AUSTIN, Texas — When Scottie Scheffler was playing at the University of Texas, head coach John Fields would often follow the young prodigy, offering a number and some fatherly advice when it seemed appropriate.
Fields noticed that when he did so, Scheffler would often struggle, forcing something that simply didn’t come naturally.
But when Fields stayed quiet and let Scheffler visualize and execute his own shot, that’s when the magic would happen.
