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A few happy notes about some of our extended family... Linas Janenas, our point guard at Virginia University of Lynchburg during the 2013-21014 season, is off to Lithuania to visit his family for the summer but he received some great news before leaving! Linas will be attending Columbia International University in the fall. We are so proud of Linas and excited about the three years of basketball he has ahead of him - not to mention receiving a great education. Linas will get to play for Kyle Mendenhall, one of the great young coaches in the US, and close enough that we can see him play. Keep up with his season at www.ciuathletics.com Also from VUL's 2013-2014 team, Jan Yorke Zornjan, a 6'-6" forward from Serbia, has signed to play with Jim Romkey at Florida College near Tampa. We had a great visit and Jan is very excited about his opportunity! Jan has returned to Serbia for summer vacation and to gear up for next season. Coach Romkey will look to Jan for leadership and minutes! www.wearefc.com A big CONGRATS to Deividas Dulkys and his beautiful wife on a great basketball season in Turkey and the announcement that next year he will be playing in Italy (add name of team), in our favorite City of Venezio. (add website of team) We are very excited for Irv Cato, our 6'-5" VUL Dragon who graduated this spring. Irv will be attending the combine of prospective pro players in Staten Island. He will play for three days in front of coaches and management from all over and try to fulfill his dream of playing at the next level. He has worked at his craft very hard this summer and we hope this will payoff. GOOD LUCK IRV! There will be much more to come with the FIBA World Basketball Cup in Spain coming up in August and more signing announcements for two of our VUL players from this past year! You can't be a great post player unless you are a great rebounder." A post player's ability and willingness to rebound can be the difference between a win and a loss. Here are some ways to approach offensive rebounding and a drill to increase effectiveness. Coach Mason's Approach to Offensive Rebounding: (1) Go rebound early - assume all shots will be missed - every shot is a pass to you. (2) Go to the baseline and work your way out - like Moses Malone. (3) Second effort - keep jumping - if you can't catch ball, get a piece of it. (4) Offensive rebounding requires more finesse. (5) Use spin technique - drive in, make light contact with defender, bounce off, and spin and roll to the hoop. (6) Use fake and go - fake one direction, step hard in the opposite direction, then step over leg of defender and hook elbows in front of him. (7) Never let the defensive rebounder get to your legs. (8) There are NO bad second shots. (9) Go to the boards every time - try to go weak side. (10) Get inside the defender. If you can't, get beside, if you can't do either, pin him under. (11) The desire to be a great rebounder is more important than the technique to be a great rebounder. DRILL: OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING BURSTS
How It Works: (1) Coach has ball and Rebounder (R) lines up opposite behind a chair or cone. (2) Coach shoots the ball. R moves around the chair using a pre-determined offensive rebounding technique (images above). a. Fake and Go b. Spin and Go c. Malone Steps d. Hold Inside (3) R secures the rebound and puts it back up. Coaching Points: (1) Use a rebounding lid to make all shots misses. (2) Shoot from all angles and use both sides of the floor. |
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