Comments on: Missed Opportunity

By: chawan_cut

chawan_cut — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 20:26:40 +0000

I totally agree with you there Dave. I go to both sports, and I thought, perfect! This is what the Wahine need! They had a great run last year and this was the last game heading into conference play. If they could get even half of the men’s crowd to stay and put on a decent showing, then maybe they’d win over a few fans. Walking around the concourse between games I felt like that might happen. It was much fuller than any recent Wahine game. Even tho a lot of fans were making their way to the exit doors, there were still enough lingering around. And then the 1st quarter happened and that really disappointing start. And the 2nd quarter didn’t help any. I looked at my friends and we all just shook our heads. There went the opportunity. And there went all the fans at halftime. The 2nd half looked more like a typical Wahine crowd that we’re used to sad to say. And even tho the Wahine fought back, no one was there to see it. All they will remember is the sloppy play of the first half and the low scoring, less energy output and entertainment than the men’s.

By: oldtimer808

oldtimer808 — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 19:01:31 +0000

I know I’m old hence my screen name lol but old school fundamentals is still important in developing skill shots.

By: oldtimer808

oldtimer808 — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 18:59:39 +0000

One of the drills is to stand under the basket and hit the backboard alternating with the right hand and then the left to develop feel. Another is to stand one to two feet from the basket and hit shots off the backboard and increase the distance after making a set number of consecutive shots made. The player can also learn to catch and shoot off the backboard from 5 feet and increase the distance. Jamaal Wilkes who played at UCLA in the early 70s is a good example of a highly skilled player who developed using the backboard which parlayed his shooting touch from outside of 15 feet.

By: oldtimer808

oldtimer808 — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 18:51:53 +0000

The point is if a player uses only the rim on close in shots and not the backboard than the tendency is to leave the shot short. If you don’t practice using the backboard than you will get hard hitting shots off the backboard and you see that often with the wahines.

By: oldtimer808

oldtimer808 — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 18:48:08 +0000

I don’t know if learning to use the backboard on close in shots and angle shots are part of today’s basketball players repertoire. The late UCLA basketball coach, John Wooden, always preached the proper use of the backboard and had his players practice backboard shots. I hope the Wahines learn to use the backboard to their advantage and stop making cross court passes and trying to make passes over their opponents head instead of using the bounce pass properly.

By: H-Man

H-Man — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:10:13 +0000

The Wahine seem to miss easy shots under the basket. And they had a difficult time defending against Penn’s big. Where was Megan Huff?

By: Lopati15

Lopati15 — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 06:47:44 +0000

To much new years thats why.