Basketball IQ: Do You Have It Or Not?
“It was as if he could see three steps ahead of everyone else… While they were waiting for the play to happen, he was planning the next one.”
- Bill Walton on NBA Legend Larry Bird
It was driving me crazy…
My coach kept yelling from the bench “hit the cutter!” and “split the gap!” but I had no idea what he was talking about.
What gap? What cutter?
Am I the only one who doesn’t see ANY of this???
My teammates didn’t seem to have any problem with the offensive sets, or making the right plays… Heck, my coach always seemed to be congratulating them and doing them favours.
In fact, one of my friends on the team (who I know for a FACT never trained in the offseason) was out there making plays like he had eyes in the back of his head… It was like he could just THINK on a totally different level than all the players out there.
It wasn’t much of a surprise when he was named the team captain (and MVP later on).
And so it went on…
…I had low basketball IQ.
Sure, I could shoot the ball pretty well, and I performed decent in scrimmages and one on one games… But when it came time to lace ‘em up and hit the floor for a REAL game, it felt as though things just…. Moved too fast for me…
…Like everyone else SAW things that I didn’t, and made plays that I couldn’t.
My decisions were slow on the floor, and I always felt a step or two behind everyone else.
Luckily, I found a way to speed up my decision making and increase my basketball IQ rather dramatically, and I’m going to share those solutions with you in the coming days.
But first, there’s a quick test you need to take to determine if your basketball IQ is holding you back from reaching the next level:
(Remember to be brutally honest with yourself as you answer, this is critical to your performance):
1.) In practice, does your coach ever spend time explaining a set play, but then as soon as he is done and sends you off to practice it, you forget what to do?
2.) Do you have trouble following along as he is explaining the play?
3.) Do you get your passes picked off, or the ball stolen from you often?
4.) Are you great at stealing passes, or do you struggle to anticipate quickly enough?
5.) Do you tend to wonder what the coach is thinking of you while a play is going on?
If you’ve ever struggled with these problems yourself, THE FASTEST way to improve your game will come through improving your Basketball IQ.
Most people don’t believe that you can improve your basketball IQ at all – you’re either born with it or you aren’t…
…Well, I’m here to tell you that (luckily), that’s not true.
You CAN improve your basketball IQ, you just have to use the right “cognitive training.”
This is something I can help with with, but first take that test and let me know if you need it in the first place.
So go ahead answer those 5 questions, then let me know how you tested in the comments below. I’ll be back in a day or two with a few tricks to rapidly improving your Basketball IQ!
- Taylor
Yes, yes YES! This is something I am definitely having trouble with. Any resources you can direct me to would help tremendously. Thank you Taylor. I am looking forward to the next update.
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Elaine Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
Yes. I need serious help with my basketball I Q.
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youre th man. i need this – when will you write the next article?
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I still don’t know if it’s possible to improve something like basketball iq, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on it. Looking forward to this.
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I make a lot of bad decisions. A lot of steals and deflections. I also take.shots that I regret after.
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Yes, sometimes, no, yes, yes
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1.) In practice, does your coach ever spend time explaining a set play, but then as soon as he is done and sends you off to practice it, you forget what to do?
Nope
2.) Do you have trouble following along as he is explaining the play?
Only if i feel like the play isn’t really effective.
3.) Do you get your passes picked off, or the ball stolen from you often?
Usually my passes might get picked off at least once a game, but lately i’ve been able to be more patient with the ball and better decision making in passing since i got Effective Ballhandling.
4.) Are you great at stealing passes, or do you struggle to anticipate quickly enough?
I’m not great at stealing passes, but i think it’s only because i don’t have very quick and explosive feet. it might also be the quickness of my anticipation too. im not sure.
5.) Do you tend to wonder what the coach is thinking of you while a play is going on?
This is what i do all the time. everytime a sub comes in from our team, i always wonder if they are going to sub me out.
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1) YES, all the time.
2) Yes, but i think its because i lose concentration by something else half-way through.
3) I only really have one bad pass per game usually.
