Monday, 16 September 2013

First basketball this year

 Since I stayed in Korea for 2 months during summer holiday to study, I didn't play basketball for 3 months. As I know the importance of regular practices, I guessed that the first day in basketball club would be horrible (even when I didn't play once a week, all the things like shooting were reset and I had to practice them again) Last wednesday, I participated in the school basketball club with a thought that it was the first day after 3 months and . The main players such as Mr.Gray and Mr.Giddens unfortunately left the school, but some new players came. We first started with lay-up practices. I found that my lay up from left side, which was horrible in last year, got worse. Shooting was also not an exception. I did watch a video which teaches how to shoot properly and accurately over and over again just to get used to it, but watching and playing were obviously different. According to the record (we started to record individuals' shooting to reflect our performances), my shooting rates was only 33% (3/9). I think the problem was that I needed to look at basket until the ball was released from my finger, but I didn't concentrate until the tip point.

 Not only individual skills, but also the team play was not really good. In my team, the members were great; they were all quite good players, but the games didn't go as I expected. Personally, I was baffled where to move and didn't help my team very much. And I found myself that I hold the ball for too long. Actually, I couldn't see my team members, dribbling the ball, and this was a main cause that we missed the chances to score at appropriate timing with good passes. In the first basketball session I realised that there are a lot to work on to improve and these are what I should do to be a better player.

> Participate in a school basketball team regularly just to keep
> Look at the basket until the ball is realsed
> Release the ball at the highest jumping point
> Look around and pass at suitable timing
> Practice left hand lay up
 

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