By Matt Browning
The Valley Center girls basketball team lost plenty of scoring from last year’s team, so Taylor McDonald understands she needs to step into that role.
“I think I need to be more aggressive around the basket, and potentially call my own number a little bit more,” McDonald said. “We’re losing some scoring, and last year I didn’t play with as much confidence as I probably could have. If I can develop just a couple more post moves as we go into the season I think it will help open things up for the rest of my team.”
There was a specific type of training focused on during the summer months.
“I was focused in the off season on improving my athleticism,” McDonald said. “Specifically focusing on power, plyometric training (touching 10′ 6″ right now), which translates into both of my sports (volleyball and basketball). Unfortunately I wasn’t able to focus too much on basketball specific, due to volleyball commitments, however I feel like I’ll be more dangerous this coming year as I’ve had another year to grow physically.”
McDonald has had so much success throughout her high school basketball career, so she is excited to see what this group of seniors can accomplish this season.
“We’ve got a great group of seniors, that collectively we went undefeated my freshman year while on JV,” McDonald said. “Further, likely this will be my last year playing basketball, which makes it the only year I’ll potentially get to share the floor with my younger sister who is a freshman this year.”