4) I made my own method for stealing passes that works well.(along with dominate on defense’ help of course)
5) I always wonder what the coach is thinking about me, i seem to think he is constantly judging me.
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I am not able to give objective answers because I am not a professional basketball player. I’ve been in real basketball club only for half an year or so…
* I was stealing much
* I was comprehending everything explained to me PROVIDED THAT:
– I was understanding it at that time…simply because I do not understand the game of basketball in such detail, this is something I’m working on – reading, watching, becoming student of the game.
Basically I think I am far from the worst case of No Basketball IQ, but the ceiling has to be limitless so I would be very happy to be given some tips on improving this. Looking forward !
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please help
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1) NO
2) NO
3) NO
4) YES
5) NO
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1) no, I always remember the plays, even the position i’m not playing(eg. SF, PF, C)
2) no, i can always follow what the coaches say unless they speak another language i dun know.
3) sometimes, I feel like I dun know if i should pass or “do it myself” in gametime.
4) not many steals, but I can still make them back off a lil’ bit as they’re scared of the ball being stolen.
5) sometimes, when making decisions, I wonder if the coach allows me to do it. However, when i dun even care the coach(something like ignoring them), I make decisions quickly and aggressively.
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1. Yes I forget
2. Yes I have trouble
3. I always get the ball stoken from me or my passes picked
4. Im usually a step late and find myself having to recover after often
5. Of course I wonder what he sees on the court so I can make the right play
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1)no
2)no
3)yes
4)yes
5)no
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1.) In practice, does your coach ever spend time explaining a set play, but then as soon as he is done and sends you off to practice it, you forget what to do?
-Yes this happen to me every single time he put in a new.
2.) Do you have trouble following along as he is explaining the play?
- didnt have trouble going along with it, but when i hit the court i forgot the play
3.) Do you get your passes picked off, or the ball stolen from you often?
-I get my passed picked off all the time, i dont get the ball stolen cause my handles are good. but turn the ball over a lot in diff ways.
4.) Are you great at stealing passes, or do you struggle to anticipate quickly enough?
-im horrible at anticipating the passes.
5.) Do you tend to wonder what the coach is thinking of you while a play is going on?
-i always worries about this
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1. Sometimes
2. Sometimes
3. Not to often
4. I’m typically slow or I over anticipate then overplay
5. ALL THE TIME….this is dumb but I’m always concerned about what my coach thinks about my performance
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1.Yes
2. Sometimes
3. My passes get picked off a lot, and I get stripped a lot.
4. Yes, most definitely.
5.No
Thanks for the great article Taylor. I am looking forward to the next article.
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1.) Sometimes true. I can run the play in my position, but once she tells us to rotate to a different position I screw everything up.
2.) When she only explains it in words I can’t follow at all, if she diagrams it out or drags me through the position I understand it completely.
3.) Sometimes because I’m pretty bad at telegraphing my passes.
4.) Sometimes I can steal the ball when I’m in the right place at the right time.
5.) Only when I make a huge mistake I worry about what she’s thinking of me. When I make a great play I want to know what she’s thinking of me.
So looking forward to the next article; Basketball IQ is one of ‘My Limitations’ in the Goal-Getting Cheat Sheet. Thanks Taylor!
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1) No
2) Yes
3) Yes
4) i don’t have very quick and explosive feet. it might also be the quickness of my anticipation too. im not sure.
5) No
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1 yes
2 yes
3 not much
4 yes
5 sometimes
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mmmm… All of them applied earlier this season, but only one or two now
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1.) Yes, absolutely. I have immense trouble understanding plays.
2.) This question doesn’t seem too different from the first, but again, yes. Huge struggle
3.) No. I’m a very good passer an ball handler.
4.) I’m team leader in steals.
5.) Not during plays but I’m always trying to impress my coach and make him see that I am a much better player than he seems to think.
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yer my memories pretty good, so am good with plays
but i do struggle with the bottom three
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1 no
2 no
3 no
4 half and half
5 yes
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3/5 were yes
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1.) no
2.) no
3.) Yes and its very frustrating it’s like sometimes the D just takes over my dribble, or knows where i’m passing before i do.
