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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by Jimgolf
Girls pass the ball and usually catch it two handed. In general, girls are more fumdamentally sound, and boys are more showy. This probably arises from boys playing more pickup games while girls usually play more structured games.
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Do you consider it fundamental to bring the ball down after you take control of the ball? Do you consider it fundamental to slap at the ball during a rebound, instead of just grabbing the ball? Do you consider it fundamental to try to dribble through 3 defenders in the lane, and then complain you were fouled by the defenders that did not need to move to stop the ball?
Not sure what is so fundamental about girl's basketball with all the head balls and many of the decision making that I see in girl's basketball.
Peace
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By fundamentally sound, I did not mean it necessarily as a complement. I see a lot of girls games, and I see many girls that move and shoot just like they leaned from a book, and not from playing. Most girls look like they learned to shoot from a Tom Nordland Swish Method tape.
Boys tend to put more of their own individuality and personality into their game. Whether or not that's a good thing depends on the player.
BTW, the miscues you mention are more a result of upper body strength development than training. And I rarely see girls try to dribble between three defenders. They usually pass in a situation like that. And "Where's the foul, ref?" is the cry of boys far more often than girls.