Getting in the way

[rainmaker]

Thanks for the advice. I had a lot of trouble with this last winter and I have done a lot of work over the summer and fall to anticipate the fast break better, and to step "out and down" on the shot. (on my camp tapes you can hear the evaluator over and over again, "Out and down on the shot") This season I thought things were going better until the last game before glind started this thread. In that game, about one minute in, I was sprinting down court to stay ahead of the ball, looking back over my inside shoulder, and missed a player by about a hair. "Rats, I thought I was doing better" and on with the game. One minute later, I actually hit him! same player. So the next time I was on trail at that end, I watched for a second before I took off to new-lead, and sure enough one player was heading off to the far corner as soon as the shot went up. He would just take off and then dawdle around down there in case he could set up to receive the long bomb. So next dead ball, I said to him quietly, "Listen if you're not actually receiving a pass, could you sort of step out of my way and let me down below the base line" and he did everytime, like a perfect gentleman! He even tipped off his substitute to watch for me too! I lucked out in that game, but I need to pay more attention to this until it becomes more automatic for me.