4.) i’m ok at doing this but thats not good enough, i need help and some major work, i need to be making a movie before they know what their doing.
5.) in my right mind set no i don’t but if i mess up then i start to think that!
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Omg, this is exactly what’s happening with me
Thank you so much for showing this to me, now i only need to find out how to address this problem.
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I have a low basketball IQ but I want to increase it.
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Yes,yes,yes,yes, and yes!!!
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1)yes
2)yes
3)no
4)no
5)yes
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1.yeah,that has happened with me before.i coundn’t perform the figure 8.
2.yeah cause he was talkin about defensive and offensive systems like pick and roll,post up,that i coundn’t follow cause i got confused and scared.
3.used to have my passes intersepted and have the ball stolen,and i still have those problems time to time but not so often.
4.i’m struggling unfortunately.
5.yeah,cause i know that if i do one simple mistake,i’m gonna sit at the end of bench.
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I don’t have a lot of trouble with the first two questions, but the rest is yes!!! I’m not that aggresive, and my Bball IQ is not that hi.
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1.i dont forget the plays.
2no.
3 yes i get it stolen alot.
4im average.
5. yes
any help would be amazing
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I sometimes have trouble forgetting what the play is right after he explains it but in the game I’m good to go. No I do not have struggles following along and I don’t get passes stolen or taken from me. I am decent at stealing the ball though. No I don’t think what the coach is thinking about me.
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Yes
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No I don’t for q:1
No for Q:2
Sometimes for Q:3
I anticipate passes fairly well but sometimes it comes back to bite me
and Yes i do worry about what the coach is thinking
Ethan
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1. no
2. sometimes
3. sometimes
4. excellent anticipation
5. I have trouble understanding when to be aggressive and when not to. Am getting much faster and quicker at recognizing
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Yes, Sometimes, rarely but it has happened, yes, all the time
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1.) Yes, sometimes
2.) Sometimes, yes.
3.) Sometimes, yes.
4.) Yes, I’m pretty good at anticipating passes on defense.
5.) Yes when I cause a turnover or foul or do something silly during the game.
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yes, no, no, yes, yes.
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Yes to all of the above. I’ve been thinking about this lately and I was wondering if it was possible to improve your basketball IQ. Thanks Taylor for sending this out. If you have any resources that would help me with this it would be great if you could help. Again Taylor you come to the rescue. I’m excited to see what I can do to improve.
Thanks,
Connor
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i really need improvement in this area because everything in those questions is things that i do all the time. so please help me out Taylor. excitied for the next update
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Used to have all those problems.
<3 Intelligym
haha
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I got 3 questions positive, but i still want to improve my game how do I do that.
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1. Yes 2. No 3. No 4. No, but I get A LOT of deflections allowing my teammates to get steals. 5. Yes, I feel indecisive many times.
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1. No
2. No
3. Yes
4. No
5. No
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I answered yes to 5/5 of those questions.
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Hi, surely i do worry about what the coach is thinking about me while in the game, i dont get left behind during scrimmages, but as other players play as they want, not what is to be played, they dont seem to hav fault, but once i keep to the teal play, i am always heading off, so when i am leaving the bench, i am also wondering about how i am going to come back
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Sometimes
Sometime yeah
Yes
Pretty rubbish at aticipating
All the time
Confidence is a problem.
I played a match just tonight in which we lost by 20 got the league 1st place decider and I played 1 minute in the last quarter. This is one of the reasons my confidence is low.
Any help on this would be wonderful, Cheers.
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Yes sounds exactly what i went through all last season and cut my playing time a lot! I definitely need help with this!!!
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thanks man havent seen a good article on this, in fact the other day i searched a quiz for it but nothing, i think im solid in all those areas, no problems with #5 but otherwise im doing good, for me its just all about improving, and tweaking my GOOD skills into GREAT skills. thanks man
jake
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jake Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
but id love any advice on how to improve my basketball iq thanks
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Yes
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no, no, yes, no, yes
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1.) yes
2.) Not so much
3.) Sometimes
4.) Im terrible at stealing
5.) Yes
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Yes, yes, yes, no, no
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1.yes
2.yes
3.yes
4.struggle to anticipate
5. yes im worried what if i mess up
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YES…this is exactly me on the court. I am looking forward to reading your next article.
