{"id":447,"date":"2010-06-03T14:38:19","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T20:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/?p=447"},"modified":"2010-06-03T14:38:19","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T20:38:19","slug":"all-important-footwork-often-overlooked-in-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/all-important-footwork-often-overlooked-in-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"All-important Footwork Often Overlooked in High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The First Step Can Make All the Difference<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chrissy-LaCivita1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-450\" title=\"chrissy LaCivita\" src=\"\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chrissy-LaCivita1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Athletes advance to the professional level for a good reason \u2013 they are the best at what they do.\u00a0 Chances are they<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chrissiresume.jpg\"><\/a> have received excellent coaching along the way, too, of course.\u00a0 And, most great coaches will tell you that when evaluating talent, one of the first things they watch is an athlete\u2019s footwork.\u00a0 They can spot the good, the bad and the ugly a mile away.\u00a0 Athletes that have learned, practiced and put to muscle memory excellent footwork skills have a decided advantage over those with less sophisticated footwork fundamentals.\u00a0 What\u2019s the big deal, you ask?\u00a0 Everything begins with the feet.\u00a0 The first step an athlete takes \u2013 that is, the direction, angle and strength of it \u2013 dictates what happens next and who has the upper hand in one-on-one battles.\u00a0 Emulating professionals\u2019 footwork fundamentals is a great way to raise your own game.\u00a0 It is a key aspect in nearly every sport and one which is sorely lacking at the high school level.\u00a0 Watch, tape or DVR pro games, study athletes at your position in detail (take notes and review them before each practice) and put them into your routine every day.\u00a0 Getting better can be only a step or two away in the right direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First Step Can Make All the Difference Athletes advance to the professional level for a good reason \u2013 they are the best at what they do.\u00a0 Chances are they have received excellent coaching along the way, too, of course.\u00a0 And, most great coaches will tell you that when evaluating talent, one of the first &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/all-important-footwork-often-overlooked-in-high-school\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}