high school basketball tryouts sophomore year

th3answ3r · 08-13-2010, 10:51 AM

i've never heard of parkdale lol. im in markham. im chinese so alot of college kids neglect to play with me idk why. ive played with some guys who play rep in the ontario basketball association though.

Superjudge · 08-13-2010, 11:47 AM

Well honestly, if you Google "Steve Nash Basketball drills" there are tonnes there to learn.

My own personal advice;

1. Always, ALWAYS do everything properly with the proper technique.

2. Never cheat on your weak hand/ side. If you are right handed, do more reps with you left on every drill until you see no difference. Again, technique over speed. A slow technically sound player Kills a fast streetballer every time. Speed will come with repetition of proper technique.

3. There is no drill, ever, that will require your head and eyes to be 100% facing up. Never look down, ever and always get your head pointed to where you wanna go first, your body will follow (thats a personal one of mine, and it makes a huge difference if you wanna be considered to have "eyes in the back of your head"

As far as game play. You're a PG. Your job, is to be calm, and to be a leader. Your job is not to score unless the play calls for it. At your level, because you are new to it, and young and raw, think more Jose Calderon, and less Chris Paul. Forcing the issue will always turn out bad.

Lastly. Have fun man, it's just a game. And if you're smiling, as the PG and as the leader, you will calm your teammates down, and they will in turn have fun, an they will play better. They will calm down and make plays. Your team will always win in scrimmage. Winners make teams. Show offs watch from the stands.

J-Bo · 08-13-2010, 12:26 PM

Try not to stay nervous..you tend to screw up more so just try to stay calm but focus and play your game.

Barracuda · 08-13-2010, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superjudge

Well honestly, if you Google "Steve Nash Basketball drills" there are tonnes there to learn.

My own personal advice;

1. Always, ALWAYS do everything properly with the proper technique.

2. Never cheat on your weak hand/ side. If you are right handed, do more reps with you left on every drill until you see no difference. Again, technique over speed. A slow technically sound player Kills a fast streetballer every time. Speed will come with repetition of proper technique.

3. There is no drill, ever, that will require your head and eyes to be 100% facing up. Never look down, ever and always get your head pointed to where you wanna go first, your body will follow (thats a personal one of mine, and it makes a huge difference if you wanna be considered to have "eyes in the back of your head"

As far as game play. You're a PG. Your job, is to be calm, and to be a leader. Your job is not to score unless the play calls for it. At your level, because you are new to it, and young and raw, think more Jose Calderon, and less Chris Paul. Forcing the issue will always turn out bad.

Lastly. Have fun man, it's just a game. And if you're smiling, as the PG and as the leader, you will calm your teammates down, and they will in turn have fun, an they will play better. They will calm down and make plays. Your team will always win in scrimmage. Winners make teams. Show offs watch from the stands.

If you taught me all this while we were at Hoopdome, maybe the videos wouldn't be so embarrassing!

Dark Knight · 08-13-2010, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Superjudge

Dude.

Where do you live?
If you're close to Parkdale I'd be happy to help you out. It would be fun.

Superjudge · 08-13-2010, 01:06 PM

Shhhh

th3answ3r · 08-13-2010, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superjudge

Well honestly, if you Google "Steve Nash Basketball drills" there are tonnes there to learn.

My own personal advice;

1. Always, ALWAYS do everything properly with the proper technique.

2. Never cheat on your weak hand/ side. If you are right handed, do more reps with you left on every drill until you see no difference. Again, technique over speed. A slow technically sound player Kills a fast streetballer every time. Speed will come with repetition of proper technique.

3. There is no drill, ever, that will require your head and eyes to be 100% facing up. Never look down, ever and always get your head pointed to where you wanna go first, your body will follow (thats a personal one of mine, and it makes a huge difference if you wanna be considered to have "eyes in the back of your head"

As far as game play. You're a PG. Your job, is to be calm, and to be a leader. Your job is not to score unless the play calls for it. At your level, because you are new to it, and young and raw, think more Jose Calderon, and less Chris Paul. Forcing the issue will always turn out bad.

Lastly. Have fun man, it's just a game. And if you're smiling, as the PG and as the leader, you will calm your teammates down, and they will in turn have fun, an they will play better. They will calm down and make plays. Your team will always win in scrimmage. Winners make teams. Show offs watch from the stands.

so i somewhat look at the ball?

bjjs · 08-13-2010, 02:04 PM

If you weren't on the team last year, and people don't expect you to make it this year, nobody is going to pass you the ball in tryouts.

Go for every offensive rebound, it's the only way you'll get the basketball.

Go for a lot of steals, play defense like a madman. Search out opportunities to guard the best players from the team last year, and foul them every time they have a chance to score, and when someone calls a foul, deny it and act like guarding those guys is as natural as eating breakfast.

th3answ3r · 08-13-2010, 02:19 PM

no one on the team knows me except one but he doesn't know i ball. played in a school 3on3 tourney and thought the team didn't seemed like ballers, but more like oversized chinese kids who could run and i thought i did well guarding them. i shut them down but was barely an offensive asset as my team mates never passed to me. maybe because the school is primarily chinese the expectations are lower. my friend who's around my height was on the team and he was very athletic but couldnt ball.