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The only things I have problem with when it comes to basketball IQ getting my passes picked of, getting the ball stolen, and anticipating the other teams passes so I can get steals, and knowing what’s a good shoot
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sometimes, no , no , no i don’t struggle to steal passes, sometimes but I try not to. Thanx Taylor any tips your willing to give I’ll put to work right away. Thanx
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I have struggled with all of the questions that you listed since Ive been playing basketball and I’ve been trying to improve my basketball IQ. I mostly have a hard time with hitting open cutters and knowing when to pass the ball and what my coach is thinking of me when I do run plays or even play. I seriously need to improve my basketball IQ because I basically answered yes to all of the questions. This is something that I am definitely having trouble with and any info on it would be great. I am looking forward to the next update, thanks you a lot Taylor.
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Yes, Yes, Sometimes can yu please help me with this one, Yes. Thank you
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Yes yes, please tell me the solution
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1. No
2. Sometimes but he’s not always clear and forgets that he changes it every 10 sec
3. Yes
4. Sometimes I have good games but not consistently
5. Yes always.
thanks for the post I’m always looking to up my IQ
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1.sometimes
2.NO
3.NO
4.YES
5.Yea on certain plays
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1.) No
2.) Yes
3.) Yes
4.) i am ok at stealing
5.) YES!!!!!! i get very so anxcious
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sometimes, sometimes,sometimes ,no,no
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1) yes
2)yes
3)yes
4)no
5)yes I’m worried what will happen if I screw up
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1.No
2.No
3.No
4.Im in the middle
5.Yes
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1. Yes I always messed up right when we start the play.
2. Somewhat, but I understand the jist of it for the most part.
3. Yeah it sucks how people laugh at me for turning it over
4. I’m decent but I should get more steals than I do.
5. No the coach does not like me.
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Yes
No
No
Yes
No
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1.) yes
2.) yes
3.) yes
4.) I am decent with off ball steals and ok with on ball steals
5.) yes
I generally get lost when my coach is talking and running through plays, and I have the same problem with football, (especially running back plays.) I don’t know if theses are related or not to the basketball IQ struggle. Any advice would be great and I look forward to whatever you can give me advice about. And I look forward to getting your profilic shooting video set.
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1.) No, I write the play in my notebook abd study it.
2.)Yes, I get lost or day dream while he explains it
3.) yes, while I dribble, it’s like they are watching my teammates movement from the back of thier head and pick my pass.
4.)I react slowly when I see a perfect steal pass or to strip the ball.
5.)Yes, I do this so I won’t be benched but I was benched my whole freashmen year anyways.
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1.) No rarely
2.) No
3.) Yes
4.) I’m an average stealer
5.) Yes for sure
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I struggle with all of these except I can steal da ball really good and I really do need help fast before nxt season.
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1) yes
2) sometimes
3) rare
4) no
5) yes
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# 4 is pretty good and getting better…..
#’s 1, 2, 3, and 5 are big collective yes
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Yes, yes, no, good not great at steals, yes.
