Things you learned from experience during a game

I'm getting really lazy at this, so I won't do it in the update format I used. I realized that my game is like an exact replica of stephen curry(I take this as a bad sign though because even though I can't explain it, there's just a bunch of things missing in his game) and somewhat dwayde wade(I'm learning how to finish, but I need to get stronger because I'm getting bumped around). Well, looking back on the past things I wrote about myself, I'm now pretty confident in everything except when I'm defending someone who can shoot/drive/pass from anywhere and I need to be A LOT more aggresive.

One Question: How is it travel if you somewhat delay after you pick up the ball and take two steps? (it occured in a pick up game today. I picked up the ball and stopped for like half a second and took two steps then everyone said it was a travel. They told me that you can't stop. It's kind of strange to me, because no matter what you have to stop in technical terms).

You can't delay at all when you catch the ball off a pass or after you pick up your dribble otherwise it will be a travel... cus it's just like you stopped and established a pivot foot and then lifted it.

have good spacing

learning how to tune out trash talk is the biggest thing to me. And you become a more confident player because your shutting them up:hammerhead: .

^^^ yeah that's true. I'm learning how to do that right now. I only do that when I'm in the zone, but I can't help myself from listening when I'm not 100% focused.

yea it's hard not to get those quick hot flashes when someone starts trash talking... usually that's when your mechanics start to get poor tho. Keep your mechanics and try to score the best way you know how... don't try to get fancy.

Lol yup it was terrible when i was younger because i was overweight, so i would get alot of those fat jokes. Lol my feelings used to get hurt i aint gonna lie.:cry:

For me, its shoot when I feel I should. When I get a pass, I pump fake because if I just take the shot and continue to take shots once the ball comes my way, I feel like a chucker. I played a pick-up game yesterday and I was told to make a move and take a shot or just take the shot when your open and don't worry. I did that and I was making almost every shot I took. I still pump faked some of the time and I realized I just need to shoot and not worry about what happens.

Alright, I'm going to train harder. I need to train my endurance to get used to playing basketball for long periods of time. Today, I played 3 hours in a row of just 1v1s and 2v2s and 3v3s. I then lifted weights and came to a park. I was really tired then played a game of pickup basketball. I had about 5 turnovers(really important ones so it's going to be hard to let it go). I was playing with the "kings of the park". They play there like 4 hours a day. Their shooting form is strange yet they make around 70% of their shots in the game(they freaking make 90% of their shots during practice. A guy made like 24 jumpers in a row and then missed one from bouncing off the rim and yelled,"WOW IM OFF TODAY"). Once I get to go to the gym again I'll work my hardest. I'm going to start training in game situations mostly now. I'm also going to change the way I update how I'm doing.

Tip I learned From A Baller: When you cut in, look at the person passing WHILE cutting in.

Well, time to implement the updates thingy I was talking about. I'm starting to figure out what type of game I want to play(I'm basing all my moves off of the jab step, jump stop, and variations of crossovers. Also, I want to be a deadly free throw shooter, because I've noticed I'm really good at drawing in fouls by switching hands/delaying my shot/etc). I tried it for these couple of past days and it was very effective. It seemed to be a complete game, but I have to master them first.

Jab Step: I'm working on it. I need alot more improvement in understanding its effectiveness.

Jump Stop: I'm loving it. I need to understand when to use it though.

Crossover Variations: I'm doing pretty good with them, because I've did a lot of crossovers my whole basketball life. I still need improvements and to master the variations of the crossover.

Defence: I'm really good at 1 on 1 defence, but I need to learn how to help my teammates more effectively(it's hard for me to read what the defence is going to do to my teammates).

Passing: I know when to pass, but I need to know how to pass at an angle.

Shooting: I got it down... YES...a varsity player told me I had great shooting form with everything down except backspin. I'll check that up soon.

Well, time to train again.

Another Great Basketball Quote: Dre Baldwin:"Want to know the secret of being better? Work on your ****ing game"

I'm going to really step up my game this week. I have thursday and friday off because of the weather/staff development bs lol.

