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[QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 2478620, member: 7631"]
I'm with Broadway -- I interpret this as fundamental skills, and it's not just women's basketball, it's other sports, too.

My two biggest pet peeves that every college-level WBB player should know better than to do:

Low bounce pass into the low post.  First, a 6-5 player isn't looking for a ball at her ankles.  Second, if she does catch it cleanly, a double is likely to come from a guard.

Post player gets an offensive rebound and brings the ball down to her waist before going back up for the put back.

But as I say it's not just WCBB.  I think a small minority of ML baseball players can lay down a bunt.  Very few know how to slide properly.  A belly slide doesn't get you to a base faster than a pop slide, plus it's dangerous.  I still remember Derek Jeter missing most of a season with a belly-slide-induced shoulder injury.

These are skills I was taught in junior high.  We had to run laps if we missed getting down a bunt.  I never picked up a proper slide, but then I was a catcher who couldn't reliably throw the ball back to the pitcher.  I wasn't going anywhere playing baseball.
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