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1. Sometimes
2. Sometimes
3. Yes
4. Pretty good
5. Yes
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1. No
2. Ocasionally
3. Depending on how good the other team is
4. I don’t have the speed, the quickness, and I don’t anticipate well so I rarely get a steal.
5. Yes
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1) no
2)no
3)no
4)no
5)no
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1. Most definably (This is why I am sometimes scared to play because I can never remember plays)
2. Same as ^^^
3.NO
4. I am great ball stealer
5. Of course
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no, no, yes, no, yes
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well I often get the plays down really well but when it comes game time and we have been running all these plays we switch to motion and then I don’t have a clue anymore
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1. Yes
2. Sometimes
3. No, Not to often but every once in a while
4. Yes, I am very great at stealing passes ,it is like a reflex to me
5. Yes, all of the time
-and yes I do need this
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Yes, no, yes, struggle, yes
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No, No, No, Yes, Yes
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1) No
2) No
3) No
4) Yes
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1. Sometimes
2. Not really
3. Hell yeah
4. Not overly
5. Always
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1) no
2)no
3) no
4) yes
5) yes
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yes, yes, sometimes, im bad at anticipating, yes
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yes yes yes yes yes
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Once every 2 games
4. In the middle
5. Yes
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1) yes
2)yes
3)yes
4)yes
5)yes
I don’t follow his rules, i just do it my own way, he tells me to go where the pick is leading me to but i attack the lead foot instead and i get fouled sometimes and get to the freethow line, easy buckets!
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Hey,
Well, I happened to answer yes to all the five questions above and I am really interested in working on my game, to reach the next level.
-Maritza Meza
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yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
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1) yes
2) yes
3) Yes
4) Yes
5) yes
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1) Sometimes
2)Sometimes
3) Not as often
4) Im alright-good
5)Sometimes
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excited to see the questions.
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1.) sometimes
2.) depends if it is a long play then I do struggle but try to keep summarizing how the play goes in my headto get it all straight
3.) I am careful before I pass it and look first if it’s a good pass or a or it’s a force pass that will lead to a turnover, so my passes do get picked off often and barley really do get the ball stolen
4.) actually I kind of do get a bit of steals, last game I got 2 steals
5.) sometimes because I have a feeling I could screw up and its not a good sign to the coach either
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1. Sometimes
2.) depends if it is a long play then I do struggle a bit but keep summarizing in my head to get it all straight
3.) most of my passes are picked off because I usually always think first if it’s a good pass or a bad force pass that could lead to a turnover
4.) Actually I kind of am pretty well at stealing the ball last game I got 2 steals
5.) sometimes because I have a feeling ithat I could screw up which is a bad sign to the coach
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1)Yes
2)Yes
3)Sometimes yes, sometimes no
4)Yes
5)Sometimes yes, sometimes no
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no, no, yes, no, no
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1.) yes
2.) Sometimes
3.) Sometimes
4.) Sometimes
5.) yes, i tend to get conscious of what i’m doing
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1. yes
2. no
3. no
4. yes
5. yes
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No, no, sometimes picked off, never stolen from behind, usually struggle, yes I wonder
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yes
not really
yes
i am on the average
yes, mostly when i make mistakes
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yes,yes,no,yes,yes
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1yes
2no
3yes
4yes
5no
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Sometimes, No, Yes, Yes, Yes
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I didnt pass the five question test.
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no . no. sometimes. sometimes and no
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Yes
yes
no
Pretty good a stealing passes
sometimes
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i answered yes to almost every question. i definately have trouble keeping up with the game.
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1. No just a little confused
2. No
3. yea
4. Sometimes I can anticipate quickly enough not all the time it depends on what position the player is playing if it was a guard no forward or center yea
5. yea
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1. No
2. No
3.yes
4.struggle
5.yes
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1.yes
2.yes
3.sometimes
4.sometimes
5.yessssss
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1.sometimes: if it is a simple pick-n-roll or other easy play i can do that but if it is a hard play most of the times i don’t understand( in my team we only have pick-n-roll so there are no hard plays
2. sometimes. the same as the first one.
3. yes like 6 times a game
4.im ok but not always i pick up bad passes. some games i finish with 8 steals and some games with non
5.i think more what the croud is thinking about me
p.s sorry for the english
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no
no
no
yes
yes
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1. no
2. no
3. yes
4. struggle
5. yes
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1.) yes
2.) sometimes
3.) yes
4.) don’t struggle
5.) no
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1. sometimes
2. No
3. No
4. Yes
5. Yes
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barely, never, yes, okay, all the time!
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1. Most of the time
2. Rarely
3. Sometimes
4. I can anticipate them sometimes
5. I always think about it. Even when the play is going on
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1. no
2. sometimes
3. yes
4. i struggle to anticipate
5. all the time
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omg my IQ sucks
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no, no, yes, struggle, yes
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no,yes,yes,yes,yes
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1. No
2. No
3. No
4. Struggle usually. I feel like it is become I am not very quick but I just started using TAQ this week so I expect to get a lot quicker.
