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Old Mon Jan 31, 2005, 01:12pm
Hartsy Hartsy is offline
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Thank you, Coach.

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Originally posted by coachgrd
I want to make sure I am teaching my players correctly.

I have been teaching my girls that when they square and shoot, you're only recourse is to stand tall, put your hands stright up and hope she can't shoot. I've used the analogy that there is a plane of glass between the two of you and if you break it, chances are you'll be called for a foul.

coachgrd
You are right in my book, coach. It isn't easy to block a shot on this type of play w/o a foul. In fact, it isn't all that easy to block a shot anytime.

Just tell them that when the "glass breaks", any contact after that is likely to be considered a foul on the defense.
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