How To Beat A Bully
Round 3 of the NCAA tournament resumes
tonight, and I'm chompin' at the bit. That's
the Gator chomp by the way even through
Florida doesn't play till tomorrow night.
I felt like Florida was standing up to a bully
in their 2nd round game against Purdue.
Nothing wrong with that style of play. The
Boilermakers did a super job of almost
pulling it off. Hats off to a valiant opponent.
It took Florida 2/3rds of the game, but
they eventually showed enough toughness
to catch up to and pass the engineers from
West Lafayette with Al Horford in the post
and their secret weapon.
Free throw shooting.
Even though the Gators season free throw
percentage isn't all that great this year
(Low 70's I think) they knocked in around
85% for the Purdue game, and Purdue was
fouling a lot.
I'm not sure what Florida did to be that
much better. Probably just made the
decision to concentrate and make free
throws a priority because they knew
they'd need them.
Winners find a way.
Shoot For The Stars,
Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops
P.S. One thing that will help your free
throw shooting is to cultivate a ritual
and do it the same way every single
time.
Remember how Kyle Macy of Kentucky
used to always touch his socks. Other
people dribble a certain way, the same
number of times, spin the ball, etc.
Whatever helps you focus and get into
your confidence groove.
If you don't have a ritual yet come up
with one that works for you, and start
knocking down more and more free
throws.
P.S.S. Free throws are also critical to
you becoming a double digit scorer.
Coach Patrick Chylinski explains it all
in his powerful ebook 'How To Average
20 Points A Game' available now at:
http://www.deandelker.com/20ppg.html
Note: This blog entry is protected by
copyright, but you have permission to
copy and use it in its entirety as long
as the links are intact and the contact
information is included.
Copyright 2006,2007 Delker Enterprises, Inc.
Coach Dean Delker
8413 SW 4th Place
Gainesville, FL 32607
352-494-6572
dean@deandelker.com
www.deandelker.com
tonight, and I'm chompin' at the bit. That's
the Gator chomp by the way even through
Florida doesn't play till tomorrow night.
I felt like Florida was standing up to a bully
in their 2nd round game against Purdue.
Nothing wrong with that style of play. The
Boilermakers did a super job of almost
pulling it off. Hats off to a valiant opponent.
It took Florida 2/3rds of the game, but
they eventually showed enough toughness
to catch up to and pass the engineers from
West Lafayette with Al Horford in the post
and their secret weapon.
Free throw shooting.
Even though the Gators season free throw
percentage isn't all that great this year
(Low 70's I think) they knocked in around
85% for the Purdue game, and Purdue was
fouling a lot.
I'm not sure what Florida did to be that
much better. Probably just made the
decision to concentrate and make free
throws a priority because they knew
they'd need them.
Winners find a way.
Shoot For The Stars,
Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops
P.S. One thing that will help your free
throw shooting is to cultivate a ritual
and do it the same way every single
time.
Remember how Kyle Macy of Kentucky
used to always touch his socks. Other
people dribble a certain way, the same
number of times, spin the ball, etc.
Whatever helps you focus and get into
your confidence groove.
If you don't have a ritual yet come up
with one that works for you, and start
knocking down more and more free
throws.
P.S.S. Free throws are also critical to
you becoming a double digit scorer.
Coach Patrick Chylinski explains it all
in his powerful ebook 'How To Average
20 Points A Game' available now at:
http://www.deandelker.com/20ppg.html
Note: This blog entry is protected by
copyright, but you have permission to
copy and use it in its entirety as long
as the links are intact and the contact
information is included.
Copyright 2006,2007 Delker Enterprises, Inc.
Coach Dean Delker
8413 SW 4th Place
Gainesville, FL 32607
352-494-6572
dean@deandelker.com
www.deandelker.com
Labels: basketball, bully, free throws, hoops, shooting
