B.E.E.F

One of the most important aspects of the game is free throws. Free throws can make the game or loose the game for you. So you got to make sure you know how to shoot one. The acronym B.E.E.F helps you learn how to shoot.

The B in B.E.E.F stands for balance. The first E stands for eyes. The second E stands for elbow. And the F stands for follow through. First start off by B for balance, you should keep your feet shoulder width apart. Your shooting foot should be a little in front of your other foot. Your shooting foot is your writing hand. As you do make sure you square up to the basket.

Second you follow the two E’s; eyes and elbow. With the first E which is your eyes make sure you look for your target, which is the basket but make sure you don’t look at the ball or your hand as you release. The second E is elbow. Put your elbow at a 90 degrees angle. Then have the ball placed on your finger and finger tips. Have your guiding hand on the opposite side of the ball that you’re not shooting with. For example if you’re right handed. You have your left hand on the left side on the ball. And your right hand is holding the ball.

Lastly F, which is for follow through. As you’re on the line for a free throw straighten your elbow as you release the ball. As you do make sure you flick your wrist. This would give you a back spin on the ball.  After you releases then you are actually “following through.” This is when you reach like for a plate that’s over your head. Do not let your guiding hand go crooked. If it does it will push the ball. During all this bend your knees and don’t jump because it’s a free-throw. All your power should come from your legs.

So remember B.E.E.F; Balance, Eyes, Elbow, Follow through. This acronym will make you a better player and maybe even make you the player of the game. Good luck :)

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the off season

The off season, its when you find out who really loves the game. Who is willing to work their asses off , and who just plays when the time comes. The lady vipers hasn’t started their off season training yet. Which as a teammate of that team I think we should. We should at least run together or lift as a team. Because we all know how the other teams are and this is why they win. The vipers loose because we don’t know how to work as a team. Us working out in the preseason will help us hopefully.

As all the other teams end their season they will have a month break and then begin their training right after. You want to know why there so good. Its because they know how to play together and they are in tip-top shape. It helps a lot to know how our body reacts when we lift and run for miles.

Talent Wins Games, But Teamwork & Intelligence Wins Championships

High school basketball doesn’t mean anything if you don’t get better. Last year our team was dead last for our district. This year we were number # 4 for our district. We did get better, and that means a lot. “Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships.-
Michael Jordan” That’s a quote from Michael Jordan a famous basketball player. That quote means a lot and we should follow it as a model but our team doesn’t work together. Instead of winning games we could have had a chance to at least be in the championship game.  

                The first time you play a team that’s in your district it only counts the first time on your district record. Usually your district record is out of five (5) teams not including the team you play on. Space Coast girl’s record was 2-3. We beat Heritage, and Eau Galie. And we lost to Merritt Island our first time, Titusvill, and Astronaut.

                During the playoffs we played Heritage. We’ve beat them twice in the regular season and once in the preseason. Coach told us if you beat a team twice you usually don’t beat them the third time. Coach was unfortunately right. The girls got to cocky and we lost the game badly. We broke as a team and played like we didn’t even know each other. So the quote by Michael Jordan really lives up to our new team.

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You Get What You Earn And You Earn What you Get

                High school basketball, the level before college. Where the sport pays for your education. That’s if you’re good enough. Basketball for varsity higchooler’s means you have love for the game. Certain teams eat, sleep, and breathe basketball. Unfortunality the girls Varsity team for Space Coast doesn’t. Only a couple of the girls want to go play for the next level on our team. I on the other hand am confused. I do want to play in college but at the same time I don’t. My dream was always to play ball in college, but my dream got shut down since I moved here.

 Playing for Space Coast brought my confidence down. When I first started playing for them we were horrible I played varsity since the 9^th grade. I didn’t start that year and I barley played. We had 2 different coaches since vie played. And they both left. This makes me feel like we had no help. And that means I had no chance at getting looked at. My second coach is still here, but he’s leaving at the end of the season and our assistant coach is moving up.

Next year’s my senior year, and if we don’t step up our game and play as a team that we had for three years, then we probably will not have scouts looking at us. I’m not used to winning games; we have lost mostly every game that we play. In the past two years we won nine (9) games that is pathetic. The girls on the team don’t really seem to care. They may say that they do but when they go out onto the court and don’t give there all. And when everyone doesn’t give there all, we break apart and look like complete crap.

During my blogging I will tell you about our practices that we’ve had and the games that we had right in our hands. But at the last quarter we lose it. Ill also show you the rankings and the District Games we play on February 2 against Heritage. We’ve beat Heritage twice already let’s see if we can pull together as a team and go father then we did last year. As coach says, “You get what you earn and you earn what you get.”

              2009

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