My game:I now am perfectly comfortable with my shooting form. I looked at ray allen and kevin durant and asked myself how their shots looked like bullets and how they smoothly went in. I discovered that I shot below my head causing less accuracy. Now I shoot above my head and my shot looks exactly like kevin durant's. It's freaking awesome, because I can accurately pinpoint the place I want to shoot. It's also hard, because of having to be precise. I got a little better at everything I guess, but not that much progress.

Something Strange: I also discovered that I am 5'5(that's freaking strange. I went to get my physical and the doctor said that was my height. My dad said he was 5'5 and I'm like 3 inches taller than him. I believe this is a lie, but I don't know.

Edit: haha I just realized I put up the same quote..

Another Great Basketball Quote: Steve Kerr: "**** it"

[QUOTE=bobbyflay]I'm going to really step up my game this week. I have thursday and friday off because of the weather/staff development bs lol.

My game:I now am perfectly comfortable with my shooting form. I looked at ray allen and kevin durant and asked myself how their shots looked like bullets and how they smoothly went in. I discovered that I shot below my head causing less accuracy. Now I shoot above my head and my shot looks exactly like kevin durant's. It's freaking awesome, because I can accurately pinpoint the place I want to shoot. It's also hard, because of having to be precise. I got a little better at everything I guess, but not that much progress.

Something Strange: I also discovered that I am 5'5(that's freaking strange. I went to get my physical and the doctor said that was my height. My dad said he was 5'5 and I'm like 3 inches taller than him. I believe this is a lie, but I don't know.

Edit: haha I just realized I put up the same quote..

Another Great Basketball Quote: Steve Kerr: "**** it"[/QUOTE]

I'm almost 100% sure that Kevin Durant releases very close to the front of his face, or near his forehead. His shot is incredibly close to his head for anyone, especially someone with his arm length.

And yeah the doctor said I was 5'5 last time I went there but I know for a fact and outside measurements that I'm over 5'7". I guess it matters when you're that short :oldlol:

Where are you located? Winchester, MA? Cause the weather in MA is pretty crappy.

Yep, lol I just need a couple more inches to dunk. This week I'm really going to push myself by training hardcore for about an hour and 15 minutes then playing pick up games and 1v1's for 3-5 hours a day this week.

Sorry, but the place I put up is a lie. I actually live in a city near los angeles, california. I probably went a bit too far as to say it was "snowing". There was just frost here and the weather is about 50-60 degrees. It kinda sucks, because the days get really short and I have to train earlier. It doesn't really matter to me, because I've got a friend who lives in Indiana and it's 30 degrees there.

Oh, you're lucky, LA is full of opportunities and places to play basketball. I can imagine it would be easy to get distracted there also.

Just remember that jump training will require sufficient rest, playing lots of basketball (pickup and intense training) will be detrimental to your vertical. Unfortunately, it's really choose one or the other when it comes to vertical or basketball if you really want to maximize the gains in one of them.

Yep, lots of basketball courts here. College basketball players go to 24 and ex college basketball players/street basketball people come to the parks.

I'm going to try to use cold treatment such as 30 second hot then 30 second cold and repeat showers and ice to combat that. I get what you mean by the vertical or basketball, but I believe you're not fully explaining. Care to explain?(I think vertical IS part of basketball and you get better vertical by sprints in jumping, which is part of games).

I ended up training hard for an hour then shooting around for another hour then playing 3 hours of pickup(well around an hour and 30 minutes of actual intensity). It was pretty crazy, because at first, I was doing 3v3's with ex high school basketball players that were in the 40's. Ended up losing 2 games because of the other team's guy who was 5'10 and destroying my other 2 teammates. I was pretty happy at the end result of 3/7 and 7 steals(I had 0/3 in the beginning). Then I played pick up with college basketball players. I was on their team against the ex basketball players. We destroyed them hardcore because of "stacked" teams lol. They were just too tall. I had like 1/2 shots. Pretty good I guess.