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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jan 29, 2017 18:33:21 GMT -5
Ok, maybe it isn't a dinosaur; maybe I don't watch enough games. And I can understand the 15-18 jumper disappearing (why take that shot when you can setup a few feet further out and get an extra point). But what has happened to that little 10 footer in transition? Is it gone; is it even coached anymore? Is it the Sportcenter Top 10 Effect?
I don't watch all that many games, but in the ones I do, there always seems to be at least several collisions at the hoop that seem totally unnecessary. In many of these cases it seems unbelievable to me that the offensive player cannot see the defenders (and the inevitable develop). For those older guys with better memories, did they happen as often in the old days? It's too late for AnT now, but especially for a little guy, I would think a little pull up would be invaluable for him. If I recall at some point after his frosh year Justin B. did develop one which he used once in a while. Interested in your observations.
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Post by hc87 on Jan 29, 2017 18:42:00 GMT -5
I emphasize it a lot....beats a floatah or a charge. Come to a jump-stop, bettah balance etc. Agreed though, it should be utilized more (at all levels).
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Post by hchoops on Jan 29, 2017 20:58:33 GMT -5
I teach it also, (I AM a dinosaur)but with a one two stop as well as a jump stop. Many coaches, esp college ones, do not. they emphasize floaters, all the way drive or kick out to the corners for threes.
I agree with NAD that the pull up would help AT a great deal-much harder to block.
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Post by ncaam on Jan 29, 2017 21:27:50 GMT -5
I emphasize it a lot....beats a floatah or a charge. Come to a jump-stop, bettah balance etc. Agreed though, it should be utilized more (at all levels). Who had best j at hc in your estimation? |
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Post by hchoops on Jan 29, 2017 21:46:02 GMT -5
Jack the shot and RP jr
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Post by sarasota on Jan 30, 2017 0:38:06 GMT -5
Jack the Shot's J was an amazing sight. Very unusual. He was rail thin. His arms were straight up and the ball flicked with his hand at the top. High arc. Nothing but net. A true thing of beauty. The cognoscenti at MSG loved him. Days long gone.
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Post by joe on Jan 30, 2017 6:47:59 GMT -5
This shot it alive and well and my men's over 35 league!
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Post by Xmassader on Jan 30, 2017 8:06:36 GMT -5
Although he was not the shooter that Jack the Shot and RP Jr. were, I'll always remember Jackie Adams' '71 with his stop and pop from the free throw line. IIRC, he hit one of those for a game winner at the Payne Whitney Gym at Yale in the '68-'69 season to "win back" home court advantage for HC. Unlike most series in which the teams alternate home sites every year, the HC-Yale series in those years was set up so that consecutive games were played at one team's home court until the visitor won. Finally got to see Yale in Worcester in '69-'70 (where HC held serve).
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Post by hchoops on Jan 30, 2017 8:38:16 GMT -5
Jack the Shot's J was an amazing sight. Very unusual. He was rail thin. His arms were straight up and the ball flicked with his hand at the top. High arc. Nothing but net. A true thing of beauty. The cognoscenti at MSG loved him. Days long gone. Unique i had never seen before or since--a total wrist shot. since his elbows were locked, there was no arm movement for a skinny guy, he had a very strong right wrist as a hs player, i tried to imitate it impossible |
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Post by WorcesterGray on Feb 1, 2017 21:34:25 GMT -5
Ok, maybe it isn't a dinosaur; maybe I don't watch enough games. And I can understand the 15-18 jumper disappearing (why take that shot when you can setup a few feet further out and get an extra point). But what has happened to that little 10 footer in transition? Is it gone; is it even coached anymore?Not at Pine City High School. www.wsj.com/articles/the-basketball-team-that-never-takes-a-bad-shot-1485788165 |
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