
Kailyn Bell
Ridley High School (PA)
Delco Goats
Class
2024
Height
5'7"
Strength
Fair
Position
CG
Strong Hand
Right
Potential Level
DII
August 2021
Offensive Qualities
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Interchangeable between the point and off-guard positions
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Main role when playing both is a distributor
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Her focus is to get others involved and run the team from the lead guard position
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Consummate team player who understands her role and stays within it
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Strong fundamentals
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Very unselfish
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Exhibits proper footwork
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Plays a solid floor game
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Understands how to move to the open areas against zone defenses and maintain proper spacing
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Will benefit from cutting with purpose more consistently against man-to-man defense
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Playmaking – shows flashes of capable playmaking
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Penetrates with a plan
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Sets her teammates up nicely for quality looks
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Will occasionally push the pace to draw and kick to shooters
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Pick-and-roll play
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Uses good angles off the ball screen
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Patiently awaits the screener to get set
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Pass-first off the pick
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Conservative decision-maker
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Could consider being more aggressive by looking to turn the corner more often
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Provides flashes of getting to the rim off the bounce, such as this nice hesitation crossover for the finish
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Finishing
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Exhibits the ability to finish with her left hand
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Will improve by continuing to strengthen this ability
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Owns strength to finish through some contact
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Can improve on:
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Finishing with two hands in traffic/against the contest to add strength and ball protection
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Maintaining focus on the goal in traffic
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Will benefit from developing a runner/floater around the paint
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Displays a knack for drawing shooting fouls around the rim
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Effective positional offensive rebounder
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Uses her anticipatory skills to track the ball and judge where it’s coming off the rim
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A note on getting open against the deny: she can walk the defender down, reverse pivot into them, making contact/impact with her shoulder and hip/behind as she moves into them. As she’s pivoting, she should use her non-pivot leg to seal them and then explode out to call for the ball.
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As a screener, she does a good job of seeking out the defender to screen, as opposed to moving to a specified area
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Showed the incorporation of a one-dribble pull-up that was nicely executed
Shooting
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Still working toward becoming a more consistent shooter overall
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Shoots it with confidence and provides glimpses of her potential from 3-point distance
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Maintains good concentration on the rim
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Choosy shot selection
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Majority of attempts in the games covered were from 3 or around the rim
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Would like to see her to be more aggressive in looking for her own shot
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Form/Mechanics
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When shooting on the catch, the right foot is a half-step too far out in front of the left foot
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Bring that right foot back ½ a step
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This doesn’t appear to take place when shooting off the dribble
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Both feet are slightly angled to the left, away from the rim. This leaves the lower body slightly rotated to the left.
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Mostly on the catch, the initial shot motion involves a “loading” up of sorts, where she moves the ball slightly away from her body before bringing it back in to continue up into the shot motion
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Eliminating this extra motion will increase the quickness of the shot and cut down on the overall movement, which should help contribute to more consistency (the less movement, the better)
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Appears to use the guide hand’s thumb, flicking it upon the release
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Keeping the guide hand flat (or simply removing the thumb action) will improve consistency
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Release is from under the chin
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Shoots up to create a favorable shot trajectory
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Consistent follow through
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Shoots a set shot
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Needs time to get the shot off on the catch
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Comfortable shooting off the bounce
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Shoots off a jump stop
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Quicker release
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Less overall motion in the shot
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Passing
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Very willing passer; makes the right pass with a nice delivery
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Makes the extra pass without hesitancy
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Displays good vision
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Shows awareness of where her teammates are and where they are going to be
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Advances the ball well with the pass
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Effective as a passer upon penetration into the lane
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Drive and kicks to shooters
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Dump-offs to the block/paint
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Good post-feeder
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Uses the correct technique on her bounce passes and overhead passes
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Correctly uses an extra dribble to create the proper passing angle and places the pass away from the defender
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Tends to put too much air on the pass in situations where more zip is warranted
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Has a greater tendency to pass with predominantly one hand instead of two
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Will benefit from cleaning up her technique by using two hands and flicking her wrists
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Comfortable throwing passes with her right or left hand on the perimeter
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Uses the left-handed pass appropriately
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Displays a nice touch on her passes overall
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Capable of making accurate passes off the live dribble
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Sound decision-maker
Dribbling
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Makes efficient use of her dribbles
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Has a good, controlled speed dribble
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Fluid change of direction on the run
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Nice posture – can be a bit too upright
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Will benefit from getting her body lower to the ground
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Will help to maximize explosiveness and increase ball protection, control, and quickness
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Has a tendency to change directions before crossing over. As a result, the ball is traveling slightly behind her.
