OK. I just have to say WOW am I good! There will be a video review as my next post. But for now, I just have to say WOW.
I was sooo close on my guess. We took 35 shots today — and I even counted the ones where we got stuffed, and weren’t open!
Now, my little mathematicians…If we shot 20 percent precisely and took 35 shots, how many baskets would that be?
Go ahead. You can guess.
I’ll wait.
It’s one out of every five baskets, soo…
Do the math…
Got it?
Yes!
Seven baskets is the correct answer. Well, we don’t always shoot exactly 20% — that was just a rough estimate. But my point remains the same. If we’d have taken twice as many shots, we’d have scored twice as many baskets. Roughly. If we’d have taken just 10 more shots? Probably would’ve got another two!
So what’s reasonable?
Well, in the first quarter we took 12 shots. That seems pretty good. If we’d taken 12 shots per quarter, 48 shots total, we’d have scored about 20 points. That’s how simple it is. Really! But we didn’t.
First quarter: 12 shots
Second quarter: 7 shots
Third quarter: 4 shots (Come on!!)
Fourth quarter: Back up to 12 shots
OK. I think I’ve made my point. Hopefully I’ll get a video review of our game posted soon.
Until then!
Coach Jim
