I’m amazed at how much zing she gets on her long passes. Often with just one arm. Not a lot of people can throw it that hard, or that accurately. She looks scrawny to me, but strength is sometimes deceiving.
If you look at her shoulders and arms, particularly her upper arms, they are much better defined than most women's.
Notice how she keeps her accuracy through the end of the game. Women basketball players often demonstrate a lot of poor shot accuracy toward the final minutes of a game (relative to men), likely because their arms are getting too tired.
I feel that her exceptional upper arm strength and arm muscle endurance are her secret weapon.
Have you not been listening to all the Bball analysts talk about CC loving the step back jump to her left. That is why she doesnt go straight up and down like a classic jump shooter and it is why she lands on her left leg a little more.
It must be your TV. She isnt scrawny at 6 ft tall and she has muscular legs and arms. She played BBall with her brothers and other guys a whole lot the story goes so she has an aggressive nature in playing bball.
You watch her last season vs. today and it's pretty easy to tell she did some off season work in the weight room.
Thank you for your insight as I don’t know very much about soccer and it was a thought I had after reading the original post. Out of curiosity, what things do you feel correlate from soccer to basketball? Also, how good was Clark at soccer? I know Greenway has been recruited for soccer.
I'm sure she stays up a night worrying about how people thinks her shooting form is not perfect. Jeez people, she's the best woman college player on the planet. Enjoy the journey because there may only be this year and next.
Reggie miller clapped at the top of his shot. Shawn Marion...idk how to describe his shot. He fell asleep with the ball at his waist and someone scared him awake causing the ball to fly toward the basket from that position?
If you look at her shoulders and arms, particularly her upper arms, they are much better defined than most women's.
Notice how she keeps her accuracy through the end of the game. Women basketball players often demonstrate a lot of poor shot accuracy toward the final minutes of a game (relative to men), likely because their arms are getting too tired.
I feel that her exceptional upper arm strength and arm muscle endurance are her secret weapon.
I agree, She should come back next season to correct it.
I don't understand how the hell she does it either. She will sometimes be running and make shots
Yeah - she’s really cut!
If you look at her shoulders and arms, particularly her upper arms, they are much better defined than most women's.
Notice how she keeps her accuracy through the end of the game. Women basketball players often demonstrate a lot of poor shot accuracy toward the final minutes of a game (relative to men), likely because their arms are getting too tired.
I feel that her exceptional upper arm strength and arm muscle endurance are her secret weapon.
This is what really sets her apart when they play. She gets her teammates shots that you just do not see anywhere in the womens game. The women playing are just not used to how fast things happen or the fact that they can even happen at all.
Her mechanics are money when she shoots the corner 3. I'd watch film of her shooting from the corner and teach that.
In no way whatsoever is she "scrawny". She's not ripped in the upper body, but she's toned. Her legs, especially thighs are muscular. As for the zing on passes, look at some of the pitchers in MLB. Some lanky dudes like Randy Johnson could really bring the cheese. Clark works hard in the off season training her body. Probably more then most female ballers. Thats where she gets her strength and endurance.
Yep, go back to her freshman season. She's said she's put on about 8 lbs in each of the last two off seasons. She puts in the work.
Next is VERY doubtful. She breaks that record next month, and I'd be shocked if she's in Iowa next season.
Well, any top tier player is going to be just as strong with their off leg as they are their primary leg. Something tells me that Caitlyn was probably the best player on the field in just about any soccer game she ever played.
I think people get thrown off by the fact that since she gets marked so closely all the time, she's had to come up with unconventional launch angles to get shots off. She rarely tho shoots where she's not in control of what she's doing, and has simply turned her jumper into a super-quick shooting motion. On rare occasions where she gets to put up a clean shot because the defense lost her somehow, her shot looks much more traditional.
