By Matt Browning
To put it mildly, Valley Center’s Colby Newton worked on his game throughout the offseason.
“First off physically I figured out during the last season that there were too many players bigger and stronger than I was,” Newton said. “So I first worked to gain weight as I went from 155 pounds to 175 during the off-season. As well as all summer having 6:30am workouts to gain strength and athleticism; always pushing to become a better athlete. Next all the basketball work. I played AAU ball on the Puma Circuit for Kansas Select. This helped me a ton with playing some of the best players I’ve ever gone against.”
While Newton averaged 12 points per game last season, he still wants to be more confident on the offensive end.
“Something I’ve really wanted to do this offseason is one grow confidence in my game and two becoming more consistent on offense,” Newton said. “How I’ve done this is one training and working to improve those skills. But the main thing is just playing a ton getting used to getting a lot of shots up and getting a ton of repetition. What I’m most excited about for this upcoming basketball is being able to see my improvement from this past year. From all the time and effort I’ve put in during this off-season to improve my game.”
Newton is confident his hard work will pay off, so much so that he has lofty goals for himself.
“The goals I have for myself are pretty big goals,” Newton said. “My goals are to one average 20 5 and 5 which would be a huge accomplishment for me.”