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Crossover tends to be “over the top” against ball pressure rather than v-shaped. The v-shaped crossover keeps the ball lower and decreases the likelihood of the defender getting a hand on it.
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Uses the “over the top” crossover effectively when putting pressure on the defense moving downhill
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Will improve by working on dribbling around bodies with a focus on keeping the ball low and eyes up
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Work on change of hands and directions with the crossover, while incorporating other dribble moves such as between the legs and behind the back to add ball protection
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Will also benefit from keeping her body between the ball and the defender more consistently
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For instance, when entering the ball into the offense by dribbling to the wing, step into the body of the defender using the shoulder/body and push/explode back off the planted foot to create the space to crossover
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Be careful not to push off of the defender
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Defense
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Reliable; pays close attention to detail. A few examples include:
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Rarely allows cutters to cut in front of her face
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When pressing full-court off of scores, she immediately locates and guards
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Maintains a good balance of attention between ball and man off the ball
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Excellent at getting back on defense to stop ball and defend the basket to prevent easy attempts
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Strikes on backside steal opportunities without putting her team at a disadvantage
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On-ball defense
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Impressive overall – makes the ball handler work, stays in front, and knows how to lead the ball handler into help
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Solid defensive stance
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Plays defense with her feet and generally does so without fouling
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Usually preserves good balance
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Crosses her feet when moving laterally to stay in front, which will be troublesome against quicker ballhandlers who are capable of effective misdirection/change of direction dribbles
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Avoid bringing the feet together/crossing feet
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Does not quit on the ball and often cuts the opponent off as a result
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Will benefit from more active hands
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In the half-court, she meets the ball at half-court to apply pressure
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Applies effective full-court pressure, turning the ball handler multiple times and successfully leads them into traps
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Good communicator
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Shows sound technique on closeouts
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Completes the closeout by turning and blocking out without fouling
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Consistently blocks out
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Superb technique
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Makes a concerted effort to find a body when the shot goes up
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Has a tendency to focus too much on the block out and not enough on the ball itself
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Possesses good hands that are capable of plucking the ball from defenders on-ball and from the help side position
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Plays with anticipation
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Does an excellent job of staying in her defensive stance off the ball
Basketball IQ
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Excellent court awareness
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Exhibits a sound understanding of moving without the ball
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i.e. Displays the knowledge/feel of when to use the back door
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Knows how to draw the defense and understands when to make the pass as a result
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Displays the ability to read the defense for fast break opportunities
Here’s a nice look without putting the ball on the floor to take advantage of the 2-on-1
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Values possessions
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Shows a feel for the game
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Sound decision-maker overall
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Has a firm grasp on offensive and defensive game plans
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Understands time and score
Disposition/Presence
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Brings stability to the floor for her team
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Good motor on both ends; plays hard
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Disciplined on both ends, too
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Plays to win the game
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Competitive
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Takes the game seriously
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Celebrates her teammates’ successes
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Gets on the floor without hesitation and is seemingly always in the mix
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It sounds cliché, but she does a lot of things that do not show up in the box score
Physical/Athleticism
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Good hand-eye coordination
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Possesses nice timing and anticipation
Here she is anticipating where the ball is coming off the rim, and finishing nicely with tough left-handed 7-foot shot
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Fair positional strength
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Exhibits an overall toughness you like to see in the backcourt
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Not afraid of contact
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Restricted quickness and foot speed
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Can improve through various quickness drills, plyometrics, and speed drills
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Room to improve conditioning