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Duh, So That's Why I Learned That! by Ed Riley See if this sounds familiar. You spend hours teaching your players a move. Then one day in practice, one of your players does it the right way, then another player does it, then another. Soon, almost every player player is doing this move flawlessly. You could fly to the moon without a spaceship, right? Now it's game night. You are smiling as you walk in the gym. You are going to see the 8th Wonder of the World, you are going to watch your players execute this new move. Your mouth is dry and the butterflies are riding a rollercoaster in your stomach. Life is Good! At the END of the game, you ask your team why no one tried their new move, sound familiar? When you ask them, they just give you the "Duh" look. You go home, look in the mirror, and search for the new wrinkle or grey hair that you are sure have appeared. Life is just life now! I have gone through this at least 746 times, but who's counting? I always wonder if it's me, or are my players just that stupid? Or is it both? Guess what folks? It was me, stupid ole me. Here's how I found out it was me, and then here's the solution. By now you know I have a girl's basketball academy in St. Louis. My partner, Gary Pinkerton, is excellent at teaching the basic skills. Our 4th grade girls can do excellent crossovers, behind the back, between the legs, and spin move, dribbling drills. In fact, my 4th and 5th graders can do them better than my high school girls. But ....... here it comes ...... they never use these moves in a game. Nuttin nu dere, huh? So I started something new with my high school girls. Here was my new drill.
So what's so great about this? Everyone wants to shoot, right? Well, now I have made them do a spin move before they are allowed to shoot. The results were phenominal! Kids who had a hard time doing a spin move, could now magically do them. They also learned at least one situation when they should do a spin move. Now my drills for forwards are exactly the same, but I have them do it within 7 feet of the basket, instead of at the freethrow line. If it worked for spinmoves, why not behind the backs, between the legs, and crossovers? Folks, my academy is now going to do all of these moves and end up in a shooting position. They will know when to use these moves to get open to shoot. AND THEY NOW MAYVE, THEY WILL USE THEM IN GAMES. THEN I WILL BELIEVE THERE IS A BASKETBALL GOD! Next, I am going to take these same moves and apply the same principles to bringing the ball down the court. Here is my gameplan:
P.S. If it works for the high school girls, it will work even better for the pre-high schoolers.
Copyright 2001-2002, by Ed Riley, Steve Jordan, Darrell Garrison and Steve MacKinney. All rights reserved. |
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