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Message: [QUOTE="and one, post: 4633967, member: 10475"] I really have no feel for how Ayanna will do this coming season. She improved last year as the season went on, with limited playing time, which gives hope. She is athletic and plays hard, both good things. There are a lot of areas in her game that need to improve before she has solid starter skills. Hopefully hard work and a season of UConn basketball under her belt will translate to a much improved game. I have nothing against dunks but don't care if Ayanna ever dunks in a game or not. I do think practicing contested dunks would be helpful. It forces you to go up strong and take and power through contact while keeping firm control of the ball. In a game you can do all the same things and then lay it in. Up fakes are such a basic move that it seems most good high school players (or those in pick up games for that matter) should do it as a matter of course. If women players really don't up fake as often as they should the reason why is a mystery. It can be taken to an annoying extreme. I watched the 76ers NBA playoff game last night and Harden would use half the shot clock doing up fakes - and then usually drive rather than shoot. Labron is the same way but generally gets of a jumper. [/QUOTE]