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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3138840, member: 1220"] She has a real nose for the ball. Sometimes people do not recognize or consider that there is more involved in a certain aspect of basketball than just physical athletic ability. I had a teammate once who although not being very tall was a really good rebounder. He just seemed to know, while the shot was still in the air, the angle the rebound would come off on. That is a rapid, almost unconscious, visual processing skill. A lot of basketball is impacted more by the brains' ability to quickly analyze and process, rather than physical ability. A players ability to view the entire court, quickly process visual information and recognize angles has a huge impact on their offense and defensive abilities. That is one skill that separates an elite PG from a good one. These type of ( intangible ) abilities are also why certain less gifted players destroy their more athletically gifted counterparts. Certainly, Pivec makes a concerted effort to attack the glass. But you are not going to get those RB numbers on effort alone. It is obvious that she also possesses superior in-flight ball angle recognition skills. Guards generally do not get there rebound numbers from already having established position. Rather they are slicing in from outside while the ball is still in the air. These are the type of skills you are born rather than developed. [/QUOTE]