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Post by threadkiller on May 18, 2010 19:06:45 GMT -5
I just wanted to shout out to you NH folk....nice job in MD. Hope you all had a good experience. Hey Wayne....did I see that you got a taste of Jason Boone as well as DC (Dennis Claroni)? So....to liven up this board a bit....did anyone learn anything from the MD tournament? Let's hear it.
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Post by nhfoos on May 19, 2010 5:49:30 GMT -5
Big mouth Boone and big bad Calroni get the best of you Wayne or did you get to them? Good job on the semi win Adam and Bruce, a team to be reckoned with
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Post by gooses92 on May 20, 2010 14:36:17 GMT -5
I'm not sure if Wayne got a taste of Boone but I did, if you are referring to the Friday night when he stopped every match by yelling at my DYP partner Pat Ryan. Too much to get into but it was funny.
Great job by you too Bruce, I wish I'd seen the finals match you guys played in to win SPD.
As far as learning things down there, I certainly did. I learned that Ellen has become better than I thought she had. I learned I really don't know how to play singles yet, though I have a better idea now. I also learned my ball control is still no where near where it needs to be on the 5 row.
More specifically, I took some ideas about improving my passing series on the 5, especially through the lane. A lot of the better players had a great "hitch" that makes you think they are going wall pass and just when you commmit they come down on the ball and square it through the lane.
I learned as a defender that if you expect your partner to be able to catch passes you need to shoot around them if you want to score. Should forwards be able to tell when a defender is shooting versus passing and hence know when to get out of the way?? Do partners use any kind of method of alerting the other partner that "this one is a shot, don't block it by trying to catch it?"
I also learned that fundamentals are key, strong mechanics. When things go south I think it is the better player that can "reset" to strong mechanics and fundamentals and recover from a cold spell / slide as quickly as possible.
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Post by gooses92 on May 20, 2010 19:47:50 GMT -5
Just remembered this one, just may be the best tip I got the whole weekend. I played up front during the DYP and was plagued with dropping passes 5 to 3. I was setting them up great and executing pretty good but I kept letting the ball hit the catching man and bounce backwards. I was saying it to my partner Pat Ryan, who had obviously seen it first hand, and he suggested I try pulling the 3 row upwards slightly when catching the ball, especially when catching wall passes. Damn if it doesn't seem like it makes a huge difference so far in practicing it. Seems like I can strike the pass even faster now too and the ball seems to settle better, and if it does bounce backwards it seems to "bite" still within reach.
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Post by kaross on May 20, 2010 23:29:19 GMT -5
Just remembered this one, just may be the best tip I got the whole weekend. I played up front during the DYP and was plagued with dropping passes 5 to 3. I was setting them up great and executing pretty good but I kept letting the ball hit the catching man and bounce backwards. I was saying it to my partner Pat Ryan, who had obviously seen it first hand, and he suggested I try pulling the 3 row upwards slightly when catching the ball, especially when catching wall passes. Damn if it doesn't seem like it makes a huge difference so far in practicing it. Seems like I can strike the pass even faster now too and the ball seems to settle better, and if it does bounce backwards it seems to "bite" still within reach. This is absolutely key if you want to be able to catch consistently. As an aside, I got a big hint about my shot from Pat Ryan as well. last year... the guy knows a thing or two about foosball I think!
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