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Shauna's approach to preseason practice
From the Dayton Daily News please see below as she talks about her approach to practice with the opener two months away...
Women’s coach Shauna Green can take a different approach than Grant this month and throughout the preseason because she has a veteran team. The men’s team has seven newcomers among its 13 scholarship players and one player, Elijah Weaver, entering his fourth season of college basketball. The women’s team returns its entire starting lineup, including three sixth-year players: Jenna Giacone; Erin Whalen; and Araion Bradshaw.
“I think this is kind of where we really lock in and ramp up our conditioning,” Green said. “We’re starting to implement the offense, starting to implement the defense. The summer’s really a lot of skill work, fundamentals, trying to get them to where we need to be individually. Now’s the time where it’s all starting to be put together as a team.
“We’re breaking it up right now. We’re still doing an hour of individual work and then we’re doing three hours of of teamwork. I think (Grant’s) probably worried about other things than I’m worried about. We’re still worried about the little things and we’re still big time on the fundamentals and all of that, but we can advance a little bit quicker just because they know what we’re doing. Putting in our offense, putting in our plays doesn’t take as long as it did even last year when we had five freshmen. Everything just can’t move a little bit quicker. It’s definitely different year to year if you’re a veteran team or a young team.”
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