tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294027382541511287.post3737105038390271056..comments2011-06-15T19:53:45.835-07:00Comments on X’s & O’s of Basketball: Not Fooled by Malcolm Gladwell's Full Court Press Miragebruchuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14993300702207463671noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294027382541511287.post-40523739957920293892009-05-20T09:46:57.402-07:002009-05-20T09:46:57.402-07:00I know that but he used a bad example. I just don'...I know that but he used a bad example. I just don't think Macchiavelism should apply to Youth Basketball.CoachAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01906220793211731181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294027382541511287.post-61428306333633489302009-05-18T17:33:00.000-07:002009-05-18T17:33:00.000-07:00I read the article last week. I don't think Gladw...I read the article last week. I don't think Gladwell was advocating full court pressing in youth basketball. He was encouraging outside the box thinking.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09708278518745760896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294027382541511287.post-51967945102356322472009-05-18T10:34:00.000-07:002009-05-18T10:34:00.000-07:00I was on a youth basketball team that used the ful...I was on a youth basketball team that used the full-court press, but only selectively, as well as zone defense. It was definitely educational so it is not a complete waste. However, the advantage of it fades as soon as you encounter a team with enough skill to dribble through it and/or pass over it. Even in 6th grade some teams beat our press at times.<br /><br />I don't leagues should ban it, though. It's a great way for opposing teams to learn how not to panic and to develop passing and dribbling skills. You can eat a pressing team for lunch with good passing.Mr. Shrimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16462100942000078024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294027382541511287.post-50370870465503031612009-05-18T08:57:00.000-07:002009-05-18T08:57:00.000-07:00I really don't get it why so many people don't und...I really don't get it why so many people don't understand that as soon as the opponents of those girls improved their passing and dribbling skills that "full court press-myth" will be gone. As soon as you start to think that Youth Basketball is all about winning you missed the point entirely! Its all about developing skills in "sensitive phases" that are later hard to learn. Using Zone defense or Press defenses at that young age gets you cheap wins because they exploit weaknesses young players do have (outside shooting, long distance passing etc.)CoachAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01906220793211731181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294027382541511287.post-46516227609328269132009-05-18T08:46:00.000-07:002009-05-18T08:46:00.000-07:00Very well written article. Gladwell is not a baske...Very well written article. Gladwell is not a basketball fanatic, but he has obviously done his research. I think you are being hard headed by saying that these girls wasted a whole season without learning anything useful. <br /><br />They learned how to win and they obviously worked hard at their particular strategy. Full court press is also exhausting, and you have to be in a much better shape then the other team to be successful at it. <br /><br />Maybe they didn't learn the intricacies of basketball, but does that really matter if you are a twelve year old girl who is not going to be playing in the WNBA?umpeikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481777140829544311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294027382541511287.post-63948690119357570602009-05-17T14:43:00.000-07:002009-05-17T14:43:00.000-07:00I understand the point of the article, that you do...I understand the point of the article, that you don't beat the establishment by being like the establishment.<br /><br />But the evidence for his argument is a bad one. Anyone who has played/coached/watched basketball knows that a full-court press in youth basketball is a really bad idea.<br /><br />Gladwell obviously knows very little about basketball, otherwise he would not have chosen this father's story as the basis of his argument.bruchuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993300702207463671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294027382541511287.post-753099447668863572009-05-17T14:25:00.000-07:002009-05-17T14:25:00.000-07:00you missed the entire point of the articleyou missed the entire point of the articleDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02981692206384259386noreply@blogger.com