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OT-WHAT is a "dribble drive"?
Phil Hawkins, Photographer
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Fresno | ca | usa | Posted: 10:06 PM on 03.20.10 |
->> Thank God I haven't heard this term used much in the Big Dance, but in watching NIT coverage today, I heard the term "dribble drive" which I have heard a great deal during the season. WTF!! It's like fingernails down a chalk board to me! I mean, what other way IS there to drive the lane than to dribble? If you don't dribble, you're shooting or traveling. When and how did this term come into the play-by-play vernacular? What did I miss? I never got the memo!
Next we'll hear "...and now for men's football on ESPN! and after that, women's softball!" |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 10:22 PM on 03.20.10 |
| ->> phil, calm down!! it's when a guy drives the lane and saliva dribbles down his chin....hence a "dribble" drive.... |
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Jeff Martin, Photographer
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wellington | OH | usa | Posted: 10:34 PM on 03.20.10 |
| ->> I would guess it would be in contrast to the "traveling" drive, popularized in the NBA. |
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Phil Hawkins, Photographer
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Fresno | ca | usa | Posted: 10:58 PM on 03.20.10 |
| ->> Thanks, Chuck... I knew you would know. I will sleep well tonight. :-/ |
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Dave Prelosky, Photographer
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Lower Burrell | Pa | US | Posted: 11:45 PM on 03.20.10 |
| ->> As these player are way to young for the Old Age Dribble |
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Paul Alesse, Photographer
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Centereach | NY | USA | Posted: 1:42 AM on 03.21.10 |
| ->> I'm thinkin' it's an external with bad sectors. |
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Mark Sutton, Photographer
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Herndon | VA | USA | Posted: 11:49 AM on 03.21.10 |
| ->> Chuck U R Crazy... LMBO!!! |
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John Pyle, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | Ca | USA | Posted: 11:53 AM on 03.21.10 |
| ->> Did'nt you guys watch watch Laker games in the 80's?. The term came from the great Chick Hearn. He used to say it every time Magic drove the lane to the hoop. Those were the good days of the NBA. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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->> So Chuck what your saying is that when you drive home from the game that is the 'Dribble Drive'?
(Rim Shot)
...Thanks folks , I'm here every Sunday, remember to tip your waiter :0) |
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Michael McNamara, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Phoenix | AZ | USA | Posted: 6:12 PM on 03.21.10 |
| ->> They mentioned it during the Duke-Cal game, referencing the penetration Cal was making by dribbling into the lane. Maybe a better way to put it would be "pass penetration vs dribble penetration," but "dribble drive" sounds better. |
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Landon Finch, Photographer
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Colorado Springs | CO | USA | Posted: 6:19 PM on 03.21.10 |
| ->> Phil, there is mens softball (fastpitch). Check out the mens and womens national teams @ www.usasoftball.com. |
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Jason Joseph, Photographer
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Dublin | OH | USA | Posted: 6:46 PM on 03.21.10 |
| ->> I dribble drive every morning when my coffee mug is too full. That's exactly why I am hoping that Canon will make a 300mm mug instead of that little bitty 70-200mm mug. |
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Sam Santilli, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Philippi | WV | USA | Posted: 7:21 PM on 03.21.10 |
->> A couple of years ago it was: "He takes his man to the elbow", or "Off the elbow the pass goes to the corner."
The newest hot shot announcer speak is: "This team needs to score the basketball!" Or: "This kid really knows how to score the ball!"
I guess that is opposed to scoring with the ladies. But on the court, what lese are you goung to score with?
Every announcer, from NBA TV guys to HS radio hacks feels the need to embelish the game...why not just call the game and leave the cute stuff to Hot Rod. |
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Phil Hawkins, Photographer
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Fresno | ca | usa | Posted: 8:47 PM on 03.21.10 |
->> Hi Michael,
That's exactly what I'm talking about. There's no need to make reference to "dribble" in any context. Everyone knows when you say "Penetration" as it pertains to making a move to the goal, you are dribbling the ball. Announcers are showing their stupidity when they do that. Trying too hard to be hip and cool.
I also like when they say "What's the key to the game, Bob?" Bob says "Well, team A is going to have to stop team B and then put the ball in the hoop on the other end". Hmmm.... Deep, deep analysis... Incredibly salient insight.
Again, why don't they say "Men's football"?
