Comments on: “The Set-up Dribble or ‘Here Kitty, Kitty’” http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/%e2%80%9cthe-set-up-dribble-or-here-kitty-kitty%e2%80%9d/ get more game Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:45:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Steve Bzomowski http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/%e2%80%9cthe-set-up-dribble-or-here-kitty-kitty%e2%80%9d/#comment-59 Steve Bzomowski Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:03:03 +0000 http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/%e2%80%9cthe-set-up-dribble-or-here-kitty-kitty%e2%80%9d/#comment-59 We had a point guard, Mike Gielen, thousand point scorer, first team all-Ivy in '88-'89 (really shouldn't have been scoring so much from the point but we were somewhat disfunctional). Played at storied Dematha HS in Hyattsville MD for legendary coach, Morgan Wooten. Teamed with Danny Ferry senior year in high school. Good enough after his sophomore year at Harvard that after our game with Duke, Krzyzewski said, "he could play for us". In ballhandling drills, when he went by me at the arc, he always touched the back of my heel. That's where I got that drill. We had a point guard, Mike Gielen, thousand point scorer, first team all-Ivy in ‘88-’89 (really shouldn’t have been scoring so much from the point but we were somewhat disfunctional). Played at storied Dematha HS in Hyattsville MD for legendary coach, Morgan Wooten. Teamed with Danny Ferry senior year in high school. Good enough after his sophomore year at Harvard that after our game with Duke, Krzyzewski said, “he could play for us”. In ballhandling drills, when he went by me at the arc, he always touched the back of my heel. That’s where I got that drill.

]]> By: Greg Herr http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/%e2%80%9cthe-set-up-dribble-or-here-kitty-kitty%e2%80%9d/#comment-57 Greg Herr Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:55:16 +0000 http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/%e2%80%9cthe-set-up-dribble-or-here-kitty-kitty%e2%80%9d/#comment-57 Didn't Harvard have a drill where you were supposed to tap the back of the defender's sneaker with your inside hand as you went by, I guess as a reminder to lean in and stay low? Didn’t Harvard have a drill where you were supposed to tap the back of the defender’s sneaker with your inside hand as you went by, I guess as a reminder to lean in and stay low?

]]> By: Steve Bzomowski http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/%e2%80%9cthe-set-up-dribble-or-here-kitty-kitty%e2%80%9d/#comment-47 Steve Bzomowski Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:41:10 +0000 http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/%e2%80%9cthe-set-up-dribble-or-here-kitty-kitty%e2%80%9d/#comment-47 Carlo - - I wouldn't call it "get around" the defender, instead, think of it as "get by" the defender. Whatever move you use (crossover, spin, hesitation, inside-out, inside-out cross), you want to go as STRAIGHT BY the defense as possible (meaning STRAIGHT LINE TO THE HOOP), while not losing the ball or having it knocked away. The idea is: 1) get the defense leaning on your fake (thereby opening "the door" for you to get through); 2) lean in so that your shoulder makes soft contact with the defense's hip; 3) keep the ball back and away as you expolsively go by the defense. Remember: 1) Good fake, 2) straight by, 3) protect. I think the crossover is the best place to start. Carlo - - I wouldn’t call it “get around” the defender, instead, think of it as “get by” the defender. Whatever move you use (crossover, spin, hesitation, inside-out, inside-out cross), you want to go as STRAIGHT BY the defense as possible (meaning STRAIGHT LINE TO THE HOOP), while not losing the ball or having it knocked away. The idea is: 1) get the defense leaning on your fake (thereby opening “the door” for you to get through); 2) lean in so that your shoulder makes soft contact with the defense’s hip; 3) keep the ball back and away as you expolsively go by the defense. Remember: 1) Good fake, 2) straight by, 3) protect.

I think the crossover is the best place to start.

]]> By: Carlo Del Donno http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/%e2%80%9cthe-set-up-dribble-or-here-kitty-kitty%e2%80%9d/#comment-43 Carlo Del Donno Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:36:12 +0000 http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/%e2%80%9cthe-set-up-dribble-or-here-kitty-kitty%e2%80%9d/#comment-43 What move would you recomend to get around the defender? I have tried a spin move, but it is a little hard to control the ball. What move would you recomend to get around the defender? I have tried a spin move, but it is a little hard to control the ball.

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