John Holt Camp

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

This is probably the hardest part to learn or have a complete feel for when it comes to 3 person. It seems people need literally hundreds of games under their belt before they get this aspect of the mechanics.

I have no doubt that some learn quicker than others, but I definitely classify myself in the "slow learner" catagory when it comes to 3-man. I was at Gerry Pollard's camp this past weekend and had my first real taste of both 3-man mechanics and high level VB basketball (at least, higher level for me as I'm used to working small 1A and 2A schools). My biggest problem with initiating rotation as the lead is just a mental hang-up: I was wanting the ball to "settle" on the off-side before moving....and by the time I started to move, the ball was either swinging back around, stolen by the defense, or a shot attempt was made and dumb ol' me is stuck in the center of the lane not knowing which way to go and confusing the hell out of my partners.

The experience was incredible and the critiques were mostly right on the money...especially after watching tape of myself! With one exception, the clinicians offered both positive feedback and ways you could improve your game.

This was my second camp of the year and I'm now completely sold on the necessity of attending camps during the summer to step up my (limited) skills.