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Message: [QUOTE="Hunt for 7, post: 4769719, member: 12414"] The more I have thought about this and researched, I will admit that you understood the specifics to a greater degree than I did. Your information was much more contemporary. It’s funny because when I played in high school late 70s early 80’s. I would have all kind of release points if I was shooting off the dribble. Now mind you back in those days shooting off the dribble unless it was a lay up was frowned upon by my coach. And usually more so for average high school players like me. Our coach was fairly well respected in CT coaching circles at the time. The other thing he hated that I did was dribble penetration and kick out. I found it to be effective but it was not really coached at the time. If you were penetrating back then you were either going to shoot floater or lay up or passing the ball to the open man who was cutting to the basket once his man left him to stop my penetration. All this because I was 5’10” with my shoes on, so I was vertically challenged so you had to create. I was fast enough to usually beat my man off the dribble but once I ran into anyone 6’7” or taller I was going to get my shot blocked. I found it was easier to kick out than press an interior pass. I will tell you just like the cross over dribble was starting to be allowed and that really changed the game in my time. I had enough success with kicking it out that he eventually allowed more of it and it helped us in my senior year. So maybe I was ahead of my time then and now I am just old and out of date with how the game in coached and taught. My BBIQ has definitely improved since I rejoined the BY last year. [/QUOTE]

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