Re: You know what's amazing?

["Josh O." <igtcjosh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kestutis,

I think you're wrong on this one.  Shooting is very
much a talent, as any coach will tell you.  Some guys
can practice all day every day, and they will never be
good shooters.  Greg Kite, Chris Dudley, Ken Bannister
-- league history is full of dedicated gym rats who
never even became adequate shooters.  Greg Kite could
take 5000 shots a day for ten years, and never make 27
in a row.  Other guys, meanwhile, can shoot from
anywhere, off the wrong foot, double-clutch, you name
it -- and it goes in.  I only wish all it took was
practice to become a good shooter.

Josh

--- Kestutis Kveraga <Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu>
wrote:
> --- You wrote:
> Shammond: This player reportedly hit 27 straight 3-
> pointers in a workout this summer. There's no other
> word 
> for that but "wow". Its not at all a simple matter
> of 
> being a gym rat. An NBA 3-pointer isn't just a flick
> of 
> the wrist like a FT, particularly for a 6-1 guy. I
> think 
> it requires an innate marksmans talent (stress on
> the 
> word "talent") to adjust your range as your wrists
> and 
> triceps slightly fatigue etc. 
> --- end of quote ---
> 
> I haven't had the time to respond to Josh's post
> about skill vs. talent, but
> Joe now brought the topic up again, so here's my
> quick take on it:
> 
> I think people tend to assume talent a lot when it's
> just a (highly developed)
> skill. It might be talent when we're talking about
> purely physical
> characteristics (height, musculoskeletal structure),
>  raw abilities (running,
> jumping), or something exceptional that a person can
> do without any training.
> Three-point shooting, IMO, is way too specific to be
> an 'innate talent'. You
> need sound technique, adequate strength, and LOTS of
> practice. Most people
> never get beyond the first stage, yet there must be
> lots of people who can
> shoot  NBA threes really well. Most of them just
> happen to be too short and
> unathletic to make it in the NBA, even as Steve Kerr
> clones. Didn't they say
> that the best 3-point shooter in the Celtics
> organization is the equipment
> manager (John Connor?)? 
> Kestas
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