things on the rim that the players pull the ball off of in practice .It appeared that the tension could be adjusted to make getting the ball off harder . I saw it in another teams practice on espn and it looks like it's made to make the players increase the strength in their hands when rebounding . We have had some balls taken away and dropped some balls because of this weakness and hope that can be remedied .

(01-13-2014 03:20 PM)TIGER DENO Wrote:  things on the rim that the players pull the ball off of in practice .It appeared that the tension could be adjusted to make getting the ball off harder . I saw it in another teams practice on espn and it looks like it's made to make the players increase the strength in their hands when rebounding . We have had some balls taken away and dropped some balls because of this weakness and hope that can be remedied .

Yes, we have a whole gym full of those attachable rings, for rebounding drills. I've watched the team use them in practice several times.

(01-13-2014 03:20 PM)TIGER DENO Wrote:  things on the rim that the players pull the ball off of in practice .It appeared that the tension could be adjusted to make getting the ball off harder . I saw it in another teams practice on espn and it looks like it's made to make the players increase the strength in their hands when rebounding . We have had some balls taken away and dropped some balls because of this weakness and hope that can be remedied .

We absolutely destroyed Temple on the boards and have shown a lot of improvement since early season.

A lot of our rebounds were being stripped because our guys were bringing the ball down low thus allowing smaller players the opportunity to get a hand on it.

Lately we have been keeping the ball high and making the outlet pass faster. Props to the staff because they must have been working on it.

Having guards do so much of the rebounding is a factor here, as well.

we've outrebounded every team in league play so far.

(01-14-2014 10:09 AM)NJ1 Wrote:  we've outrebounded every team in league play so far.

Every team?

Can we get the guys a Bowflex while we're at it? I saw Norris on TV using one and he's the GOAT.

(01-14-2014 10:14 AM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  

(01-14-2014 10:09 AM)NJ1 Wrote:  we've outrebounded every team in league play so far.

Every team?

yes

(01-14-2014 10:09 AM)NJ1 Wrote:  we've outrebounded every team in league play so far.

I've said this before and still believe it . If-when we run up on a big 10 team or big 10 type team I think we will get killed on the boards . I hope i'm wrong but only time will tell .

(01-14-2014 10:53 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(01-14-2014 10:14 AM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  

(01-14-2014 10:09 AM)NJ1 Wrote:  we've outrebounded every team in league play so far.

Every team?

yes

Ah, missed the "league play" part the first time.

(01-14-2014 10:53 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(01-14-2014 10:14 AM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  

(01-14-2014 10:09 AM)NJ1 Wrote:  we've outrebounded every team in league play so far.

Every team?

yes

If people want evidence of CJP coaching his team, they need look no further than this category. Early on our rebounding was terrible, but the coach has corrected that.

(01-14-2014 10:08 AM)holyterror Wrote:  Having guards do so much of the rebounding is a factor here, as well.

True, in particular Geron has been terrific.

(01-14-2014 11:52 AM)TIGER DENO Wrote:  

(01-14-2014 10:09 AM)NJ1 Wrote:  we've outrebounded every team in league play so far.

I've said this before and still believe it . If-when we run up on a big 10 team or big 10 type team I think we will get killed on the boards . I hope i'm wrong but only time will tell .

Aha, so that's why you asked about the rebounding rims. I don't think our rebounding issues have anything to do with the staff not knowing what equipment is available to them. Or, not having money to purchase them.

Geron and Crawford rebound much better than their size would suggest. Good thing, since we rarely have more than 2 "bigs" on the floor at the same time.

(01-14-2014 01:32 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(01-14-2014 11:52 AM)TIGER DENO Wrote:  

(01-14-2014 10:09 AM)NJ1 Wrote:  we've outrebounded every team in league play so far.

I've said this before and still believe it . If-when we run up on a big 10 team or big 10 type team I think we will get killed on the boards . I hope i'm wrong but only time will tell .

Aha, so that's why you asked about the rebounding rims. I don't think our rebounding issues have anything to do with the staff not knowing what equipment is available to them. Or, not having money to purchase them.

Aha , I did not know if they were something new that had just came out or if they've been out a while .
Everyone does not know everything as soon as it happens and sometimes even if it's been out awhile some people (me) do not know that .

Crawford and Johnson are keeping our stats up, we are still, IMO, a poor rebounding team and continued improvement there could put us in a really good spot come tournament time.

(01-14-2014 02:19 PM)cmt Wrote:  Crawford and Johnson are keeping our stats up, we are still, IMO, a poor rebounding team and continued improvement there could put us in a really good spot come tournament time.

I agree but think Dom really needs to be pushing to get that weight off so he can be more effective and stay on the court against heavy duty rebounders by the end of regular season . He has good hands around the rim and is hard to move . 20 pounds off and he'll be jumping a little higher also . He could change himself into a game changing player if he works hard enough at it .

I see Dom at 285 as being unstoppable. Paired with Basketball Bodied-Shaq? Fuhgettaboutit.