Dwight needs to keep that pivot foot down on the spin. I feel like a lot of our guys lack fundamentals. Coaches need to call that ish out in practice so it doesn't end up being an in-game habit.
It just looks funny without a defender there. They do drills where they practice spinning off an actual person as well or a person holding something like a pad to push them with. Those drills are done to practice executing the move through contact. It's a no contact drill where you work on the actual mechanics and footwork of the move so that you can actually execute it on another person in real time. A lot of times with spin moves, you aren't actually spinning around a person anyways per se, it just looks that way. Being that the spin is unexpected, momentum often carries the defensive player further into the original direction while spinning allows the offensive player to abruptly change direction and put themselves in position to take a strong step towards the basket in the same exact place where they initiated the spin while also putting the defender on their hip and thus at more of a disadvantage defensively than they were at prior to the spin. What I'm saying is the spins they are practicing are perfectly fine for the most part aside from the fact that Dwight needs to be very mindful of traveling. He gets called for a lot of those. The most important thing is that they are able to do them as explosively as possible while maintaining control and proper balance so that they can finish with a strong move going towards the basket.
I know it's just a casual practice thing...but so much travel. BTW, why have these guys spin against no one? Just throw a body in there to bang against. Glad he's looking comfortable though. *****, I'm over the moon that he's moving so well.
In coaching and playing basketball, there are lots of drills done with no direct opposition for various reasons. You may run drills where you may practice your offense with no defense and where you practice defensive rotations without actually having an offense there. 3 on 3, 5 on 4, etc. This is where the real teaching and learning takes place. There is a process. The same applies when working on offensive moves. One example is all the videos we see with Hakeem. He teaches guys a move and makes them do it over and over again against nobody before bringing in a defender. It is better to get the timing, mechanics, and footwork of the move down first.
Good, we need to be careful with his work load when he gets back. Dmo, Jones and Smith have done well, so we can reduce Dmo's minutes as he seems fatigued and play Howard around 20-22 minutes a game and keep Dwight healthy and fresh for the playoffs.
I thought you are allowed to be in the gather still when you spin. So your feet and pivot do not matter yet. I searched and found a pretty good confirmation: "During a spin move the ball is still being brought around and has not been picked up. So the foot that is set to spin on is technically not even the established pivot foot for this reason. The actual pivot foot will be the one he steps with after the spin, so a player in reality, although it looks like three steps, is only taking 2 after the spin. " -Basketball Coach 12 years Administrator of Basketball Website: http://www.simply-youth-basketball.com https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110630183806AAlFonZ Hakeem is giving them the big man's version of the eurostep. Hakeem spinwork.
