Week X: 11/6-11/10

This is my first update in a while. I've been practicing, but not as much or as consistently as I'd like, and I haven't kept track of my progress as well as I'd like. (I lost one week because of a cold.)

So have I progressed since my last post? I've been keeping track of my shooting percentages informally. I've had some good outings and bad outings. Without the exact numbers, it's too hard to say whether my shooting accuracy has increased. This is on me. I should have kept track better. 

Solution: I'll start bringing a notebook with me to write down how many shots of each kind I make. Up to now, I've been just remembering my percentage until I wrote a blog post.

My impression is that, if I've improved at all, it's been a very slight improvement. 

Solution: For this reason, I'm going to increase the number of practice shots I take during each practice session. I was doing 30 of each kind (off a single dribble, from the top of the key). I'll increase that to 40. I'd love to do more, but there are time constraints.

I will say that my shots from the top of the key "feel" better.  That spot used to feel really far from the net to me, and so it felt like I had to use a lot of force to get the ball all the way there. It now feels easy to get the ball that far. I think my legs know more instinctively how much to bend in order to push upwards for the jump part of the "jump shot."

A final note: my slow progress is another reminder (for me) of the importance of resilience in skill development.