Intro to Basketball: Open Gym

Source: Robert Kitzinger

Players only open gym has started. After a team meeting on August 25, every player was put on a texting list to get times of open gym from the senior players. Playing everyday in the Bell athletic center, we play five on five to get some conditioning in while touching up on our skills from the summer. The seniors will pick teams and there will be a winner’s court and a loser’s court. The objective is to win and stay on the winner’s court. Roughly about twenty to twenty-five guys are trying out this year.

As a freshman it is vital to work hard and prepare yourself for these five on five scrimmages. Conditioning is a key part of the preseason, especially for freshman as we are making the transition to a longer sized basketball court used at the college level. Tryouts and hands on coaching do not begin until mid October, so it is in the athlete’s best interest to get prepared for then by playing everyday. The five on five scrimmaging lasts about two hours. After playing, most of the players stick around to shoot some extra shots. The season is only a little over a month away!