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Message: [QUOTE="Jim, post: 3553479, member: 1492"] Over a number of seasons we have seen examples where highly rated recruits start the season like gangbusters only to struggle mid-season. I'd like to start a discussion about why folks think this happens and what, if anything, people think can be done about it. I have two things which I suspect are big contributors. First, the college season is longer and more physically taxing than the high school season. Top players now have their own personal trainers in HS, but I suspect a large part is mental and needed to learn how to push through when the body is telling the player to quit. The second, which I think is an equally big factor, is the scouting level/game film analysis done at the college level. We have see instances, like Christyn's game against Notre Dame or Chrystal's game against Baylor, where the freshman comes off the bench and seems unstoppable. In this case I suspect that opponents simply don't have sufficient game film against college level defenses to know enough of a player's moves and tendencies to stop them. But as the season progresses, more film is available and when defenses know what is coming the productivity of the player seems to decline. Until the player learns how to counter the defensive counters, the freshmen struggles. I was reminded of this second aspect in the Geno-Dee instagram chat. Diana admitted that she likes to go left, but with typical DT swagger she says they still have to stop me. Anyway, I'd be interested to hear what others think contributes to the "Freshman Wall" and whether that will affect any of the UConn incoming recruits. [/QUOTE]

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