03-11-2013, 09:11 AM
On Chiney's performance:
It looked like a combination of effects; fatigue, a touch of illness, u-c-l-a's defense, and Chiney's one dimensional drop step move. The first 3 items, Chiney does not have much control over. She was showing some illness symptoms in the Colorado game and seemed out of breath in the first few minutes of the u-c-l-a game.
Her back to the basket game needs work. U-C-L-A was anticipating Chiney's long step, power drop step -- waiting where she would be after the step; resulting in block shots and travels.
Chiney needs counter-moves. Short step instead of long; the ball released more directly overhead in a short flip to the basket, not the wide power-step off the backboard. The power step is good one-on-one, but some teams with heavy inside players are anticipating and clogging-up that move.
I hope the coaches and Chiney see that and spend the next two weeks working on short step fast agile quick pivot moves leading to short flip shot directly overhead into the basket (no fade, no backboard). Forward pivot, half and 3/4 body turns flowing directly into a shot. This should also draw lots of fouls as players claw for the ball so often against Chiney. Then more drills on the same with reverse pivot, flowing into a direct shot. These things would help Chiney accentuate the advantages she has even when tired -- her height, length and quickness. The power move on the other hand takes more energy, can be anticipated (has "tells"), and can be smothered with a double team (and a 3rd coming in from behind). More than one team has done this now, so it can't be a surprise anymore. And as much as Chiney should shoot the ball most of the time, she also has the option to pass the ball out of a triple-team occasionally to a shooter spotting up. I guess I should also mention that being able to do all of these things with the left hand too would make Chiney much more potent offensively -- but that is more of an off-season project.
It looked like a combination of effects; fatigue, a touch of illness, u-c-l-a's defense, and Chiney's one dimensional drop step move. The first 3 items, Chiney does not have much control over. She was showing some illness symptoms in the Colorado game and seemed out of breath in the first few minutes of the u-c-l-a game.
Her back to the basket game needs work. U-C-L-A was anticipating Chiney's long step, power drop step -- waiting where she would be after the step; resulting in block shots and travels.
Chiney needs counter-moves. Short step instead of long; the ball released more directly overhead in a short flip to the basket, not the wide power-step off the backboard. The power step is good one-on-one, but some teams with heavy inside players are anticipating and clogging-up that move.
I hope the coaches and Chiney see that and spend the next two weeks working on short step fast agile quick pivot moves leading to short flip shot directly overhead into the basket (no fade, no backboard). Forward pivot, half and 3/4 body turns flowing directly into a shot. This should also draw lots of fouls as players claw for the ball so often against Chiney. Then more drills on the same with reverse pivot, flowing into a direct shot. These things would help Chiney accentuate the advantages she has even when tired -- her height, length and quickness. The power move on the other hand takes more energy, can be anticipated (has "tells"), and can be smothered with a double team (and a 3rd coming in from behind). More than one team has done this now, so it can't be a surprise anymore. And as much as Chiney should shoot the ball most of the time, she also has the option to pass the ball out of a triple-team occasionally to a shooter spotting up. I guess I should also mention that being able to do all of these things with the left hand too would make Chiney much more potent offensively -- but that is more of an off-season project.