The Cat is a freshman and he will get better…
One observation…
He likes the ball at the top of key and his first impulse is to use his quickness to beat his man on the dance/dribble/drive.
OK… he doesn’t seem to have a whole lot of problems getting by people but…
He’s predictable… 90% to left; maybe 10% to the right… and he drops his head every time he goes by someone.
Which creates the “problem”… when he drops his head he can’t see his team mates who are open for a pass. By the time (two steps later) he get’s his head back up… the defense has collapsed on him and he’s up in the air with two or three defenders on him with no where to go and nothing to do but shoot what’s now a low percentage shot and “hope” for a whistle or try to make a pass somewhere….
If he makes the shot or gets the foul called… he’s golden but fundamentally these percentages are very much against him…
Solution: Practice, Practice, Practice… and more Practice….
1. Keep his head at top speed
2. See where his teammates are supposed to be… there should be one
on the blocks for the layout
sitting on the wing for the open jumper,
and one behind for the outlet…
and see where they actually are.
3. Think defensive help is always on the way…
And read the defense… see who’s collapsing and who’s not…
4. If the D collapses, Look for the pass first as the reads on #2 and #3 above indicate… and the shot second
If not, shoot the 8 foot jumper or take the ball to the basket…
5. Once he GOTT “all of this” working to the left…Develop the same move to the right with an equal effectiveness…
Until he stops dropping his head… none of the rest of them will matter much…
For a demo… just watch how Tyler does it… most of the time…
The “big bonus” is that at the same time he’s doing all this… he making his team mates play better. Most of Vandy’s problems last night were that he just didn’t touch the ball enough… same for a few other of our guys.
