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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 5145799, member: 7492"] Nan, as they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words" and the two pictures highlight exactly a form issue with Ash (but also miss a key ingredient), Ash's guide hand is below the ball, not to the side of it so the shot can go errant (left or right). What Ash does to compensate is have a tremendous amount of backspin on the ball (more so than any other player on the team) to help keep the line true. Compare that to Aubrey's shot which has very little spin at all. Sarah has the flattest shot of the whole team and yes, Ash could use a little more height in my view, but it is awfully hard to change a form that has been honed. In baseball to change your swing at ages 18-21, will take 10,000+ repetitions which is really hard to get done. As you get older and the muscle memory is ingrained, it gets harder to change. Basketball is not baseball but my point is to modify her arc or form will take a huge effort that needs to occur in the off-season and even then there is no guarantee it would be as effective as it is now. Ash does a really nice job of setting her feet, squaring her shoulders and has a nice release but against the elite teams, I think she just gets too nervous and doesn't have the same confidence. The two players I have concerns about are KK and Ice. Ice also has a "form issue" on her jumper but KK's shot is something I need to take a longer look at to see if there is a form problem or just a bad luck component. Azzi has had a slow start to shooting but we know her form is picture perfect so eventually we will see success. Maybe the same with KK as she did finally make a 3 yesterday. [/QUOTE]

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