Pretty interesting article

Some of you remember watching the Rocket play. Others remember the magazine cover. Article is facsinating inasmuch as the great one still is giving back to the game... seeing how those kids inthe article see their place in the succession of the game is also refreshing. Love ad respect the game and it will love you back.



Shooters are built from the feet up and then perfected and made consistent through good practice  habits and constant repitition of good shooting habits. to refine that thought....... Coach Rhodes says constantly.....lotsa "shooters" in the world, not a whole lotta "makers" anyone can be a shooter takes work to be a maker. .

 

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COmments are flying tonite. I had a Coach who offered one of our Muncie Central athletes call me tonite. Knowing he played at Miami I asked if he wanted a ticket to Gary Trent day given that he had played against him....he said "ask him about how he gets along with Devin Davis" . I suppose I will have to buy him a beer up next summer during summer evaluation period and get the inside story on that one.

I owuld like to get to Zionsville- Lebanon and see Dakich and Mount in the same gym rooting for their respective teams.

Most HS here in Indiana not only have those coaches you alluded to and a couple more including volunteer positions for individual workouts and agility training especially at the 3a and 4a levels (big boy basketball)...... but the athletes are required to be enrolled in "PC" during the year. Personal COnditioning is a PE class that takes care of their daily lifting on school time and does not waste precious practice hours.

I've heard that Snyder was innovative, but . . .a triangle and one defense? I've heard of a box and one. I've heard of a triangle and two. But a triangle and one? Where was the fifth Bobcat? Cherry picking?

You want a great account of West....read the one I believe is in Rice's bio on Adolph Rupp. Rupp had a hatred but also  a great respect for West after coaching against him. IIRC he kept the towel they gave West to use to control the bleeding after one of his Wildcats broke West's nose and he played through it to finish the game. Adolph used that story for years to motivate his players to play with toughness.

Ha ha!  You caught me on that one. I should learn not to post too late at night.  I believe what I meant to say was "diamond and one."  But, I guess that I'm just geometrically challenged.  Yes, as I recall folks referred to it at the time as both a diamond and one and a box and one.  

Speaking of strange basketball "formations" has anyone here ever seen the "swinging gate offense"?  I only saw this once and couldn't begin to describe it accurately.  It was in a high school game and the coach employed it in the last quarter to great effect.  It involved multiple picks and almost looked like a football formation where the picks were blocks opening up holes in the line.  BTW, I edited the error in my original post so as to look only half stupid. 

Well you got your basic Picket fence


Or one more look at it OCF style taken in the same gym at Knightstown.....which Alan should add to his trip to New Castle....just down the interstate one more exit.

Wanted to ask you OCF, If I wear my normal OHIO gear to say hi to Coach Mount you think PTSD will set in>>>?