this season. If not for newcomer Canyon Barry missing three of his first four underhanded free throws in the opener because of nerves, the Gators would have shot at least 80 percent from the charity stripe in both games.Very nice, very nice, White said. Knock on wood we continue shooting it this way. We have in practice. We just hope we continue to see that carry over. You can see it their body languages, a little more confident at the foul line. ... Its a big factor for us. It kept up out of the NCAA Tournament last year, single-handily, and hopefully this year we continue shooting like this.---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org Vapormax 2019 South Beach . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. 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Shane Mumford has apologised to Sydney star Lance Franklin for the Giants ruckmans sledge during Saturdays AFL qualifying final.Mumford said he rang Franklin, admitting that it was a poor choice of words, and added that the Swans spearhead had taken his apology on board.Mumford is said to have taunted Franklin with good to see youre not on holidays this year - an obvious reference to the star Swans forward missing last years finals series because of a serious mental health issue.I just gave him a phone call to apologise if Ive over-stepped the line (and) hes taken my apology on board, Mumford told the Giants website.Obviously with mental health being such a serious issue, it (was) really not a good choice of words.Hes happy to move forward from where we are now.Earlier on Tuesday, Swans midfielder Dan Hannebery said Franklin did not want the controversy surrounding Mumfords sledge to go any further.Ive spoken to Buddy briefly ... he sort of wants it to be done with, Hannebery said.You encourage people to come out and speak of mental health. Its a serious issue and is something as a footy club, and that the AFL, want to encourage people (to) get help.It hasnt really been spoken too much amongst the playing group, but personally I wouldnt go there.Asked if his old teammate Mumford had crossed a line with his alleged sledge of Franklin, Hannebery said: I wouldnt do it, Im not going to say whether he crossed the line.ddddddddddddIts not something I believe is the right thing to do especially when someone shows the courage to speak up about an issue, something that is very serious so therefore I wouldnt go there.Hanneberys teammate and midfield colleague Josh Kennedy was reported as saying sledging the Giants Lachie Whitfield, over an AFL investigation into an allegation he evaded a drug test, wasnt off limits.Theres too much stuff going on to worry about sledging Lachie, Hannebery said.He was able to shed some humorous light on sledging, a practice he doesnt find time to indulge in during a game.Theres so much going on around you, youve got so many other things to focus on in terms of the way were playing, the way the opposition are playing, Hannebery said.Me personally, I havent got any time. I havent got the IQ to start sledging blokes but certainly theres a lot of guys out there, (doing it) he said.(Giants back) Heath Shaw is actually one of the best. Hes actually quite amusing to listen to out there.He said a few funny things on the weekend, but everyone is different.My thing is to worry about what were doing. ' ' '