Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Sitting down with Coach Gillespie (Interview)

 In this blog post I sat down and interviewed with Illinois State Associate Women's Basketball Coach Scott Gillespie about some of the things the younger generations can do to perfect their skills and quickly see those results they are looking for. Coach Gillespie is not only the Associate Coach, but he is also in charge of skill development for the guards and forwards on the Illinois State Women's Basketball team. Gillespie played at Division 3 Ripon College under his father despite having multiple division 1 offers. He is the Colleges all time points and assists leader and was inducted into the Ripon College Athletics Hall of Fame. 

Question: What made you so successful as a player when you were growing up?

Answer: Locking in on my fundamentals and making sure those were perfect which required practice. I was in the gym five to six days a week and a majority of those days I was in there twice. 

Question: What kinds of drills were you doing when you would go to workout?

Answer: Always started with ball handling. It allowed me to get a feel for the ball and make sure I had it on a string. After that it would depend. If I was working on shooting, I would start close to the hoop and work my way back deeper. If I was doing drills that had me finishing at the rim with layups and floaters, then there would be some sort of cone variance that required me to make a few moves before I went into that shot.

Question: What would be your biggest piece of advice to the younger kids wanting to get better?

Answer: Practice. If you don't practice, then you won't get better. The kids who start early with the little things like dribbling and shooting are the ones who develop the work ethic and want to get better every day.

For more information on Coach Gillespie go to https://goredbirds.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/scott-gillespie/1553

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