How Rebounds Work « Early in the fourth quarter of an April game against Orlando, Chicago’s Jimmer Fredette came off a Taj Gibson screen and rose up for a left wing 3.
As the ball arced toward the rim, Joakim Noah raced from the elbow toward the restricted area.Fredette’s shot missed, glancing off the rim, off the glass, and falling down just on the right side of the hoop. In one smooth motion, Noah rose up, gathered the rebound, and dropped it down into the cylinder for an easy two points. He was in the perfect place at the perfect time. Maybe this was good fortune. Maybe it was something else. Where Do Rebounds Go? Where Do Rebounds Go?
Here’s a basic basketball question: if a player misses a 3-point shot from the left corner, where will the rebound go? The answer to this question has obvious competitive advantages, regardless of whether you are playing a pick-up game at the park or you are playing in the gold-medal game of the Olympics. So what’s the answer? Where do missed corner 3′s end up? Thanks to SportVu data, we can now answer this question. The Coaches Insider - Basketball. Videos: Blake Griffin Rebounding Workout. Basketball - Video - Rebounding Tip Drill-Blake Griffin.