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- I really like the idea of using a 24-second shot clock (from the 30) and the 8-second backcourt violation (down from 10 seconds). It should make the game more up tempo and much to quicker teams' (UConn) liking.
- Widening the lane from 12 to 16 feet sounds interesting, too- it may open up the inside game and clear the lane quite a bit for the more skilled athletes to get to the basket and take away much of the advantage of the plodding bigs who lack quickness and rely mostly on just being big. More space to create for Morgan, Stewie, Mo and Kia.
But... using the men's basketball is a bad idea. Men have bigger hands, and asking girls who have always played with a women's ball (28.5 inch circumference) to suddenly get comfortable handling and shooting the considerably bigger men's ball (29.5-30 inches) will be very very difficult. That inch, inch and a half is huge. There is also about a 2 ounce weight difference. The feel for the ball won't be there, and I suspect the shooting will be way off.
Additionally, with this bigger ball, the girls are also going to have the three-point line pushed back more than 12 inches? That's a lot to ask. Maybe if they practiced for months with the men's ball they would be proficient with it, but not this way. Gauging the extra distance will be troublesome without practice to acclimate.
Some good ideas, some really bad ones.
http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball...n-womens-exhibition-basketball-game-be-played
- Widening the lane from 12 to 16 feet sounds interesting, too- it may open up the inside game and clear the lane quite a bit for the more skilled athletes to get to the basket and take away much of the advantage of the plodding bigs who lack quickness and rely mostly on just being big. More space to create for Morgan, Stewie, Mo and Kia.
But... using the men's basketball is a bad idea. Men have bigger hands, and asking girls who have always played with a women's ball (28.5 inch circumference) to suddenly get comfortable handling and shooting the considerably bigger men's ball (29.5-30 inches) will be very very difficult. That inch, inch and a half is huge. There is also about a 2 ounce weight difference. The feel for the ball won't be there, and I suspect the shooting will be way off.
Additionally, with this bigger ball, the girls are also going to have the three-point line pushed back more than 12 inches? That's a lot to ask. Maybe if they practiced for months with the men's ball they would be proficient with it, but not this way. Gauging the extra distance will be troublesome without practice to acclimate.
Some good ideas, some really bad ones.
http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball...n-womens-exhibition-basketball-game-be-played
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