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OCTOBER 3, 2008 SPORTS BRENTWOODPRESS.COM | 5B
Clinic is
something
to shoot for
The Liberty High School basketball
program is holding a shooting clinic in the
school’s gym for boys and girls in grades
three through nine on Oct. 9 from 5 to 7
p.m., and Oct. 10 from 9 to 11 a.m. The fee
is $50 and registration ends Oct. 6. The fi rst
50 athletes will be accepted.
The clinic will teach proper shooting
fundamentals and footwork, emphasizing
proper mechanics, spot-up shooting, attacking
the basket, shooting off the dribble,
using one-on-one moves and building selfconfi
dence while promoting sportsmanship.
For more information, call Jon Heinz at
925-625-2210 or e-mail libertybasketball@
hotmail.com.
Shockers from page 3B
for some of the team’s success on the fi eld.
“They all get along so darn well. It’s
fun to watch them,” Carter said. “The rivalries
they have in high school just make
it more fun.”
The Shockers competed in seven summer
tournaments from May to July, but it
was the team’s fi rst-place fi nish at the Oakland
Metro Tournament in mid-June that
qualifi ed it for the four-day ASA Nationals
in Owensborough, Ky. in August.
“Just to qualify for a national tournament
of that caliber was an accomplishment
in itself,” Carter said. “The very best
teams in the nation were there, and we were
really happy to be there and to get to play
against some of them.”
In preparation for the nationals, the
Shockers competed in a higher, 18U tournament
in July, where they placed second.
Having gone 4-2 at the ASA Nationals
last year in the 14U division, the Shockers
found the competition in a higher age
bracket to be bigger, stronger and faster this
time around. But the team’s respectable 2-2
record proved it was up for the challenge.
“It was very intimidating at fi rst,” Jamerson
said. “We’re a very small team in
terms of height, and everyone in our division
seemed so tall. But once we got the
wiggles out and started playing, we realized
they weren’t that much different than us.”
The Shockers players and coaches
agreed that although the competition was
tough, it was the muggy Kentucky weather
that was the toughest to acclimate to.
“It was so hot and humid – so much
different than we’re all used to living in
California,” Jamerson said. “But the worst
part was the huge, disgusting bugs that were
everywhere. They were the worst at night.
That’s when the creatures really came out.”
For Carter and the rest of the Shockers
coaching staff, the four-day tournament
proved what their players were made of.
“I was very, very proud of these girls,”
Carter said. “We did really well for being a
young 16U team. Considering how many
thousands and thousands of great teams
out there didn’t even qualify put in perspective
how well we did. It was a very rewarding
experience.”
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