My opinions on Angelo, and of course I emphasize they are OPINION.
The guys skill is unquestioned, you don't make multiple PBA shows by accident. Yet we've seen quite a few ugly games on tv. First off, I hate his timing step. I just cannot see how you can possibly be consistent with that step. How do you know exactly how long to pause, when to resume, and do it the same way every time?
Reason i bring this up is, I've had similar things worked on by coaches. All of them told me the same thing, that you MUST develop a consistent approach that you can duplicate almost exactly every single time. Reason being, because when the pressure is on you rely on your mechanics to be solid. If you are getting to the line at different times, with different feelings you will throw different balls. Now your mind has to try to compensate for these reactions, and then you make adjustments based on bad feedback and then follow it up with another bad shot.
Now, my theory on why this doesn't affect him for qualifying/match play is because there is so many games, he can get into a groove. He can make the same "mistakes" consistently enough that its not an issue. He is up and down so often, than even when his mechanics start to leave him, he doesn't get much time to think between shots and is essentially letting his talent work for him. Once its TV time, you have 1 game to get it right and the ton of pressure just shoves it over the top. The time between every shot, tv timeouts, rapid lane transition and then fluky mechanics just compound his thought process, and boom he is lost.
What I don't get is why coaches haven't tried to work with him on this. Maybe because he is a PBA guy they are intimidated to say something, I dont know but all the coaching ive ever had and seen, the first thing they work on is a solid and consistent approach, that way when your nerves have the best of you, you can still fall back on your mechanics. I don't see how Angelo can
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Darrell Guzman
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