A list of topics I plan to cover in the coming weeks, in no particular order :
1) Improving your shot vs sticking with what works
2) Fantasy Hoops
3) My Cancer Scare
4) Improving my Passing
Well, gotta run and go shoot some hoops...
Friday, December 16, 2011
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
All About Brick...
Physically, I'm a 6' caucasian male just under 230 lbs who just hit 40 years old.
I work in high-tech in Silicon Valley, California and I don't want to expose my hoops buddies or influence my work life with this blog, so I'm going to try to keep it anonymous - at least for now.
Let's just call me Brick - not my real name, but a nickname I call myself when I'm frustrated about my cold shooting.
Oh, and I'm a Shooter.
Now, don't think that I am that great of a shooter - but I am the best shooter in my regular pick-up games, and because of that, I embody that role 3-4 days a week.
When I play with better players ( most folks at the rec-league level, for instance ), then I end up being the 'effort guy' who sets off-the-ball screens and is vocal on defense...
My wife asked me the other day, partly tongue-in-cheek :
'Why is it so important to you that you are a shooter? Why do you talk about it so much?'.
Why indeed...
I've definitely been thinking about it, and mainly it's that I don't possess any natural talent for hoops whatsoever – I am not quick, not that tall, don't know how to use my size ( more on that later ), but yet I can sink 20-footers in rapid succession from time to time - and I find it exhilarating and somewhat amazing.
Despite my medium-to-long-range I am also the guy who can go inexplicably cold from layup territory, frustrating myself and my team.
I am also a reformed hook shooter. My only shot when I was young was a looping sky hook, more George Mikan than Kareem, but still very effective with either hand. I have even taken and made 3-point hooks.
Nowadays I am working on improving my shooting form, and also becoming a more complete & knowledgeable player.
I work in high-tech in Silicon Valley, California and I don't want to expose my hoops buddies or influence my work life with this blog, so I'm going to try to keep it anonymous - at least for now.
Let's just call me Brick - not my real name, but a nickname I call myself when I'm frustrated about my cold shooting.
Oh, and I'm a Shooter.
Now, don't think that I am that great of a shooter - but I am the best shooter in my regular pick-up games, and because of that, I embody that role 3-4 days a week.
When I play with better players ( most folks at the rec-league level, for instance ), then I end up being the 'effort guy' who sets off-the-ball screens and is vocal on defense...
My wife asked me the other day, partly tongue-in-cheek :
'Why is it so important to you that you are a shooter? Why do you talk about it so much?'.
Why indeed...
I've definitely been thinking about it, and mainly it's that I don't possess any natural talent for hoops whatsoever – I am not quick, not that tall, don't know how to use my size ( more on that later ), but yet I can sink 20-footers in rapid succession from time to time - and I find it exhilarating and somewhat amazing.
Despite my medium-to-long-range I am also the guy who can go inexplicably cold from layup territory, frustrating myself and my team.
I am also a reformed hook shooter. My only shot when I was young was a looping sky hook, more George Mikan than Kareem, but still very effective with either hand. I have even taken and made 3-point hooks.
Nowadays I am working on improving my shooting form, and also becoming a more complete & knowledgeable player.
Welcome to OnShooting
I'll talk about my basketball life as a shooter, and hopefully start some discussions about everything from shooting form & technique, shot types and when to take them, basketball philosophy, favorite shooters and players, etc.
Oh, and I promise not to pitch you any shooting videos or clinics along the way.
-Brick
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