ESPN: The science of Skylar

[pap49cba]

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[Phil]

I think the linkster missed a link

 

[Kait14]

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I love stuff like this so much!! I wish physics wasn't so frickin confusing though!! But this was definitely cool

 

[Sakibomb25]

That was pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

[UConnCat]

Very cool. It's ridiculous how strong her dribble is with her right hand. I noticed that UConn's defenders didn't always try to force her to her right; UConn's defense seemed more intent on keeping her out of the middle of the lane where she's more dangerous regardless of which hand she's using.

 

[h2Oburyhuskyfan]

Very cool. It's ridiculous how strong her dribble is with her right hand. I noticed that UConn's defenders didn't always try to force her to her right; UConn's defense seemed more intent on keeping her out of the middle of the lane where she's more dangerous regardless of which hand she's using.

Interesting spot but totally meaningless without anything to compare to. Can anybody say with any accuracy if the difference between her right hand and left hand is any better or perhaps worse, than any other guard? Same goes with the shooting mechanics portion as well, it would be my guess, yes just a guess, that any decent shooters results would be very similar to Skylars. Even the one comparison they made to John Wall is useless without other players results. You don't know if the differences between her and Wall are average, lower than average or higher than average than any other player.
Fascinating..... but don't draw any conclusion from this video

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Interesting spot but totally meaningless without anything to compare to. Can anybody say with any accuracy if the difference between her right hand and left hand is any better or perhaps worse, than any other guard? Same goes with the shooting mechanics portion as well, it would be my guess, yes just a guess, that any decent shooters results would be very similar to Skylars. Even the one comparison they made to John Wall is useless without other players results. You don't know if the differences between her and Wall are average, lower than average or higher than average than any other player.
Fascinating..... but don't draw any conclusion from this video

Skylar is very talented and she works her butt off, but I agree about the meaninglessness of these types of videos by ESPN and the most meaningless stat is the less than 5% variance in forearm position on the 14 foot jumper - its like a pro day for a quarterback - let's put a little pressure on that shot/pass and measure that. These segments are fun though. I relished every one that was done on a UC star and think it's great that Skylar is getting her time to shine. She'll go 1 or 2 in the WNBA draft next year.

 

[Bestiarius]

Skylar's time for the 20 yards was a very slow 3.69 seconds. A good time for a high school girl is about 2.8. What was excellent was the lighting and makeup.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Very cool. It's ridiculous how strong her dribble is with her right hand. I noticed that UConn's defenders didn't always try to force her to her right; UConn's defense seemed more intent on keeping her out of the middle of the lane where she's more dangerous regardless of which hand she's using.

yup I noticed that also... seemed strange at the time but you & ESPN cleared it up for me!

 

[DaddyChoc]

didnt they do this for Maya last season or sometime in her UConn career?

 

[Goodies07]

didnt they do this for Maya last season or sometime in her UConn career?

Yep. Here's a link. Hopefully it works.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6277748

 

[DaddyChoc]

thanks Good