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Old Tue Jul 13, 2004, 02:09am
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Chuck, imo, they have been defining those advantages both in writing and at camps since I started out as a frisky little dinosaur with delusions of greatness. I've been hearing the same things over and over- year after year.

"Speed" is simply gaining a defensive advantage by slowing the dribbler down.

"Balance" is just knocking the dribbler off-stride, whether it's slight or not.

"Quickness" is exactly the same as "speed", as far as I can see.

I think they're different. One is absolute speed, the other is accelleration.
Good point, but still moot, imo. The same rationale applies to both "speed" and "quickness". The defender gets an advantage in both cases if his hand-check slows the dribbler down.
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