Transition Basket-Ball
Transition Basket-Ball
Transition Basket-Ball
The elbow shooting drill can be modified. You can have the shooter catch the ball, make a shot fake, cross-over dribble
to the middle of the paint (between the free throw line and the circle hash marks) for the short jumper. This is especially
useful for your post players, helping them to acquire that "soft touch" on the short, point blank jumper.
For perimeter players: One player starts on the right wing (player #1) and the other starts opposite on the left wing
(player #2). Player #1 on the right wing shoots, follows the shot, rebounds and passes out to #2 on the left wing. Player
#1 then spots up at another place on the perimeter. Player #2 takes the shot, follows it, rebounds, and passes to #1,
who is now spotted up in a different location. This rotation continues, with the players moving around to all the locations
that they will normally shoot from in a game... corners, top of the key, etc. For a variation, do the same drill but instead
of spot stationary shooting, have the shooter fake the shot, dribble adjust, and then take the jumper.
For post players: Use the same drill as above except the post players should be taking their shots inside, in the paint,
around the hoop, and can actually work on their post-up moves. After rebounding, the player can dribble the ball out
and pass down into the post to his partner.
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AKRON, Ohio -- It was dinner time at the LeBron James Skills Academy, and Rhodes Arena had mostly cleared
out because even the best high school prospects in the nation have to eat, you know. In the bleachers just a few
coaches remained, and the only thing left on the court were camp counselors, a group of elite college players
selected by Nike to help mentor through the weekend.
I come to these camps every July not really knowing what to expect.
Scottie Reynolds on 'Bron: 'When
he's on the court, he's there to
In a good year, it's good.
compete.' (Getty Images)
But in every year things are pretty much determined by the quality of the moments, and I can safely say I have
witnessed few moments on the summer circuit as neat as the moment LeBron James -- otherwise known as the
best basketball player on the planet -- snuck onto the court of a hollow gym and decided to play pick-up just like
one of the guys.
"It was a lot of fun to see him walk out there and put on the same jersey as us," said Tennessee junior JaJuan
Smith. "He fit right in."
Well, kinda.
Even when surrounded by college All-Americans (like Michigan State's Drew Neitzel) and future pros (like
Stanford's Brook Lopez), James is so clearly on another level. He's bigger and stronger and faster than pretty
much everybody, and he's impossible to guard in transition or a halfcourt set.
Ask him.
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"A couple of guys on my team didn't want to guard LeBron, so I guarded him," Thompson said. "I wanted to go at it
with him."
Unless you're a basketball junkie, you've probably never heard of Thompson. He's a senior at Rider, and the only
Rider player to ever find himself isolated against a man who just five weeks earlier scored 48 points -- including his
team's final 25 points -- in a pivotal game of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
James, of course, blew right past Thompson for an easy layup thanks to an initial step quicker than anything the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regularly provides, and it was the first of many impressive finishes by the
namesake of this prestigious event. But that's not what made the whole thing great. What made the whole thing
great was how James instructed, encouraged and interacted with everybody. Based purely on the way he handled
himself, you would've never known James was worth a gazillion dollars and everybody else was merely hoping to
one day make the NBA.
He played hard.
"He yelled out screens and talked a lot," said Ole Miss assistant Michael White. "He did all the things most college
guys think they are too cool to do."
Honestly, he did.
I've watched a ton of pick-up basketball through the years, and I don't remember ever seeing somebody play with
as much purpose as James did every time he stepped on the court. He was vocal on every possession, talking and
helping his teammates the way high school and college coaches routinely (and unsuccessfully) beg their own
players to conduct themselves. One example was when he set a screen for Drew Lavender (Xavier) and
demanded he curl off of it and into the lane. When the opposing big man didn't step up, James yelled.
Give it to him!
But James seemed thrilled with the development, the college players wowed by what was happening.
"LeBron is a competitor," said Villanova's Scottie Reynolds. "When he's on the court he's there to compete, and I
guess that's why he's a great player."
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Division I-A football, showing a six-win
improvement from the previous season. The
Falcons rebounded from a 2-9 record to post
their first winning season since 1994 with an
8-3 finish. For his efforts, he was named the
20 0 6 COACHING
THE FLORIDA
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
A firm believer that players should be accountable to each other and not just the coaching staff, Coach Meyer
utilizes the Florida Leadership Committee.
Members of the Leadership Committee include six seniors, two juniors, three sophomores and three freshmen.
The Committee is charged with acting as spokesmen for the team and handling situations related to team policy
issues, academic affairs, off-campus circumstances and other topics. The committee meets periodically through-
out the year with Meyer.
“We are looking for the Leadership Committee to enhance team chemistry, police the team from within and
exemplify what it means to be leaders, both on and off the field,” says Meyer.