I know, in the grand scheme of things, it's not the end of the world, but it's just one of those things that make you go "ARRRGH!" |
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Dave Breen, Photographer
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Somerset | PA | USA | Posted: 8:48 PM on 03.21.10 |
| ->> Steve -- Is that a "rim shot" as compared to a "nothing but net shot"? |
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David Eulitt, Photographer
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Kansas City | MO | USA | Posted: 9:18 PM on 03.21.10 |
| ->> USB 1. |
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Louis Lopez, Photographer
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Fontana | CA | USA | Posted: 3:09 AM on 03.22.10 |
->> Phil,
I feel the same as well.
One that I hear and read a lot from photographers that just bugs me is when they are captioning images and place NFL Football or MLB Baseball, NHL Hockey etc... in the headline. Football is already in the NFL part as baseball is in the MLB part as well as Hockey.
come on say it with me now,
National Football League Football
Major League Baseball Baseball
National Hockey League Hockey
yeah, sounds pretty stupid right?
you could go on and on...
it is a small trivial thing but it bugs the cr*p out of me. |
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John Korduner, Photographer
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Baton Rouge | LA | United States | Posted: 4:39 AM on 03.22.10 |
| ->> If redundancy bothers you, you must really despise bumper stickers for secondary schools such as "Bacon Academy High School" |
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Michael McNamara, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Phoenix | AZ | USA | Posted: 12:20 PM on 03.22.10 |
| ->> Louis, we actually just got a note about this at work. It's written that way in captions so it's easier for people to quickly search an archive and get the results they're looking for. Makes sense when you think of it that way. |
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Matt Barton, Photographer
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Lexington | KY | USA | Posted: 12:43 PM on 03.22.10 |
| ->> Phill, Dribble Drive is basically pushing the ball down court before the other team can setup their defense. Literally straight to the basket as fast as they can run so you gotta have pretty good guards. Calipari brought this offense to Kentucky this year and it seems to be working out pretty well. |
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N. Scott Trimble, Photographer
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Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Posted: 2:13 PM on 03.22.10 |
| ->> I have 4TB in my Dribble Drive and expanding to 2TB more today. Wish I had gotten eSata with mine, then it would have been a Drobo... |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 3:44 PM on 03.22.10 |
->> Phil,
The term has been around NBA play-by-play for decades. The late Chick Hearn of the Lakers used it along with many unique "Chickisms" like, "The mustard's off the hot dog now."
--Mark |
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Phil Hawkins, Photographer
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Fresno | ca | usa | Posted: 4:33 PM on 03.22.10 |
->> >>>"Phill, Dribble Drive is basically pushing the ball down court before the other team can setup their defense. Literally straight to the basket as fast as they can run so you gotta have pretty good guards. Calipari brought this offense to Kentucky this year and it seems to be working out pretty well."
Thanks, Matt, Calipari got it from a junior college coach from Fresno, Vance Walberg, now an assistant at UMass. I'm well familiar with the offense, as I officiated it in Fresno when Walberg was coach at Clovis West High School. But it's basically a fast break with a twist. Works great on MTM defenses, not so much on zones run with discipline (Hence, the lack of success with it at UMass). The term "dribble drive" is now being used by PBP guys anytime any player drives the lane. Just makes me crazy... (I know, I need a life)... |
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Dave Prelosky, Photographer
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Lower Burrell | Pa | US | Posted: 4:51 PM on 03.22.10 |
->> And as of this thread hadn't gone far enough off course, check this in a free moment:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09361/1023879-150.stm
The 26th Annual Trite Trophy commentary from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writer Gene Collier. |
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Mark Peters, Photographer
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Highland | IL | USA | Posted: 8:01 PM on 03.22.10 |
| ->> Ah, but Dave, that's not off course - Dribble Drive appears just before the third runnerup is declared.......... |
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Phil Hawkins, Photographer
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Fresno | ca | usa | Posted: 8:09 PM on 03.23.10 |
->> Dave,
Great column, all true. But he forgot "grow your business"; the worst of them all. |
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Dave Prelosky, Photographer
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Lower Burrell | Pa | US | Posted: 8:28 PM on 03.23.10 |
->> Two things -
Matt - I hadn't scanned thru that since Christmas and forgot the reference was actually there.
Second, I haven't seen the apparently now forgotten "the ball came out" |
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Tim Casey, Photographer
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Gainesville | FL | USA | Posted: 1:59 AM on 04.01.10 |
| ->> A "dribble-drive" is when the player starts with the ball while stationary, then makes a move towards the basket while beginning to dribble... as opposed to dribbling the ball continuously then moving to the basket. |
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