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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 3395548, member: 6819"] As Liv ages she'll naturally get stronger, allowing her to push through the hail of arms and torso's preventing her shots. However what will also come is her variety around the hoop. I've stated time and again, and others have often noted as well, Liv wants to drop her right leg. All of her offensive moves are a right leg drop. As I also stated well before the Baylor game once better players over play her right shoulder and she gets a few shots smacked back into her face she'll realize she needs to go to something else. In time she will fake to her right and drop that left leg...and then vice versa. She will learn a better right drop with an up and under, then step to the basket over her left. She will learn to shoot her layup from up high. She will develop a better mid range shot. The problem at lower levels is kids will continually go with what works, and unless they are challenged by coaches and better competition they won't see a need to vary their game. When they're young they don't see the need for better diet, intensive skill practice or intensive the weight room work, and some see any criticism as negative criticism. Geno has said many times before that today's kids think they're all Michael and Kevin and most don't even know how to do a proper drop step. Now, I'm certain Geno and staff have pounded this stuff into Liv's head, but she needed to see for herself that the stuff she's been doing doesn't always work at this level, and it won't work at the next. You have to change things up. She needed to see that practice is where you learn a skill, games are where you apply them. There are no short cuts. I still have faith that the Liv we saw against Baylor will be a different Liv if these two teams play again in March. To paraphrase Geno, sometimes you have to get smacked around before you learn how to duck and counter. As for taking Liv out and keeping her out, as a coach that knows he's headed for The Boogie Geno plays the long game. As Geno has said before, and again I paraphrase, sometimes the bench is your best teacher. [/QUOTE]

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