5. Yes, I always try to act perfect in front of my coach and this is something I really need help on.
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1)sometimes
2)no
3)sometimes
4)im not great but good
5)yes
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Sometimes… sometimes…..no… no…. yes
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yes, yes, yes, yes ,yes
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not often, no, no, yes, no.
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1.no
2.no
3.no
4.yes
5.yes
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yes,no,sometimes,sometimes,yes
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1) No
2) No
3) Not really
4) Yes, I’m good, not great.
5) Yes, I do.
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1. Mostly and sometimes i just run the play but don’t understand the purpose of it. Then i did all the details wrong
2. sometimes
3. sometimes
4.I’m only good at stealing from dribbler but bad anticipation with the passes
5. yes
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1.) No
2.) Sometimes
3.) No
4.) Struggle
5.) Yes I do
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no, sometimes, sometimes, yes, yes
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1.yes. 2.yes 3. No. 4. No. 5. Yes
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Yes yes yrs yes yes
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yes
yes
yes
sometimes
sometimes
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3 of 5 need help!
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sometimes
Sometimes
no
yes steal the ball from slow ball handlers and people who dont have handles, sometimes people with handles
yes alot
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1. always
2. always
3.sometimes
4.sometimes
5.yes
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1yes
2yes
3no
4no
5no
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Yes
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1. no
2.yes but once he explains it again i understand it
3.i get my passes picked off but i dont get the ball stolen from me
4.no
5.sometimes
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i have horrible basketball IQ. that is one of the main reasons i quit last year. because i simply could not remember any of the drills or plays.
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Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
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1 No
2 No
3 Yes
4 Struggle
5 Yes
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1. Sometimes
2. No
3. Yes
4. Struggle
5. Sometimes
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1. No
2. No
3. Sometimes
4. I’m ok at it
5. YES!
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Kiera Reply:
May 17th, 2011 at 10:03 pm
sometimes
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Kiera Reply:
May 17th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
1. Sometimes
2. Sometimes
3. Yes
4. kinda Struggle
5. yes
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yes, yes, sometimes, no, YES
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Kiera Reply:
May 17th, 2011 at 10:04 pm
yes
[Reply]
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. someimes
5. All the time
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moses Reply:
May 7th, 2011 at 3:59 am
i surely need help from you.
regards
moses
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Kiera Reply:
May 17th, 2011 at 10:05 pm
somrtimes
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1. no
2. no
3.sometimes
4.kinda struggle
5.yes
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Kiera Reply:
May 17th, 2011 at 10:06 pm
kinda struggle
[Reply]
1. no
2. no
3. sometimes
4. im slighty above average when it comes to stealing
5. Yes all the time
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1. Usually, I’ll forget how to run it smoothly and some key parts of it.
2. Not really, I can follow it while he’s explaining it mostly.
3. My passes rarely get picked off.
4. I’m pretty good at stealing the ball and my anticipation is decent but my coach said he sees a slight hesitation that costs too much time to give up for potential steals.
5. I always am thinking of what the coach is thinking of me, if he’s watching me then, what is he noticing about me, things that give him a hard time or ways I may be even annoying him.
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1. Sometimes i forget parts of the play
2. sometimes i get lost
3. No i don’t get my passes picked off, because i make safe passes, but i’m not a great passer. i get some nice passes once in a while. I also get the ball stolen from me because i overdribble or pick the ball up to early.
4. I’m pretty good at stealing the ball and anticipating, but i’m not a great man to man defender and sometimes i overhelp on drives, leaving my vunerable to blowbys my man.
5. Yes, i wonder what my coach thinks of me .
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1. No
2. No
3. Yes
4. Struggle
5. Yes
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1. Sometimes
2. No
3. Yes
4. No, I struggle anticipating quickly enough
5. Yes
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1 yes
2 sometimes
3 no
4 not to good at it
5 i get a bit nervous after hes explained it a couple of times
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. very rare
4. Average
5. Yes
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Hey Taylor, it’s Kowhai. I do have trouble with sometimes trying to anticipate where passes need to go because I focus too much on my man, and not nearly enough on the entire game. I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me.