Superjudge · 08-13-2010, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by th3answ3r

so i somewhat look at the ball?

It was a typo, I'm bad for that, sorry bro, keep the head up always.

Superjudge · 08-13-2010, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjjs

If you weren't on the team last year, and people don't expect you to make it this year, nobody is going to pass you the ball in tryouts.

Go for every offensive rebound, it's the only way you'll get the basketball.

Go for a lot of steals, play defense like a madman. Search out opportunities to guard the best players from the team last year, and foul them every time they have a chance to score, and when someone calls a foul, deny it and act like guarding those guys is as natural as eating breakfast.

Are you serious?

He isn't trying out for a playground team.

Good lord young man, don't listen this type of crap.

Go watch the Nash drills and repeat them until your hands bleeds.

Tryouts are about 90% drills and conditioning and 10% scrimmage. Coaches don't care who passes you the ball, but they watch what you do when you get it.

You job is to rock the drills and show them you have heart, and that you care about doing them right.

Superjudge · 08-13-2010, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by th3answ3r

no one on the team knows me except one but he doesn't know i ball. played in a school 3on3 tourney and thought the team didn't seemed like ballers, but more like oversized chinese kids who could run and i thought i did well guarding them. i shut them down but was barely an offensive asset as my team mates never passed to me. maybe because the school is primarily chinese the expectations are lower. my friend who's around my height was on the team and he was very athletic but couldnt ball.

Well if all else fails, offer your coach a weekend with the gal in your avatar, that might work!

th3answ3r · 08-13-2010, 04:41 PM

aight thx for the tips. ill work on those steve nash drills. still clueless on what i should do after i bring the ball up the court. i know plays but teAMMATES certainly wont; i dont want isolation game

N64 · 08-13-2010, 07:31 PM

Lol i remember back when I was on the school team in gr9...a benchwarmer but still had a good time on the team. Was around the same height as you too, played shooting guard, had limited dribbling skills but I could shoot, used to watch old Pete Mavarich shooting videos back in the day so I had a proper shot, and I hit a lot of shots during tryouts lol...honestly like people said, just keep practicing and play against others whenever you can, the more practice the better.

Was only on the team in gr9 tbh...people were growing and I really wasn't till gr11...I'm 5'11 now but I'm more of a baseball and tennis player now

js12 · 08-13-2010, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by th3answ3r

aight thx for the tips. ill work on those steve nash drills. still clueless on what i should do after i bring the ball up the court. i know plays but teAMMATES certainly wont; i dont want isolation game

You said you're trying out for point guard right? Cause if you are, it's your job to direct everyone. Make contact with a player, and do simple hand motions. Wave your hand around emphatically to signal a cut. Motion a finger for a person to come for a pick. They're ball players, so if they don't know what those gestures mean they really shouldn't be trying out.

EDIT: Oh yeah, coaches look for point guards who can use hand signals in their tryouts, so again be sure to use them. They always look for people who can seem to direct basketball traffic, so using those gestures won't hurt.

js12 · 08-13-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffb

Oh... and clap on D, it works everytime. lol

Lol, I actually have a funny story about that. When Jose was my favourite player, I always tried to base my game off his. I was easily the worst defender out of every one of my friends that I play with.

But then, one day, me and my friends were playing with these older kids. One of them pissed the hell out of me by trash talking and etc. So, I played my hardest D possible on him. Oh man, I never knew I could play defense like that. So since then, I stopped basing my defensive game of Jose's, and incredibly I don't suck that bad on defense. I'm not gonna say I'm the best defender now, but at least I'm average now.

KollegeKid · 08-13-2010, 09:58 PM

Basically what everyone else been saying.

When I made my high school team, it was mainly cuz of my defence and hustle up and down the court, since I didn't really have many opportunities to score because of all the ball hogs. Just keep your feet moving, and if you can, train on your endurance before the tryouts, like do suicides back and forth. Also, during tryout scrimmages, don't force a bad pass; a big problem in high school ball is turnovers - so make smart easy passes.

Nites · 08-14-2010, 06:05 AM

My try outs in highschool were 50% conditioning, 30% drills, and 20% scrimmaging.

Nites · 08-14-2010, 06:10 AM

Some people have it easy in tryouts. Like Trane. He can dunk flat footed which get's him a automactic spot on the team,

08-14-2010, 06:16 AM

senior year? You'll finally come up against some real defense.

In order to make this team you'll need more then just hustle.

At 5-7, that jump-shot has to be CONSISTENT, handles top-notch, and strength well above average.

If you're 120 lbs, something's wrong. My honest opinion bud.

I played ball through high school and university, it even got me a scholarship... not a job though... thank the lord for teachers college

Don't forget about that education!!

