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BamaMoon said:

Agree...but I'd say it's "a love." Nobody gets good at a hobby/sport by looking at practice as "work." It's gotta to be something you look forward to doing and love doing.

FWIW, I can guarantee you I spent 10,000 hours shooting in my backyard growing up.

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TideEngineer08 said:

As did I. I never played organizational basketball beyond the 7th grade. But I had a goal in my yard, and played for hours every day, weather permitting. I loved it. I did play competitively with a group of guys I used to go to church with, several of whom were Varsity players at the time. I was not nearly as athletic as them, but I hung in there very well because I played hard and I shot very well. So I have an idea of what it takes, and it is baffling that we don't see it from so many college guys these days.

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TideEngineer08 said:

As did I. I never played organizational basketball beyond the 7th grade. But I had a goal in my yard, and played for hours every day, weather permitting. I loved it. I did play competitively with a group of guys I used to go to church with, several of whom were Varsity players at the time. I was not nearly as athletic as them, but I hung in there very well because I played hard and I shot very well. So I have an idea of what it takes, and it is baffling that we don't see it from so many college guys these days.

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RTR91 said:

This might be where AAU comes into play. Guys are in the gym, but they aren't working on the fundamentals. They're just playing games.

If you play all day at tournaments during the summer, are you going to feel like going back to the gym to work on your game during what little time you have?

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BamaMoon said:

I really wonder how much guys practice shooting these days??? I wasn't the fastest guy in the gym, nor could I jump the highest, but dadgumit, I could shoot as good as any, even when I played college ball. I was probably my team's Lawson Shafer. :wink:

But I wonder if the more athletic guys really put the time in to develop a great shot now days? And I sometimes wonder why we don't recruit a few more shooters who may not be the best athlete on the floor but can fill it up if they get an open look.

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RTR91 said:

This might be where AAU comes into play. Guys are in the gym, but they aren't working on the fundamentals. They're just playing games.

If you play all day at tournaments during the summer, are you going to feel like going back to the gym to work on your game during what little time you have?

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BamaMoon said:

Good point. We played pick up games and when the coach could get the gym open we'd play pickup (shirts and skins) but most days it was just plugging alone in your backyard.

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day-day said:

When I first played "21", seems like most free shots were from the free throw line. Later, the free shots were moved up the top of the key. I don't know if it varied more by location or if the game of 21 evolved to the top of the key at most locations. Maybe it was always that way at some courts. It helps a little on free throws though it is usually played to fill time while waiting for a pickup game.

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TIDE-HSV said:

I don't think that violates the structural practice rule. The seven on seven football summer practice would violate the rule, if a coach were present or even observed by a coach. (IIRC, a S&C type can be present for "health purposes," now.) I don't think that voluntary solitary practice would violate it, even if it could be enforced...

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