Hakeem springs around. McHale kind of blockades his man with his chest or shoulder, then straightens up and shoots over him.
i agree.. but it's all on dwight whether he wants to learn and improve... he needs to take what he's learned from these legends and practice, practice, practice!! and use it in games!! but the main thing for him, like someone mentioned earlier, is that he's got to change his attitude. he can't get discouraged when things aren't going good and resort to what he's comfortable with.
All that footwork tricks are nice. But, what DH needs the most is a good free throw coash. He will be an instant game changer if he can make 75% of his freebees.
Dwight hits about 82% of his free throws in practice. It's not about coaching....it's about his mental approach at the line.
Saw that infamous practice picture. But even Kobe's percentage drops a notch in real games. That just means he needs to shoot even better in practice then. Can you image someone's confidence if he shoots over 90% in practice?
He excelled under Patrick Chewing in Orlando. Just think how much he can "absorb" in Houston with a teacher who is 10 times better than Ewing. I am very optimistic for some monster numbers from Dwight this year.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>ICYMI: The Dream Sessions - Thoughts from 2 days spent watching Dwight Howard work w/ Hakeem Olajuwon & Kevin McHale: <a href="http://t.co/6VqS9QAmcZ">http://t.co/6VqS9QAmcZ</a></p>— Jason Friedman (@JasonCFriedman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonCFriedman/statuses/367390336395399168">August 13, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
My have times changed in 4 years. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5RTi77n9XaI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Seemed not too long ago CD was trying to teach JD the impossible art of making a 2 foot baby jump hook with nobody guarding him. Now we got a premier Center and the best Center of all time along with one of the greatest PF's of all time showing him the ropes. Hell we even went from the practice facility to practicing on the main court. We in da limelight babyyy!
a very inspirational write up by friedman and just as good as watching the first chapter of star wars http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/dream-sessions …
From Hakeem's blog, "In The Post": “Ask any NBA player and he’ll tell you that while stars shine during the season, it’s over the summer when the real work is done.” The Hall of Fame center continued, “Individual workouts are a crucial part of the game. These sessions can help a player cultivate a certain skill and get in the necessary repetition. But just as a pianist cannot better her ensemble skills by practicing alone, it is essential for a basketball player to accept the challenge of playing with and against others.” http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/08/13/dwight-howard-working-out-with-olajuwon/
I disagree. it takes meer minutes to show someone something that can change their game exponentially. It's the repetition from that minor instruction that takes the most time. A week of instruction from the best players on the block is invaluable; you'd be surprised how little is shown but how much is learned in a week. Basketball is such a nuanced sport on both sides of that ball that players at the top of their games are always learning something new. something as simple as an inside pivot, body position, when, where and how you catch the ball is taught in seconds but improves a basketball players game immeasurably.
Yes, but it is something you have to keep doing over and over and over again. Usually with only a week of instruction, you'll go over plenty of things instead of focusing on just a few things, and so you forget most of what you are taught. Now that Hakeem is with the team, if he shows Howard things to work on between each one week session, then they can keep building and building as he gets better an better. I was more talking about how one week with Hakeem in the summer probably didn't do a whole lot compared to what Hakeem can do when he's actually a part of the staff and can help him more than just a week in the summer.
I'm sure they aren't training all day. Plenty of time to work on freethrows. We only know what players and/or media shares.
Keep in mind Moses is the one who taught Hakeem, and he was a power player like Dwight. So I don't think styles matter when it comes to footwork. As long as Howard continues to work hard to improve his game
I like all this training for Dwight, but one of the things I always hated about his game was actually his defense. It's top notch, certainly very good, but he still- STILL- seems to block his shots and send them out of bounds, when he could be deflecting them downward. That's what seperates a good center, from a great one. That's something he should know how to do by now IMO.
So then is Olajuwon supposed to be Obiwan and Howard Anakin Skywalker? Cause things didn't exactly end well for that pair. :grin: Anyway, good to see Howard trying to absorb some knowledge from the legends. Probably one of the reasons he chose Houston in the first place.
