Missing Gimme Layups in Crunch Time

[RutgersRaRa]

Don’t listen to him, he’s hyperventilating during crunch time.
Just kidding Ra

Busted!!

 

[soundcrib]

Despite our winning trend we still struggle with:

1. 1 footers
2. Free throws
3. 3's

Crazy.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Ask if you can teach a breathing/foul shooting yoga instruction class. It can't hurt. My brother-in-law, a psychologist, did that with the RU FB team for a few years.

I have emailed the entire coaching staff individually and collectively, including a private link to a video I did on footwork that will stabilize the base of the shooters (especially late in the game when players are more tired than earlier in the game), and I heard back from none of them. They're busy ad perhaps get a lot of suggestions, so I may go a different route with the technique, which I developed after studying and practicing balance technique in absurd postures. I'll revisit the issue with the coaches at some point, but in the meantime I watch us miss free throws (and other teams, too), and I can see it increasing our team FT% by 6-8%, which would yield somewhere in the neighborhood of 2-3 points per game.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

The secret to Yogi was no fear and confidence.
If he failed he felt the other guy was lucky.

Well then, we have the best of both worlds. ;-)

 

[RUsince52]

Very critical, this isn’t Saturday pick up at the Y.
You’re talking about the best collegete players in the world here..there’s a lot more to it when 6-10 250 pound elite athletes are pounding you and slapping at the ball

I'm not talking about a bunch of guys defending you. This was a one on one situation where he appeared to be oblivious to the guy defending him from the side. Casual layup that got blocked cleanly.
You' re right, not a pickup game at the " Y ", but that's what the shot looked like.

 

[BillyC80]

Missed chippies were frustrating but I was just as miffed at all the open looks Indy got in the last few minutes, many of which they missed, fortunately.