Thanks, Kowhai
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1 .some plays i have forgotten parts of em
2. i follow alog fine when a coach explains a play
3.i get my passes stolen sometimes when i try and thread the pass too much
4.i am good at it but do struggle at anticipating the pass quick enough
5. i wonder what a coach is thinking alot because i want to b better every second on the floor
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1.yes
2.yes
3.yes
4.no
5.yes
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No
Not often, but maybe once or twice a game
Sometimes
I can be good at times, I anticipate them but don’t go after them unless It’s obvious the ball will be in my hand
I tend to, usually I’m focused on the game but if its a dead ball or something I might
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i have problem with numbers 3 though 5
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1. yes
2. yes at times
3. yes my balls are picked so often
4. i struggle to anticipate the pass
5. yes when i do some mistake in a game.
SURELY I NEED HELP FROM YOU.
regards
moses orieba
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1 Sometimes
2 Sometimes
3 Yes
4 Yes
5 Yes
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1. yes
2.no
3.yes
4.im alrite
5.yes!!!
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1. sometimes
2. no
3. no
4. so so
5. no
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1.) No
2.) No
3.) Sometimes
4.) Pretty good
5.) Yes
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sometimes
im better off if i see it done first
No
Struggle
YES
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yes no sometimes sometimes sometimes
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1 no
2no
3 sometimes
4 sometimes
5yes
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no,sometimes,yes, im ok , yes
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1.Sometimes
2.Sometimes
3.Sometimes
4.Sometimes
5.Sometimes
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1)yes, all the time,major factor in me getting cut sophmore year
2)yes,another major factor
3)i don’t often play organized basketball,so no
4)i am good at predicting where the ball is going
5)yes i feel like he is about to yell at me and take me out or something worse
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1. yes
2. no
3. all the time
4. i’m sporadic. sometimes i’m good sometimes i’m not
5. yes
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1. No, I don’t have trouble performing the plays once we have learned them.
2. I don’t have trouble following along to what the coach is saying.
3. Yes, I get passes intercepted all the time.
4. I am normally slow to anticipate passes and don’t intercept many passes.
5. Yes, I wonder what the coach is thinking of me all the time.
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1.yes
2.yes
3.no
4. I struggle to anticipate quickly enough
5.yes
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1. Not so much.
2. No. I can follow his explainations.
3. Yes.
4. I’m not great, but I can do it sometimes.
5. Not so much. I’m just playing the game.
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1. Yes
2. No
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
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1. I am okay at it
2. no
3. yes
4.I struggle at it
5. no
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1. i’m ok with it
2. easy ones like pick and roll i am ok but harder ones i have problem especially during game time
3. sometimes
4. quite good
5. yes
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1.no
2.no
3.sometimes
4.sometimes
5.YES!!!!!!!!
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no
no
yes
yes i’m decent at stealing passes
yes
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yes,yes,yes,struggle,yes
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1. Yes
2.no
3.sometimes
4.I’m good at inticipating passes
5.yes
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. No
5. No
I need help. I want to raise my Ball IQ.
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yes
sometimes
sometimes
im ok at it
yes
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1. no
2. sometimes
3. sometimes
4. sometimes
5. YES
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1. sometimes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Sometimes I am good at stealing the ball other times not to good
5. yes
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1) sometimes
2) yes
3) no
4) struggle
5) sometimes
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Yes to everything
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1. sometimes
2. no
3. sometimes
4. Yes
5. Yes
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1.Sometimes
2.No
3.No
4.yes. 5.NO
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1.yes!
2.yes
3.yes
4.sometimes
5.yes
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1 yes
2 yes
3 yes
4 sometimes
5 yes alot!!!!
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1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. struggle
5. A lot
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1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. struggle
5. a lot
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1. yes
2. yes
3. at times when i try to over analyze
4. not great at it im ok
5. yeah
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yes i need this!!!!!
