Coaches refine player performance, too. Players do not know as much as we think.
"Strike zone." With rip moves or face ups, keep the ball out of the "strike zone" between the letters and the knees.
"Shot fake." The shot fake is a shot not taken. Eyes on the rim and the ball should go neither too high (above the head) nor too fast (not realistic).
Jabs series. Stay on balance. Protect the ball. Shoulders, hip, and ball create separation.
Crossover "on the shoelaces." The crossover isn't just switching hands. Remember both change of direction and change of pace.
"Shoulders game." Low man wins.
Handwork. A previous piece showed some of the handwork applications from Detlef Schrempf, James Harden, and Steph Curry.
Wait for and read screens. Young players are impatient to cut off screens. Set up your cut and tell yourself, "wait, wait, wait."
Optimize defensive stance and positioning. Solid defenders play out of a stance and in appropriate ball-you-man position, load to the ball, and level to the ball.
"Put 'em in a glass box." Trap players in the glass box.
"Helpside I." Refinement isn't just individual but team.
Summary:
The shot fake is a shot not taken.
Crossover "on the shoelaces."
"Shoulders game."
"Wait, wait, wait."
"Put 'em in a glass box."
"Helpside I."
Lagniappe: Here's Coronavirus information I got emailed from a relative from a UCSF medical conference
- What should we do now? What are you doing for your family?
- Appears one can be infectious before being symptomatic. We don’t know how infectious before symptomatic, but know that highest level of virus prevalence coincides with symptoms. We currently think folks are infectious 2 days before through 14 days after onset of symptoms (T-2 to T+14 onset).
- How long does the virus last?
- On surfaces, best guess is 4-20 hours depending on surface type (maybe a few days) but still no consensus on this
- The virus is very susceptible to common anti-bacterial cleaning agents: bleach, hydrogen peroxide, alcohol-based.
- Avoid concerts, movies, crowded places.
- We have cancelled business travel.
- Do the basic hygiene, eg hand washing and avoiding touching face.
- Stockpile your critical prescription medications. Many pharma supply chains run through China. Pharma companies usually hold 2-3 months of raw materials, so may run out given the disruption in China’s manufacturing.
- Pneumonia shot might be helpful. Not preventative of COVID-19, but reduces your chance of being weakened, which makes COVID-19 more dangerous.
- Get a flu shot next fall. Not preventative of COVID-19, but reduces your chance of being weakened, which makes COVID-19 more dangerous.
- We would say “Anyone over 60 stay at home unless it’s critical”. CDC toyed with idea of saying anyone over 60 not travel on commercial airlines.
- We at UCSF are moving our “at-risk” parents back from nursing homes, etc. to their own homes. Then are not letting them out of the house. The other members of the family are washing hands the moment they come in.
- Three routes of infection
- Hand to mouth / face
- Aerosol transmission
- Fecal oral route (stool)
- What if someone is sick?
- If someone gets sick, have them stay home and socially isolate. There is very little you can do at a hospital that you couldn’t do at home. Most cases are mild. But if they are old or have lung or cardio-vascular problems, read on.
- If someone gets quite sick who is old (70+) or with lung or cardio-vascular problems, take them to the ER.
- There is no accepted treatment for COVID-19. The hospital will give supportive care (eg IV fluids, oxygen) to help you stay alive while your body fights the disease.
