cowboysooner
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It seems to me Sherri has evolved over time as the girls game has evolved.
The girls game is far more athletic and less skill driven than when she started.
The tall girls are far better than they were years ago. There are more of them playing ball now than ever before.
Boys "are" basketball players, and whether realistic or not, aim at being basketball players forever. Girls play basketball to have something to do, pay for college etc. Girls have far more on their plate than boys do at the same age.
In the boys game, with everyone being athletic and skilled, individual development of players is not important, it is everything -- period. Coaches that spend a lot of the time they are allotted with kids on team issues, are usually looking for new jobs before long. The good coaches spend their allotted time checking to see if the kids have spent their "voluntary" free time lifting, shooting, dribbling etc. To be good in the boys game, a kid has to work at his trade 24/7/365.
Generally, girls, save and except a few, are not that driven or committed. But that is where we are going in the girls game.
Sherri has evolved into getting more athletic and taller girls. Gone from a pure guard 3 point shooting strategy to an inside out game. She has had to learn to switch defenses and run people off the 3 point line more etc.
All of the above is said to suggest, that further development will require adopting some of Lon's method. Lon is almost entirely focused on individual development. He and his staff spend most of their time working on getting kids to be the best they can be as individual players, and then gets them to understand team concepts over time. Consequently, almost everyone that plays for lon gets better over time.
The difference between winning and losing in the girls game right now is so thin, I believe that the key to next year is not new players, but rather, just every kid on the squad being introspective getting a little bit better in the areas wherein they are deficient.
If they all do that, we will be improved whether Mulkey and/or Dungee help.
The girls game is far more athletic and less skill driven than when she started.
The tall girls are far better than they were years ago. There are more of them playing ball now than ever before.
Boys "are" basketball players, and whether realistic or not, aim at being basketball players forever. Girls play basketball to have something to do, pay for college etc. Girls have far more on their plate than boys do at the same age.
In the boys game, with everyone being athletic and skilled, individual development of players is not important, it is everything -- period. Coaches that spend a lot of the time they are allotted with kids on team issues, are usually looking for new jobs before long. The good coaches spend their allotted time checking to see if the kids have spent their "voluntary" free time lifting, shooting, dribbling etc. To be good in the boys game, a kid has to work at his trade 24/7/365.
Generally, girls, save and except a few, are not that driven or committed. But that is where we are going in the girls game.
Sherri has evolved into getting more athletic and taller girls. Gone from a pure guard 3 point shooting strategy to an inside out game. She has had to learn to switch defenses and run people off the 3 point line more etc.
All of the above is said to suggest, that further development will require adopting some of Lon's method. Lon is almost entirely focused on individual development. He and his staff spend most of their time working on getting kids to be the best they can be as individual players, and then gets them to understand team concepts over time. Consequently, almost everyone that plays for lon gets better over time.
The difference between winning and losing in the girls game right now is so thin, I believe that the key to next year is not new players, but rather, just every kid on the squad being introspective getting a little bit better in the areas wherein they are deficient.
If they all do that, we will be improved whether Mulkey and/or Dungee help.
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