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Post by rockymtblue2 on Feb 14, 2021 14:52:19 GMT -5
For more than 2 weeks at least I have passes on a Paige Bueckers YouTube. But curiousity finally got the best of me. I don't think I've seen a better documented "Evolution" as they call it from 8th grade to Freshman at UConn. Of course the early stuff is where the magic is at its most sumpin' sumpin'.
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Post by swash on Feb 14, 2021 15:18:40 GMT -5
For more than 2 weeks at least I have passes on a Paige Bueckers YouTube. But curiousity finally got the best of me. I don't think I've seen a better documented "Evolution" as they call it from 8th grade to Freshman at UConn. Of course the early stuff is where the magic is at its most sumpin' sumpin'. This is a lot of fun, and just think about how much more they could have done... USA-3x3, u17, u18. So many more highlights are available from at least the final two years of HS, and there is nothing here from the TN or the Supergirl games, either.
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Post by doggydaddy on Feb 14, 2021 16:21:27 GMT -5
Thanks. I'm always looking for blog material!!
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Feb 14, 2021 17:09:18 GMT -5
For more than 2 weeks at least I have passes on a Paige Bueckers YouTube. But curiousity finally got the best of me. I don't think I've seen a better documented "Evolution" as they call it from 8th grade to Freshman at UConn. Of course the early stuff is where the magic is at its most sumpin' sumpin'. I meant to hit edit, not quote in order to change passes to passed. Consider that I have done that please.
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Post by bulkey on Feb 14, 2021 18:08:31 GMT -5
Frankly, I don't even see an evolution. She was unbelievably good in 8th grade, and she just continues to be so.
Sure, she got taller and faster, but was as impressive against her age group at 13 as she is at 18. Look at the shots she mades then and now, and they're pretty much the same.
She was just born with all the skills she'll ever need to be supremely great.
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Post by swash on Feb 14, 2021 20:07:35 GMT -5
Frankly, I don't even see an evolution. She was unbelievably good in 8th grade, and she just continues to be so. Sure, she got taller and faster, but was as impressive against her age group at 13 as she is at 18. Look at the shots she mades then and now, and they're pretty much the same. She was just born with all the skills she'll ever need to be supremely great. She's been blessed with rare gifts, but don't underestimate what she's done to become the player she is today. The countless hours in various gyms and playgrounds, the special sessions with trainers, missing various other activities with friends, workouts, returning from injuries, putting up with bad coaches/teammates and innumerable aches and pains. Atop that stack is that she thinks about getting better, and applies those ideas ... not once, but over and over until she knows she did it right and it can be evaluated for discard or adding to her considerable toolkit ... and then figuring out the best circumstances and timing for maximum effect.
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Post by pinotbear on Feb 14, 2021 21:12:47 GMT -5
Frankly, I don't even see an evolution. She was unbelievably good in 8th grade, and she just continues to be so. Sure, she got taller and faster, but was as impressive against her age group at 13 as she is at 18. Look at the shots she mades then and now, and they're pretty much the same. She was just born with all the skills she'll ever need to be supremely great. She's been blessed with rare gifts, but don't underestimate what she's done to become the player she is today. The countless hours in various gyms and playgrounds, the special sessions with trainers, missing various other activities with friends, workouts, returning from injuries, putting up with bad coaches/teammates and innumerable aches and pains. Atop that stack is that she thinks about getting better, and applies those ideas ... not once, but over and over until she knows she did it right and it can be evaluated for discard or adding to her considerable toolkit ... and then figuring out the best circumstances and timing for maximum effect. In an odd way, one of the most powerful endorsements of PB's skills and dedication is..what Geno DOESN'T do. As good as she is, she's still a frosh, and still will throw a few "high risk/low reward" passes now and then: she'll make a rare frosh mistake. Geno, frankly, gives her a lot of slack, a long leash, for a frosh. I don't think he's getting soft - I think he sees the big picture, knows her personality and drive.. and thinks that she's smart enough and mature enough to recognize the errors, without his having to overtly point them out.
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Feb 15, 2021 11:26:31 GMT -5
I don't know pinotbear. I think she's counting on him coaching her up.
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Post by pinotbear on Feb 15, 2021 12:43:31 GMT -5
I don't know pinotbear . I think she's counting on him coaching her up. I don't think we're in disagreement, Rocky - in fact, I'm sure that you're right. It's more a matter of a different approach. I'm suggesting that Geno's treating PB more like a smart veteran, wise beyond her years, than he would a typical frosh. A gentler "hand on the wheel", giving her a lot more credit to self-correct and recognize than he would with most other young players - more like he treated Bird or Sales than he treated DT or Tina Charles, say. It seems like most frosh need direct, sometimes in-your-face coaching, because they either don't know, are too stubborn and immature to change otherwise, or too uncertain to adapt with confidence. DT and Sveta were stubborn, Tina (and, early-on, Lobo, I think) uncertain, Kara was raw...the list goes on. Every now and then, you get a frosh who you can just give a look to, or a few words, and they get it - they understand both the "what" and the "why". You're still coaching them, just in a different way. For the life of me, I can't really fit Stewie into any of my assumptions, neatly. She's a bit of a sphinx, tough to get a read on. I think in some ways, she projected more confidence than she felt, almost convincing herself.
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Post by swash on Feb 15, 2021 13:38:43 GMT -5
I don't know pinotbear . I think she's counting on him coaching her up. I don't think we're in disagreement, Rocky - in fact, I'm sure that you're right. It's more a matter of a different approach. I'm suggesting that Geno's treating PB more like a smart veteran, wise beyond her years, than he would a typical frosh. A gentler "hand on the wheel", giving her a lot more credit to self-correct and recognize than he would with most other young players - more like he treated Bird or Sales than he treated DT or Tina Charles, say. It seems like most frosh need direct, sometimes in-your-face coaching, because they either don't know, are too stubborn and immature to change otherwise, or too uncertain to adapt with confidence. DT and Sveta were stubborn, Tina (and, early-on, Lobo, I think) uncertain, Kara was raw...the list goes on. Every now and then, you get a frosh who you can just give a look to, or a few words, and they get it - they understand both the "what" and the "why". You're still coaching them, just in a different way. For the life of me, I can't really fit Stewie into any of my assumptions, neatly. She's a bit of a sphinx, tough to get a read on. I think in some ways, she projected more confidence than she felt, almost convincing herself. Good stuff, pinotbear. Stewie definitely needed to be challenged to break out of what was an extremely successful... and comfortable... rut, in order to become the "All World" player we saw in her later UCONN years and ever since. As a freshman, Stewart was a 6'4" Katie Lou Samuelson. Stinking good, but mostly a jump shooter, avoiding contact whenever possible
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