Gaining Offense

   Today we have our second basketball practice, which takes place at school. Mr. Li makes some changes for the warm up: usually when we’re doing “Four station,” people on the top would shoot, but now is people at the 2-point line shoot. From now on, the practices would focus more on our offense since we’re good at defense but lacking offense in the tournament. Shooting and cut-in are two only ways that can gain points, and we practice cut-in because most people are afraid of doing so. When the defender is really close to you, it’s the easiest time to cut-in because the defender wouldn’t be able to act so fast. In addition, v-cut, turning, or faking can always be successful while doing cut-in. In another case, which the defender stays where she is instead of approaching you, you can either shoot or pass. So, all team members have to be capable to shoot at everywhere, not just limited to one spot. The whole team has to be more familiar with these offense skills, so that we can get more points for games next year.