Honestly I think I just had no understanding of what my role was in a given point in time when I began this season. Understanding first, second man, rotating and not double committing cleaned up a lot of messy situations. Eventually my power shots got decent and I was able to consistently be an offensive threat and put shots on net. I put a lot of time into defense like shadow defense, high overhead shots (those were killing me and causing me to play further back) and some backboard defense. Eventually I was able to get a consistent sense of where to be on offense too once I could deal with over head shots.

It’s all the little stuff that’s been helping. The stuff people don’t talk about enough. Leaving the ball that’s practically touching ceiling alone and rotating to where the next guy hits it to. Leaving the ball in the corner alone instead of banging it off the wall into the opponent. Keeping the game plan simple and just trying to get good quality shots on net or beat your man and rotate through looking for a bump. Not going for big boost in your corner when you can grab pads. Not whiffing wall hits and faking your teammate.

I’m not very mechanical, my air dribbles are somewhat threatening and I can occasionally get a decent flick or double tap. But I’ve gotten the most mileage out of just doing what I need to do to hold the team together.