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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3771434, member: 1220"] First let me say that I should not have left out the percentage point in my stats. It should have been 33.3% her Jr year and 33.7% her frosh season. When comparing these numbers to the Uconn team average it gives a better perspective. In her frosh season the UConn team average was 36.4% which puts her average .3% higher and by all measures just average for the team. Now last season ( her soph year ) the team average was 39.9% compared to her 33.3% putting her 6.6% below team average. I would consider neither as shooting pretty well for a top level team. I never said once that she shot pretty well. What point is made comparing her percentages in the thirties to arbitrary percentages in the fifties is beyond me? Now her two season 3pt shooting percentages are not really that far apart for one or the other to be an abaration. Now a player can improve over the off season by focusing on shooting and correcting form. But i added that Williams spent her summer working on her body and fitness. Generally when you do that your shooting practice is just to adjust the new body to your existing form rather than making drastic improvements in that area. Too many times, especially on this site, fans make an assumption that players will exponentially improve their entire game. The new reality is that by the time players get to college there isn't that much skill developmental ceiling left, especially for guards. By the time they get to this level, they have spent years working with individual trainers and playing year round even before they get to high school. As I have mentioned many times, players now days come into college having spent entire summers working on ball and shooting skills so their is not much improvement ceiling left. Williams worked on an area where she felt their was and it shows by her increased level of speed and quickness. But that will not translate to increased shooting percentages. [/QUOTE]

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