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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 5146877, member: 10435"] So we have a semantical problem. First, it is not true that in the men's game there are only a few 'jump shots" from the arc. Almost everyone does it. I will give you an exception though and it is Alex Karaban. On the other hand McNeeley's shot is a jump shot. Paige's pull up from within 15 feet is a pure jump shot. The ball is released at the top of the jump or on the way down. When she shoots her 3, it is released on the way up. She does not hang in the air on her 3 ball. That is what I am using as the difference irrespective of a dictionary definition. There is no name yet for a hybrid of both. Most women shoot this hybrid set shot as opposed to a pure jump shot from the 3. The advantage of the jump shot is accuracy, getting it above the defender and also it is a most difficult shot to block because of the timing required on defense. The shooter knows when she is going up and can control the release as in Paige's double pumps. Sarah can do it too but it takes a lot of strength. That little lane pull up that Ransom has from Georgetown is the same thing. She hangs in the air. Really muscular and tough to defend and that's why she averaged 21 a game before she ran into us. I still maintain that for Ash's inconsistency it is the legs being fresh and also the confidence with the latter being more of factor with her. Clock the time in the air and you will se that PaIge's hang time on the jumper is longer in the air than her 3 before her release. That baby jumper she takes on the in bounds play is unstoppable and it is because of the timing, the ability to control the release, and the ability to evade the defender by moving in the air. We are probably saying the same thing but they are two very different shots. Sarah shoots the "hybrid" from the arc but also has the pull up J as well. The "double pump" is a form of the pure jump shot, made originally famous by Elgin Baylor and perfected by Dr. J and then MJ. He wasn't shooting anything but jumpers from the arc. [/QUOTE]

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