I discovered something very important last night.
In competitive games, I have no methods of getting around people other than my speed. My problem is that when tricks come, they're spontaneous and only occur in strange situations, such as the one time that I roulette'd out of being double teamed along the boards.
Jahan pointed this out to me. He likes my team play, but he wants me to "go for it" more. The exercise he gave me was to pretend there's a guy in front of me whenever I'm practicing dribbling - and to do it fast. It ought to help, but I find that the problem lies in the fact that I just don't have the confidence to do moves and other stuff when I'm face to face with somebody else.
We won the game we played 6-4, I scored and assisted one. The assist was nice, a little pass between some guy's legs to another guy who slotted in. My goal was a give & go that ended in my passing the ball to the very bottom corner of the net. When I received the pass, it felt weird on my foot - like it had molded to the told of it. Weird stuff.
And then I ended up getting stuck with managing the team, because Jahan is too busy. I weighed out the pros and cons, and decided that this was the way to go - Jahan in particular can teach me a lot of aspects that I will have a hard time learning anywhere else.
In competitive games, I have no methods of getting around people other than my speed. My problem is that when tricks come, they're spontaneous and only occur in strange situations, such as the one time that I roulette'd out of being double teamed along the boards.
Jahan pointed this out to me. He likes my team play, but he wants me to "go for it" more. The exercise he gave me was to pretend there's a guy in front of me whenever I'm practicing dribbling - and to do it fast. It ought to help, but I find that the problem lies in the fact that I just don't have the confidence to do moves and other stuff when I'm face to face with somebody else.
We won the game we played 6-4, I scored and assisted one. The assist was nice, a little pass between some guy's legs to another guy who slotted in. My goal was a give & go that ended in my passing the ball to the very bottom corner of the net. When I received the pass, it felt weird on my foot - like it had molded to the told of it. Weird stuff.
And then I ended up getting stuck with managing the team, because Jahan is too busy. I weighed out the pros and cons, and decided that this was the way to go - Jahan in particular can teach me a lot of aspects that I will have a hard time learning anywhere else.
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