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yes to everything, I NEED THIS PROGRAM, THIS WILL TAKE MY GAME TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL
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yes i def need it
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1.) In practice, does your coach ever spend time explaining a set play, but then as soon as he is done and sends you off to practice it, you forget what to do?
Yes
2.) Do you have trouble following along as he is explaining the play?
yes
3.) Do you get your passes picked off, or the ball stolen from you often?
yes
4.) Are you great at stealing passes, or do you struggle to anticipate quickly enough?
great at stealing passes
5.) Do you tend to wonder what the coach is thinking of you while a play is going on?
no
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1.) In practice, does your coach ever spend time explaining a set play, but then as soon as he is done and sends you off to practice it, you forget what to do?
Yes.
2.) Do you have trouble following along as he is explaining the play?
Yes.
3.) Do you get your passes picked off, or the ball stolen from you often?
Yes.
4.) Are you great at stealing passes, or do you struggle to anticipate quickly enough?
Slower reaction to passes.
5.) Do you tend to wonder what the coach is thinking of you while a play is going on?
Yes.I feel as if her eyes are in a deadlock on me.
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1. no
2.no
3.Sometimes
4.no
5.yes
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1.) Yes
2.) Sometimes
3.) Ya, I make bad pass and decisions with the ball
4.) I’m pretty good at stealing passes
5.) Yes
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These are the things that seem to get me put on the bench the most.I am always looking to improve and you described me from head to toe if you could help me with my basketball I.Q. it could do me alot.
2.) Do you have trouble following along as he is explaining the play?
3.) Do you get your passes picked off, or the ball stolen from you often?
4.) Are you great at stealing passes, or do you struggle to anticipate quickly enough?
5.) Do you tend to wonder what the coach is thinking of you while a play is going on?
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please get my iq be great in basketball
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YES YES YES I struggle a bit NO
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1.) yes
2.)it depends on the play
3.)No
4.)I struggle to anticipate passes quick enough because I’m not really explosive quick with my hands or anything.
5.)Sometimes
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1. Yes i DO.
2. YES
3.YES
4.I struggle a little bit.
5.NO i DON’T.
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Not all of my answers were yes but I could still improve on all of them so anything will help.
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Q1: YES I DO FORGET THE PLAYS THAT THE COACH SAID.
Q2: YES BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME WORDS I HAVE TROUBLE KNOWING WHAT THEY MEAN.
Q3: IN REP GAMES I ALWAYS GIVE TURNOVERS AND THEN I HAVE LACK OF CONFIDENCE
Q4: WELL I PICK OFF LOFTED PASSES I HAVE A TENDENCY TO JUMP QUITE HIGH WHEN THERE LOFTED PASSES BUT THEN WHEN I TRY TO JUMP I CANT JUMP AS HIGH
Q5: YES I ALWAYS WONDER IN MY HEAD ‘ I WONDER WHAT THE COACH THOUGHT ABOUT THAT’.
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Oh yes need help bad
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my problem is question 1
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I have problems under questions 2 and 5.. please send me the program to improve my basketball IQ..thanks..
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My son plays D1 basketball. He is 6’8″ 210 athletic and fast. He didn’t start playing the game until he was in high school. I feel he has not utilized his potential to the extent he could.Would like to know a little more about your program and why it is better than a myriad of programs available.
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yes
no
sometimes
yes
YES!!
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1. Yes
2. Sometimes
3. Yes
4. Sometimes see things but dont react quickly.
5. Yes
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Any suggestions you have I am open to coach.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sometimes see but dont react quickly
Yes
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. My pass do get pick often and sometimes I struggle with the ball I can definitely dribble but I guess my confident level is horrible during the game
4. I do struggle a lot in anticipate the pass
5. YES… I tend to always wonder want the coached think of me when a play is going on
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Yes I definitely need help with my basketball IQ
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Need this…
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yesssss i really need this. when im on the court everything seems to be going by so fast so when i get the ball I rush everything. I especially need this as I want to be a point guard and have that Chris Paul IQ
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