During this semester at school I have been doing a new elective called Spec basketball. As you could probably tell from the name, its a class dedicated to learning and developing basketball skills which improves our playing ability. I have learnt a lot of news skills for both my defence and offence which I now use in actual basketball games. Every Wednesday morning our spec basketball class goes to Willetton basketball centre to better develop our basketball skills and to play 5v5 against eachother.
Offence
Throughout this subject I have been taught how to improve my jump shot to make my shots a lot more accurate. At the start of the season I was very unconfident when shooting the ball as my shots wouldn’t go in due to my bad jump shot form, now that I have improved my jump shot I can score most of my points from outside of the paint and even from the 3 point line. I have also learnt how to get open with the ball to get easy open layups with the help on my improved dribbling ability, and I now know how to set an effect screen which improves my teammates and myself on the court.
Defence
The new defence structures that I learnt throughout this subject really benefits my team and myself and the court. One of the most effective defences basketball structures that learnt was shell drill. Shell drill is where your whole team on defence lines up facing their opponent, each time the ball is passed around by the other team you change your stance and get in position for help defence if it is needed. I also learnt how to keep up with my player when running down the court or when moving side to side.
Player Profile
| Name | Lachlan Pearce |
| Weight | 60kg |
| Height | 5’8 |
| Gender | Male |
| Position | Small forward |
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| D.O.B | 05/07/2006 |
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