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[QUOTE="creatorsgam, post: 267377"]
Losing at the X the way we have is so frustrating because we give the other team too many free possessions. On top of that, from what I have been able to see this year, we are too careless on the offensive end and give up the ball too easily. The fact is the game has slowed down and there is less transition than 10 years ago. Teams work the clock and play with it on the perimeter, pick their shot, back it up and retain possession. It is no coincidence that this is the first year I have ever been in favor of introducing a shot clock. Failure to win the ball at the X or giving it away quickly has never been more disastrous to a team's fortunes than the present state of the game, and that just happens to be this teams current Achilles heel. They have got to start treating the rock like it means something and really go after it, because every possession is important.
On a side note, regarding the changing of planes on shots, is that habits can be so tough to break. My coach called me on it in practice one day, noticing that I picked up a habit of always shooting low. Even after a fake on the crease, it was always fake high and go low. All I can say is that it seemed to take a lot of practice to re-wire my motor units to begin to change the shot selection. Much easier said than done, but then again I was never an elite-level Orangman.
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