ya hang a ball tethered ball to a rope so she has to jump almost to her max height to grab it. Let it swing free. She has to grab it and hang for a second before she lets go. Do that about 200 times a day and she will learn how to grab and hang on.
Couldn’t agree more. Might be apples and oranges but when we had a larger framed kid in the 5 Star program, where you can’t teach height, footwork was always the problem. What I always did, I introduce the kid to a jump rope. The more time they spent, I mean hours upon hours, the better the footwork. Never saw it where it didn’t make even a slight improvement.
Maybe, but she is also fronting the defender to a degree that isn't allowing her to get back into rebounding position on the defensive end. Her rebounding is good but her positioning is not which might lead to foul trouble against bigger and better players. Her foot speed is more of an issue to me for what they are wanting her to do. She is not a typical big for UConn and they have difficulty adapting the play to suit players like Jana. They will need her a couple time before the end though so I hope she keeps getting minutes.
There is definitely a lot of retooling needed. She can be a really dominating player but a big problem on defense is her body fouling. She does not usually block a shot without having already gone into the other player with her body. Too easy to call.
I like it. I don't think it's apples to oranges at all. Better balance and footwork means less body fouls because you control more where your body goes. It will also help her on the put backs. She should be making 8-10 of those.
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