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Passes into the post are not always as easy as you believe.  Always room for improvement yes but that’s true for any team.  Ok not so from Clark into the post :)

Respectfully disagree.  In Kianna's senior year when Cam was a freshman, again and again Kianna would dribble up court and if there was not an opportunity for her to penetrate and possibly score, 5'8 Kianna could easily pass the ball into Brink.  Yet, 5'9 Anna Wilson (who I absolutely loved), would invariably reverse the ball when Brink had sealed her defender and was calling for the ball.  I watched a lot of Virginia Tech games in the past 2 seasons and 5'6 Georgia Amoore had no trouble getting the ball into their post, Liz Kitley.  Many other examples across the country where small guards effectively feed their posts. The difference?  Kianna would typically pass inside while she was in motion and there was some separation between she and her defender; same with Amoore.  Talana and to some degree Indya are dribbling but not moving with a defender in front of them and 90% of the time they reverse the ball.  Talana's sideway passes are admirable attempts which I began to see midway through non-conference, but they were too often telegraphed, making Cam move slightly away from her block position, or the passes come too late when single coverage became a double-team.  In their defense, they may hear Brink calling for the ball, but can't see her because they can't see over their defender.  Any passes into Brink now become difficult, but if they learned to pass while moving and creating a little separation, they might have an easier time seeing and getting more accurate and timely passes into her.

When so many small guards are successfully passing into their Bigs, you can't tell me this is more difficult than I think when I see it being done so many times at other schools, and here at Stanford not long ago.  It becomes difficult when the guards are standing while dribbling.

I admire Talana's ball-handling skills and Indya's ability to create her own shot on occasion.  I'm hoping to see better and more timely passing to Brink because of her elite skill levels to either score or get to the foul line where she has become deadly.

How many free throws in a row?

Per Tara's comments at the "banquet" last night, 48 in a row last season.

[crackpot]

Passes into the post are not always as easy as you believe.  Always room for improvement yes but that’s true for any team.  Ok not so from Clark into the post :)

Respectfully disagree.  In Kianna's senior year when Cam was a freshman, again and again Kianna would dribble up court and if there was not an opportunity for her to penetrate and possibly score, 5'8 Kianna could easily pass the ball into Brink.  Yet, 5'9 Anna Wilson (who I absolutely loved), would invariably reverse the ball when Brink had sealed her defender and was calling for the ball.  I watched a lot of Virginia Tech games in the past 2 seasons and 5'6 Georgia Amoore had no trouble getting the ball into their post, Liz Kitley.  Many other examples across the country where small guards effectively feed their posts. The difference?  Kianna would typically pass inside while she was in motion and there was some separation between she and her defender; same with Amoore.  Talana and to some degree Indya are dribbling but not moving with a defender in front of them and 90% of the time they reverse the ball.  Talana's sideway passes are admirable attempts which I began to see midway through non-conference, but they were too often telegraphed, making Cam move slightly away from her block position, or the passes come too late when single coverage became a double-team.  In their defense, they may hear Brink calling for the ball, but can't see her because they can't see over their defender.  Any passes into Brink now become difficult, but if they learned to pass while moving and creating a little separation, they might have an easier time seeing and getting more accurate and timely passes into her.

When so many small guards are successfully passing into their Bigs, you can't tell me this is more difficult than I think when I see it being done so many times at other schools, and here at Stanford not long ago.  It becomes difficult when the guards are standing while dribbling.

I admire Talana's ball-handling skills and Indya's ability to create her own shot on occasion.  I'm hoping to see better and more timely passing to Brink because of her elite skill levels to either score or get to the foul line where she has become deadly.

How many free throws in a row?

Per Tara's comments at the "banquet" last night, 48 in a row last season.