When you take a shot during a ballgame, you shouldn’t be trying to make the shot… you should expect to make the shot. Expecting to make shots is a matter of taking a shot your capable of making technically,while satisfying other quality shot selection factors.

After all, every team’s goal should be the best shot for the team each trip down the floor. So if you find yourself in the act of shooting, it should not only be a shot you’re capable of making, but also a shot that fits the team goal for quality shot attempt.

Let’s face it, if you’re jacking up a shot under heavy duress or rushing to get it off, it’s probably not a quality shot. Read more »

Nia Jackson is a former All-Pac 12 guard at the University of Oregon. Before her injury she was one of the most explosive players in the country.  I was able to spend three days (12 hours) with her in the “Lab” recently .  Nia has been working hard to rehab a knee injury suffered against the University of Washington last season.  Physically she is about 60 percent and is limited to what she is permitted to do on the court. The good news  is she was still able to add to her PTAG –Physical, Technical, Application (Intellectual)  and Grit (Emotional) development, because “Virtual” growth isn’t necessarily a physical process.

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Slow doesn’t mean SLOW…it means SLOOWER, at least enough to stop ANYTIME after you start your motion  forward.  For starters, effective use of the push (back) and control (front) foot is essential. I talk in greater detail about that in “Foot Control is Quite the Feet”  (Article 2), “We Can Build You” and  “Can You Handle It” in the book- “The Virtual Game of Basketball”

It doesn’t matter whether you happen to use them the right way by chance  or understand how to use them intentionally. In order to control yourself inside each frame of movement you must establish or “ready” your push foot as soon as possible and be prepared to skim your control foot forward through the entire step (prepared to stop instantly– if necessary). Read more »

Welcome to the world of Virtual Play.  I hope you enjoy your visit. Be sure to read the latest articles under NEW POSTS or TOP 25 on the sidebar .

Virtual Player’s Blog is a portal into a basketball place you have not been before.  Even if you reflect the principles to come hence forth,  I will at least make you keenly aware of self.  For those who are in need of optimization (everyone)… let the journey begin.

I can think of no better way to begin than to allow you access to the introduction of the “Virtual Game of Basketball”–

I humbly share Coach Brown’s sentiments. I invite you on a journey to a basketball place where you might not have been before. Read more »

How can you move the crowd? First of all how has your game evolved. Unless you standout during play (most every time out), your standing doesn’t lie in the company of top players.

Standing out against top players in basketball may perhaps be tougher than finding a needle in the mountains of Afghanistan or a doomsday leader hiding down the street from a military base in Pakistan.However, decisively less of a challenge with some type of guide that can get you there. Trouble is most players (particularly Do-Howers) aren’t too interested in any directions or road maps. They’re generally convinced they know how to get there — if they don’t already “know”…  in their own brain.  Trust me on this one (phff)…that’s the wrong know how.

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