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Based on experience I used to have a player a shooting guard where he only had average JR. He was usually my highest scorer every season and even placed 2nd overall in the scoring title in league 2.4 once. Having a lower JR, he actually will shoot less outside and will shoot closer or mid range shots more. He surely will not be more accurate in outside shooting (3 point shooting) but you can try to turn his weakness into an advantage by using tactics that will suit his skills. Since my player had high driving he used to just drive and drive or drive then suddenly pop a shot a few feet from the basket. I usually used LI and patient offense. So the higher the JR the more tendency for a player to shoot farther more.

Shotblocking is a tricky thing. What I notice is if your bigmen shotblocking is high and your ID is so so, there is a great tendecy to pick up tacky fouls or maybe its I was just unlucky to pick up some of those foul prone players (yes there are such players in BB). Guards with high shotblocking (average to respectable) are nice, they block shots like they have no fear whatsoever. The thing is no one really bothers to train shotblocking so high because of salary issues.

Are they important important? With the right skill set yes they can be but if their skill set aren't in sink they will also be a bane. A player with every high JS and JR but low driving and handling won't be as successful as a shooter. In my opinion a player with strong to proficient JR is already enough for a u21 squad. I still think driving and handling has a bigger influence as compared to JR in shot making abilities.

I never have trained any U21/NT worthy players because I wasn't really interested in the National team when I started out though I have lately been training younger players. For me training players is one of the most fun things in the game. You mold a player to what you think will work, test the player then refine it more to be more effective.

I have more experience in looking for players in the transfer list that will suit my style of play. Since I have been in league 2 for quite a number of seasons already, I have gone through quite a number of high skilled players and defensive/offensive type of players. If you would ask what I prefer I would prefer a more offensive team since defense can go only so high in a u21 setting. I came to that conclusion after trying a defensive team one season to an offensive team the next in league 2.

I am really not officially on the u21 staff only did press releases one season during the time we won the u21 asian championship. That was what got me interested in the national team. But I have had quite a number conversations with our ex u21 manager PH Cezzz on how to train players. We would at times go through the skill pops of a player and discuss what he or I would want that player to look like.

ps. sorry if I'm writing in English (yes I know nosebleed) but my Tagalog really isn't that good. Pasensya nalang po.

i find your question very intriguing , anyway,anong ibig mong sabihin sa tanong mo? sa pagkakaintindi ko, both Jump Range and Shot blocking are are important to a positional player, what do i mean about it, for a PG or a SG Jump range would be an additional arsenal to a player's attributes, specially if the manager wants to train a player on that aspect which depends on the offensive play a manager wants to employ, so if a certain manager wants to employ Run and Gun, or motion or Princeton Offense, a player with a great Jump range would be a good weapon offensively. as for the shot blocking attribute, this is an aspect for Centers and Powerforwards,a great inside defender and rebounder will find it easier to improve his shot blocking, given that a manager wants to train his player on this certain aspect, what makes both (JR and SB) a great aspect of the game is, with Jump range (JR), a team can extend its offense, and with Shot block (SB), a player with a great ability on SB will help a team defend well inside as well as limit Fouls given to the bigmen, (honestly i dont know kung ano ang itinutumbok ng tanong mo) hopefully i answered them.

qualifications...as i have said in my speech, if you would base it on where my team is in my league i guess, you wont say i am qualified, but then again, is that your basis???, l have been here for 4 yrs literally,on only one team. been a member of BB Pilipinas BB for year now, i have survived for 3 yrs on my own, and if i would give my resume as a person, i dont think, this space is enough for my achievements, academically and professionally, i too am a Coach for a semi pro team, so basically i know what i am talking about in terms of this game.

i am currently on the staff of the National team of BB pilipinas, and i think, and surely know every suggestion i have given is valuable enough for NT.

i have not applied for this position just for the fun of it, yes i was persuaded, but then again, if i was not persuaded, then they wont think of me as a valuable member.

thank you.

To every candidate for our U21 team.. what drastic changes can you do for our country and how do you see our current U21 team as a whole? are we contenders or re builders or sure winners?

I was insulted by the message of lolo.. i know what's the truth but he still stated it to me.. He didn't have to tell how much i am favored to lose.. para sa madaling masalita "Hindi mo na kaylangan sabihin pa pakiramdam palang alam ko na"