Blog with Bryan Smithson

Well it is 1:45 pm on Sunday and I was finally able to get to a computer to enter some thoughts.  Getting to Florida was HELL.  I had a flight at 805am on Saturday morning and the Air Tran baggage check line carried all the way into the street.  By the time I got up to the counter they said they closed checkings for my flight.  -Great!- But, they said they bumped me to the next flight at 910am so I wasn't to disappointed.  Then, as I approach the agents desk to board my flight they tell me that I have been bumped to standby and they will tell me if I am going to get a seat.  SURPISINGLY enough, no seat for me.  Customer Service could only be described as useless in this instance as they put me on another standby flight at 12pm.  After that, I had to give Air Tran's front office a call and tell them my situation and how they made me late for something I had to get done ---and I eventually got confirmed on the next flight which would arrive at 145pm in Florida.  So, I arrived 4 and 1/2 hours later then I was supposed to.  However, I did arrive and things could have been a lot worst so I shook it off and prepared to workout immediately with my "Airplane legs."

The workout went well and I worked on many pick and roll reads as well as mid range jumpers.  Also, when I thought I was exhausted, I was told to finish everything with a dunk (no more pull-up jumpers) .  I found a way to do it and felt great after.  How many 6ft white point guards do you know that can finish a workout with strictly dunks??? My guess is not many.  At least out of the draft class last year you have Jared Jordan (Marist), Petteri Koponen (Finland) both of whom are very good players, but do not have the athleticism to finish a workout dunking the ball.  A huge advantage  that I need to implement more into games in order to spark the attention that I deserve.  When you compare a guy like Jared Jordan to me the skill level is not even close----he just doesn't have the physical ability to do some of the things I can.  However, we all know he gets the job done on the court, by being saavy and very intelligent with the ball.  Both things that I have excelled in but also needs some fine tuning in, going into the season------- exactly what I am going to work on right now in my next workout with Dan Barto (IMG)