STrib: Scoggins: What Gym Rats Do When the Gyms are Closed

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Basketball's gym rats missing the places where they could shoot in solitude

They know that staying home is necessary because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is something comforting about being alone in a basketball gym, shooting in silence.

www.startribune.com

Sara Scalia didn’t shoot a basketball for four days in a row last week, which is the longest she’s gone without doing one of her favorite things in life in … “Never,” she said.

Seriously? Never longer than four days?

“I can’t remember [longer],” she noted.

The Gophers freshman sharpshooter loves to shoot. She’s a gym rat. A basketball court is her go-to spot.

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Scalia, who led all Big Ten freshmen in three-point shooting this season, takes only a day off if her legs are extra sore. She improvised last week. She shot trash into the garbage can and looked online for workouts to do inside the house. She has a hoop in her backyard, and her dad promised to shovel snow to keep it clear.

“The first couple of days I was going crazy not knowing what to do,” she said. “I’m trying to keep myself busy in the house.”

 

[GringaGopher]

Good reminder about how much practice time goes into being a D1 athlete.