Lattin/McNeace offseason diet

[OUHoops]

Lots of cheeseburgers. I can give them some tips.

Sure would be nice if they could each put on about 10-15 pounds.

 

[BCSooners]

McNeace has gained a ton of wait. Good player & gonna get better, but has terrible hands. Lattin still can't stay out of foul trouble.

 

[JBaker]

Lattin needs a heavy diet of moving his feet, boxing out, and not going for the weak side block on a play 10 feet away from him.

 

[tooney]

Both have been guilty of thinking that rebounding is all about how high you can go to get the rebound.

Rebounding is all about position.

The one play that I remember most is late in the game, the shot clock is winding down on texas and Muni doesn't hold Cleare away from the bucket.
He is almost under the goal when Cleare gets the putback.

A lot of our problems are things that should be behind us. But learning that every possession is important (on both ends of the court) takes time for some and is never learned by others.
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[AdaSooner]

Lattin needs a heavy diet of moving his feet, boxing out, and not going for the weak side block on a play 10 feet away from him.

Agreed.

Blocking out on the boards is a basic fundamental. Doolittle gets it. Lattin and McNeace don't seem to have a clue. They relied on their length and athleticism in high school, and they're still doing it. A number of the fouls they commit starts with poor positioning on rebounds that forces them to go over an opponent's back.

 

[Big Old Booger]

Rebounding is all about positioning. If you have position and are blocking out, you can get the rebound even if the guy you are blocking out is much taller. At the very least you will get an over the back call against that taller player if you are positioned correctly. I was far from being a great basketball player but I was a wide body (for my age) who could put a butt on somebody and move them out to get the rebound, even with taller guys on the floor. The only player I've seen show any semblance of blocking out is Doolittle (and Cole last night). The rest of them -- Lattin, McNeace, Buford, Freeman -- are horrible at this concept. Instead, they are getting blocked out, or they are allowing the opposition to push them too far under the basket to get the rebound.

Kruger should bring in Spangler to teach blocking-out fundamentals. He was a master -- one of the best I've ever seen in college.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Lattin needs a heavy diet of moving his feet, boxing out, and not going for the weak side block on a play 10 feet away from him.

sounds like a former thunder player

 

[coolm]

don haskins useta say that rebounding is done with the feet and your head.