Basketball positions

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Anonymous wrote:Travel is aau. AAU is travel.

Travel here refers to county

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone wants to be point guard but what are the pros and cons of other positions? Looking to make sure my daughter gets played appropriately on her team. What's the difference between the SG and the wing? (Other than where they stand lol)

Does SG = shooting guard? Shooting guard, as the name implies, is usually a good shooter and a good all around scorer. They are usually pretty athletic and since they are guards, need to be very good ball handlers and have good speed/lateral quickness.

Wings are very similar to shooting guards, they don’t always necessarily have the strong shooting skills, but they are usually very athletic and able to play in both the paint and on the perimeter.

In a modern offense, threes and especially 4s are expected to be able to hit corner 3s

Depends on what kind of offense is run, the personnel, and the level of play.

If the play is high level, the kids will be able to hit baseline jumpers. By middle school, those baseline jumpers will be threes. There is no offense in which forwards aren't expected to be able to shoot unless you're talking about travel or very low level aau

I’ve seen very high level players in high school and college struggle with jump shots. They get by because their athleticism is off the charts. You can eventually learn to shoot, you can’t teach a killer first step or how to play above the rim.

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Anonymous wrote:Travel is aau. AAU is travel.

Travel here refers to county

Only if you live in VA.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone wants to be point guard but what are the pros and cons of other positions? Looking to make sure my daughter gets played appropriately on her team. What's the difference between the SG and the wing? (Other than where they stand lol)

Does SG = shooting guard? Shooting guard, as the name implies, is usually a good shooter and a good all around scorer. They are usually pretty athletic and since they are guards, need to be very good ball handlers and have good speed/lateral quickness.

Wings are very similar to shooting guards, they don’t always necessarily have the strong shooting skills, but they are usually very athletic and able to play in both the paint and on the perimeter.

In a modern offense, threes and especially 4s are expected to be able to hit corner 3s

Depends on what kind of offense is run, the personnel, and the level of play.

If the play is high level, the kids will be able to hit baseline jumpers. By middle school, those baseline jumpers will be threes. There is no offense in which forwards aren't expected to be able to shoot unless you're talking about travel or very low level aau

I’ve seen very high level players in high school and college struggle with jump shots. They get by because their athleticism is off the charts. You can eventually learn to shoot, you can’t teach a killer first step or how to play above the rim.

Of course you can teach an effective first step for getting by defense. Coaches in middle and high school drill this ALL the time — shot fake, rip, go. Long step, where to put your foot relative to defender, where to put your first dribble. Of course you teach this.

Also, playing above the rim involves a ton of learning - including how not to break your neck when you hang on the rim and how not to come down on somebody and break an ankle. All this stuff is taught.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone wants to be point guard but what are the pros and cons of other positions? Looking to make sure my daughter gets played appropriately on her team. What's the difference between the SG and the wing? (Other than where they stand lol)

Does SG = shooting guard? Shooting guard, as the name implies, is usually a good shooter and a good all around scorer. They are usually pretty athletic and since they are guards, need to be very good ball handlers and have good speed/lateral quickness.

Wings are very similar to shooting guards, they don’t always necessarily have the strong shooting skills, but they are usually very athletic and able to play in both the paint and on the perimeter.

In a modern offense, threes and especially 4s are expected to be able to hit corner 3s

Depends on what kind of offense is run, the personnel, and the level of play.

If the play is high level, the kids will be able to hit baseline jumpers. By middle school, those baseline jumpers will be threes. There is no offense in which forwards aren't expected to be able to shoot unless you're talking about travel or very low level aau

I’ve seen very high level players in high school and college struggle with jump shots. They get by because their athleticism is off the charts. You can eventually learn to shoot, you can’t teach a killer first step or how to play above the rim.

Of course you can teach an effective first step for getting by defense. Coaches in middle and high school drill this ALL the time — shot fake, rip, go. Long step, where to put your foot relative to defender, where to put your first dribble. Of course you teach this.

Also, playing above the rim involves a ton of learning - including how not to break your neck when you hang on the rim and how not to come down on somebody and break an ankle. All this stuff is taught.

Yes, you can get faster, but I don’t think you can learn a first step that’s as quick as Ja Morant or Allen Iverson. Also, you can add inches to your vertical, but I don’t think there is a training regimen where you get a vertical like Vince Carter. I don’t doubt that Vince Carter and Allen I Redon worked hard on their games, but what made them great was the combination of hard work, skill and God given ability.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone wants to be point guard but what are the pros and cons of other positions? Looking to make sure my daughter gets played appropriately on her team. What's the difference between the SG and the wing? (Other than where they stand lol)

Does SG = shooting guard? Shooting guard, as the name implies, is usually a good shooter and a good all around scorer. They are usually pretty athletic and since they are guards, need to be very good ball handlers and have good speed/lateral quickness.

Wings are very similar to shooting guards, they don’t always necessarily have the strong shooting skills, but they are usually very athletic and able to play in both the paint and on the perimeter.

In a modern offense, threes and especially 4s are expected to be able to hit corner 3s

Depends on what kind of offense is run, the personnel, and the level of play.

If the play is high level, the kids will be able to hit baseline jumpers. By middle school, those baseline jumpers will be threes. There is no offense in which forwards aren't expected to be able to shoot unless you're talking about travel or very low level aau

I’ve seen very high level players in high school and college struggle with jump shots. They get by because their athleticism is off the charts. You can eventually learn to shoot, you can’t teach a killer first step or how to play above the rim.

Of course you can teach an effective first step for getting by defense. Coaches in middle and high school drill this ALL the time — shot fake, rip, go. Long step, where to put your foot relative to defender, where to put your first dribble. Of course you teach this.

Also, playing above the rim involves a ton of learning - including how not to break your neck when you hang on the rim and how not to come down on somebody and break an ankle. All this stuff is taught.

Yes, you can get faster, but I don’t think you can learn a first step that’s as quick as Ja Morant or Allen Iverson. Also, you can add inches to your vertical, but I don’t think there is a training regimen where you get a vertical like Vince Carter. I don’t doubt that Vince Carter and Allen I Redon worked hard on their games, but what made them great was the combination of hard work, skill and God given ability.

My point was that an effective first step or being able to dunk the ball in games are skill things much more than most people realize.

Many more people can dunk a basketball than can do so in games. Lots of people are quick, but blowing by a defender is also about guile — I’d argue that particular thing is much more skill (and length) than quickness.

I think standing vertical is about the only purely physical skill there is, which is why they use it at combines.