The one negative that I've noticed so far is that whenever the game goes into a bit of a faster pace he gets really gassed after 3-4 minutes. He will definitely fix that though, just has to keep working hard.
I think its great that our kids are taught skill and technique from a young age but we also have to start getting serious about strength, speed and stamina training or we will fall behind other nations. We always struggle with rebounding and perimeter defence, most of our players are too weak and slow to keep up with the top international players. That has to be changed starting from the grassroots level, there is no reason why a nation as athletically talented as ours can't produce those types of players.
Just look at a guy like Raduljica, he is huge but doesn't play that way. Being physical isn't as important to our coaches as having crafty post moves or a good shot is but it should be. In our semi final vs Lithuania we got bullied and beaten up, the same thing will happen until we change the system.
I think its great that our kids are taught skill and technique from a young age but we also have to start getting serious about strength, speed and stamina training or we will fall behind other nations. We always struggle with rebounding and perimeter defence, most of our players are too weak and slow to keep up with the top international players. That has to be changed starting from the grassroots level, there is no reason why a nation as athletically talented as ours can't produce those types of players.
Just look at a guy like Raduljica, he is huge but doesn't play that way. Being physical isn't as important to our coaches as having crafty post moves or a good shot is but it should be. In our semi final vs Lithuania we got bullied and beaten up, the same thing will happen until we change the system.