Assess Your Opponent

Evaluate him as a player and an opponent?

• What foot is their dominant one, do they only go left or right pressure?

• Is the player easily frustrated by early wins, does he give up easily?

• Is the player fast, perhaps faster than you?

• Does the player have solid foot skills and ball presence you need to be aware of?

• Can they handle incidental contact, bumping or jockeying without the ball?

• Can they handle direct contact?

• Are they easily distracted?

• Is he a shooter or inclined to pass?

• Does he take good shots, or the first one he can find?

• Does he use fakes, pauses or other subterfuge?