Have you ever noticed that good boxers don't miss very often with wild swings? Inexperienced boxers are constantly missing with big swings that look like they could knock out an elephant if they connected. It doesn't pay in boxing to swing wildly or lunge forward and get off balance. A boxer is too vulnerable when he is badly off balance. And so are basketball players.
Good ones don't lunge and get out of position very often. It is the mediocre player who tries to show the coach she is hustling by making flamboyant attempts to steal or block shots when obviously it is too late.
The problem is, basketball players don't learn this as quickly as boxers. When a basketball player lunges out of position, it only results in a five-on-four situation, and the eventual shot may seem to be someone else's fault. Too bad basketball players can't get a solid rap on the chin when this happens. If they could, they would learn faster.
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