basketball

If our first three bullet points were don’t just watch the ball, watch the feet, and watch the screens, then the final suggestion is watch the first step after. In today’s discussion on rebounding and transition offense, the dances begin the instant the shot leaves the shooter’s hand or the rebound is grabbed. Both rebounding [...]

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If step one was don’t get hypnotized watching the ball; and two was watch the feet; then three should be watch for people getting in the way. We’ve already opened that subject with the first part of the pick-and-roll/pop—the ball handler trying to run his defender into a teammate (called an on-ball screen). We’ll talk [...]

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If the key to watching basketball better is not to just watch the the ball, what should you watch instead?  Well rather than instead, let’s say in addition to.  Appropriately coaches tell their players on defense that they should keep the ball in the corner of their eye while staying in contact with their assigned [...]

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Basketball, like any emotionally rewarding experience, is better shared. Regrettably the male(s) in one room watching the game while their spouse(s)/girlfriend(s) languish unattended in another part of the home, is a cliché that too often drives a wedge into the relationship. Yet basketball is a fascinating sport—mixing many of the ingredients of great dramatic presentations. [...]

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