Anyone notice Asuma drive to the left with his left hand?

[touchdownvikings]

Anyone notice that Isaac drove to the hoop with his left hand and then shot left-handed?

He did it with ease and facility. I don't recall having seen that before, although I may be forgetting. Perhaps he worked on that in the off-season?

 

[UpAndUnder43]

He dribbled left handed and made a left handed layup?

 

[BleedGopher]

Anyone notice that Isaac drove to the hoop with his left hand and then shot left-handed?

He did it with ease and facility. I don't recall having seen that before, although I may be forgetting. Perhaps he worked on that in the off-season?


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Most top end players master this by 7th grade or so, glad Asuma did as well.

@leftyslefty will enjoy your thread though.

Go Gophers!!

 

[leftyslefty]

Ha! Crocker-Johnson and Reynolds draw most of my attention, but I don’t think this is new stuff for Ike. He was a great slasher, rebounder, and defender at Cherry where they had little size. His game is built from the inside out. Though he has a good looking jumper, it doesn’t go in enough. If he can boost that percentage a wee bit we’ll have an all conference player!

 

[GopherJack]

I'm so old, that when growing up, we marveled at a basketball player in junior & senior high that could dribble, drive and shoot with their opposite hand.

 

[Frank Grimey Grimes]

Most top end players master this by 7th grade or so, glad Asuma did as well.

@leftyslefty will enjoy your thread though.

Go Gophers!!

I mean that's only kinda true. Even in the NBA there are plenty of high end players who have way worse splits finishing with their off hand. I don't disagree that on a wide open layup, a D1 player should be able to finish that play but off hand shots when they are contested are very difficult for even the greats to master.

 

[FinnGopher]

Ha! Crocker-Johnson and Reynolds draw most of my attention, but I don’t think this is new stuff for Ike. He was a great slasher, rebounder, and defender at Cherry where they had little size. His game is built from the inside out. Though he has a good looking jumper, it doesn’t go in enough. If he can boost that percentage a wee bit we’ll have an all conference player!

Presently, he shoots a palm shot, which means his touch is off. Growing up on the Range, I cut off the fingers on winter gloves so I would learn to shoot with my finger tips. It worked well. I could light it up from outside, but those were the days without a 3 point shot so taking shots from beyond the key was less efficient.
Isaac can work on this and he'll have a softer and more consistent shot. He's only a sophomore so I see good things for him under Niko's guidance.

 

[BTChamp]

I'm so old, that when growing up, we marveled at a basketball player in junior & senior high that could dribble, drive and shoot with their opposite hand.

We marveled at any player that could dribble......

 

[FinnGopher]

We marveled at any player that could dribble......

It was tough to dribble playing with a ball stuffed with hay...