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You're going nicely Coges.
Having a smaller waist is always a good sign.

Cheers. Thanks mate. I'm going for 34 which should be around the 9-10% range.

Yeah that's a great pass. Maybe one of the greatest non-assists ever.

I would understand lack of coordination for dribbling, maybe shooting. But passing? There's nobody that's stopping you from having great court vision, especially with the added height. There's nothing stopping you from being aware of the teammates' positions on the floor. There's no limitation in throwing a pass to the right guy.

Passing is more of an awareness thing than anything else. Height should have no implication in that.

Actual great passers are born. Having a high basketball IQ is not something a lot of guys have. How many Magic's have there been? Most guys are good passers but to go to the next level against elite guys is another thing altogether.

btw Thon Maker is ballin` in summer league.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/id/22007/bucks-rookie-thon-maker-sets-a-high-standard-at-summer-league

I watched his game the other day and he has huge upside if he can stay injury free.

Have been watching Ben Simmons closely too and his passing is just beautiful. For a 6'10/240 guy it's ridiculous.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEfU5aEw1U0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEfU5aEw1U0</a>

Also, can shoot of either hand. He's going to be a handful

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5OzD3ou6pc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5OzD3ou6pc</a>

Left knee still giving me some trouble after the ball game. Going to rest up today and get back after it tomorrow for the start of week 2.

Summary of week 1:

Bit of a false start but loving the setup so far. Felt like I've chosen sensible weights to begin with and that should allow some decent progression with all the other volume. Haven't successfully completed a track or jump session yet though which is disappointing. It's been school holidays and I have had a big week with family here from overseas and have been out for dinner 3 times with 2 parties thrown in. Kids are back at school next week which will allow more structure to my week.

Overall very excited and can't wait to get stuck into week 2.

Speaking of which .. can yuo guys convince me that it's ok to maintain say 79-80kg bw for training sake, if it makes me a better athlete from working harder or whatever carrying that dead weight around? Im obsessed (i realise) attaining goals that i don't consider whether or not it's the best thing in the first place to chase them.

I think you know the answer when you start talking about dead weight. Not sure it's helping anyone. Maybe an offensive linesman but I'm not sure that's one of your goals 

06/06/16- 7pm

Ball game. Lost by 1. Shit.

Was an interesting game. I think I had some bad fish oil after lunch so wasn't feeling great and if you've had bad fish oil you'd know where I spent the bulk of the afternoon. Anyway, even though I didn't really feel like playing I didn't want to let the guys down. Showed up with only a minute to go so didn't get a warm up in at all and my left knee was hurting just below the knee cap from the get go. Finally warmed up and am ready to play but we're down by 12. We only had 5 too so there was no rest.

The refs were horrible too. I'm normally easy on them cause it's not like we're playing in the NBA but they were bad. The other team put up a 3 from the top of the circle and it bounced off the rim and over the backboard, hit the wires on the other side and bounced back over and went in. They called it good. Was unbelievable. Both refs said they didn't see it but it was obvious they just didn't know what they were doing.  Our team was absolutely hacked by the other team in the paint too. We again asked the refs and their response was "well you're so much bigger than they are". We weren't any taller than them but just a bit older and more filled out.

We got to within 1 with about 30s to go and I forced a jump ball with 3.4 left on the clock and it was our ball (no jump balls after the start of the game). The inbounds went to the wrong guy and unfortunately he missed. Either way was a good effort to get back into it. 

Anyway, I actually had my best game for ages. 17 points incl 7/10 from the f/t line. Had a shit load of rebounds too. I'm disappointed I didn't have any blocks. I was never in a position to get any which is unusual for me. After the first 10 minutes I was actually beasting the other team though. I had nearly every offensive and defensive rebound. I was diving to get balls and just generally had an all around good game. Pulled up super sore though. Took a hit to the left knee which is sore but the rest I just feel like I've been tenderised.

Thanks for reading that if you made it all the way through.