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08-13-2010, 10:51 AM	#21 (permalink)
th3answ3r is not changing this sig until we win a playoff series everyones a critic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,413 Representing:	i've never heard of parkdale lol. im in markham. im chinese so alot of college kids neglect to play with me idk why. ive played with some guys who play rep in the ontario basketball association though.

08-13-2010, 11:47 AM	#22 (permalink)
Superjudge is pounding the rock! Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 17,592 Representing:	Well honestly, if you Google "Steve Nash Basketball drills" there are tonnes there to learn. My own personal advice; 1. Always, ALWAYS do everything properly with the proper technique. 2. Never cheat on your weak hand/ side. If you are right handed, do more reps with you left on every drill until you see no difference. Again, technique over speed. A slow technically sound player Kills a fast streetballer every time. Speed will come with repetition of proper technique. 3. There is no drill, ever, that will require your head and eyes to be 100% facing up. Never look down, ever and always get your head pointed to where you wanna go first, your body will follow (thats a personal one of mine, and it makes a huge difference if you wanna be considered to have "eyes in the back of your head" As far as game play. You're a PG. Your job, is to be calm, and to be a leader. Your job is not to score unless the play calls for it. At your level, because you are new to it, and young and raw, think more Jose Calderon, and less Chris Paul. Forcing the issue will always turn out bad. Lastly. Have fun man, it's just a game. And if you're smiling, as the PG and as the leader, you will calm your teammates down, and they will in turn have fun, an they will play better. They will calm down and make plays. Your team will always win in scrimmage. Winners make teams. Show offs watch from the stands.

08-13-2010, 12:26 PM	#23 (permalink)
J-Bo . Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,687 Representing:	Try not to stay nervous..you tend to screw up more so just try to stay calm but focus and play your game.

08-13-2010, 01:06 PM	#26 (permalink)
Superjudge is pounding the rock! Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 17,592 Representing:	Shhhh

08-13-2010, 02:04 PM	#28 (permalink)
bjjs a baller Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 8,187 Representing:	If you weren't on the team last year, and people don't expect you to make it this year, nobody is going to pass you the ball in tryouts. Go for every offensive rebound, it's the only way you'll get the basketball. Go for a lot of steals, play defense like a madman. Search out opportunities to guard the best players from the team last year, and foul them every time they have a chance to score, and when someone calls a foul, deny it and act like guarding those guys is as natural as eating breakfast.

08-13-2010, 02:19 PM	#29 (permalink)
th3answ3r is not changing this sig until we win a playoff series everyones a critic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,413 Representing:	no one on the team knows me except one but he doesn't know i ball. played in a school 3on3 tourney and thought the team didn't seemed like ballers, but more like oversized chinese kids who could run and i thought i did well guarding them. i shut them down but was barely an offensive asset as my team mates never passed to me. maybe because the school is primarily chinese the expectations are lower. my friend who's around my height was on the team and he was very athletic but couldnt ball.

08-13-2010, 07:31 PM	#34 (permalink)
N64 not here Wildcard Bitches Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 7,617 Representing:	Lol i remember back when I was on the school team in gr9...a benchwarmer but still had a good time on the team. Was around the same height as you too, played shooting guard, had limited dribbling skills but I could shoot, used to watch old Pete Mavarich shooting videos back in the day so I had a proper shot, and I hit a lot of shots during tryouts lol...honestly like people said, just keep practicing and play against others whenever you can, the more practice the better. Was only on the team in gr9 tbh...people were growing and I really wasn't till gr11...I'm 5'11 now but I'm more of a baseball and tennis player now

08-13-2010, 09:58 PM	#37 (permalink)
KollegeKid fist pumping. Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 168 Representing:	Basically what everyone else been saying. When I made my high school team, it was mainly cuz of my defence and hustle up and down the court, since I didn't really have many opportunities to score because of all the ball hogs. Just keep your feet moving, and if you can, train on your endurance before the tryouts, like do suicides back and forth. Also, during tryout scrimmages, don't force a bad pass; a big problem in high school ball is turnovers - so make smart easy passes.

08-14-2010, 06:05 AM	#38 (permalink)
Nites is all bout dat life Can't knock the Hustle Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver Posts: 14,923 Representing:	My try outs in highschool were 50% conditioning, 30% drills, and 20% scrimmaging.

08-14-2010, 06:10 AM	#39 (permalink)
Nites is all bout dat life Can't knock the Hustle Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver Posts: 14,923 Representing:	Some people have it easy in tryouts. Like Trane. He can dunk flat footed which get's him a automactic spot on the team,

08-14-2010, 06:16 AM	#40 (permalink)
Kuzzy is pounding the rock! (Edit) Guest Posts: n/a Representing:	senior year? You'll finally come up against some real defense. In order to make this team you'll need more then just hustle. At 5-7, that jump-shot has to be CONSISTENT, handles top-notch, and strength well above average. If you're 120 lbs, something's wrong. My honest opinion bud. I played ball through high school and university, it even got me a scholarship... not a job though... thank the lord for teachers college Don't forget about that education!!