Fråga var:
Vad tycker du att din ungdomstränare borde fokuserat mer på?
Tycker det är en intressant fråga, som ger intressanta svar. Vem vet bäst vad de saknar än spelare som tagit det hela vägen till proffsspel och upptäckt den hårda vägen vad de saknat.
Your Name? Age? Height? Where have you played as a Pro
player?
What position do you play?
What do wish your youth coaches had focused much more on for your development?
Adama Darboe 28 190
"I have been playing Pro for 9 years now.
2 years in
Iceland( Grindavik)
1year in
spain(huelva)
4years in Denmark( Hørsholm/ Svendborg Rabbits)
2 years in
Sweden( Jämtland/Borås Basket)"
SG/PG
"Luckily I had some great youthcoaches in my early years that focused om
teambasketball and movement without the Ball. This have helped me alot during
my youth- and seniorcareer.
What I was
missing the most, was probably focus on my own game and decisionmaking.
-Knowing
your true strenghts.
- getting
the ball in the best position possible for me to score
- taking a
foul when tou need too
- having
fun by winning
( A coach in my opinion should show that he/she are dissapointed, if the individuel player or
team, doesnt live up to their best performance every single
practice/game)."
Jonas Pollard 25 192
cm Sweden basketligan
Shooting guard
Foot work, ball handling, basketball iq, shooting mechanics, and team defense.
Sean Smith 29 6'6"
SG
I have played on a professional development team in the states called the PBL.
I have been to South America. I played my first year in Europe on a team in
Slovakia called Iskra Svit. I played in Asia too on a team called Takamatsu
Five Arrows in the BJ League in Japan.
I wished that my youth coaches would
have focused more on my perimeter skills and understanding of the game. I was
pretty tall as a kid so my coaches would have me only play inside. So even
though I dominated thru out high school as a 6'6"" center I wasn't
prepared for the next level.
Once I got to college my playing the
post days were over. It was the hardest transition in my life, moving from a
center to a guard. Now I was behind everyone and felt like I wasn't going to
catch up. But luckily I had a great coach to take time out in the summer to
develop my skills. The more I started playing at the position and training the
better I became. Then I started to understand the game on my own.
Even though I still was taught the
skills, I still wish it would of happen earlier and life. Instead of struggling
thru college with things I should of learned while I was young. "
Blake Derrick 26 194cm Montenegro(Europe)
point guard/combo guard
Defense,fundamentals,
speed/agility drills
Brenton Butler 27 185 Germany, Denmark, Sweden
1/2
More of the mental part of the game. Like how to stay composed after you make a
turnover or a mistake on the court.
Joe Benjamin 32 200 Denmark, Puerto Rico.
Power forward
Guard play! Plus Ball handling
Brandon Ward 30 175 Romania, kosovo, denmark,
sweden, germany, switzerland.
point
guard
I wish they would have focused more on skill development. We just played a lot
of games.
Joshua Hart 23 65 Rookie Year in Norway
SG
Ball Handling & Shooting
Igor Sedlar 30 213
"Cibona-Croatai
Koper- Slovenia
Cedevita- Croatia
Leeds-UK
Gimle- Norway"
4-5
individual technique, putting up defense, zone pressing, moving without the
ball, proper placement of blocks
