his leverage. He still hesitates in making contact with the opposing player before the ball enters his area. He & Nielson (who also shies from off-ball contact) are getting noticeably more physical lately, but they are clearly behind Nixon & Andrus--who both do a good job mixing it up.

He also needs to keep his arms high more than he does. You can tell it's on his mind (I'm sure the coaches are on him about it), but it's not second nature yet. He'd play a lot taller with that simple correction.

Someone commented some weeks back that they thought Corbin was longer than Nielsen, but there's no way that's true. I don't think Corbin's particularly long in the arms, nor are his shoulders all that broad--but he's hardly short-armed nor narrow-shouldered, either. He's got a good, solid physique to build on, IMO. And offseason of intense weight training will do wonders for him, I think.

mutu.