Robert Sands is spending his summer in the film room. He’s already acquired and digested the LSU and Pitt spring games as he gets a head start on the opponents he’ll see a few months from now. He’s also tackling another subject with which he’d like to be more familiar.

Himself.

Sands, however, spends far more time studying himself. While fans watch to see the big plays and thunderous hits, Sands is far more interested in correcting his own mistakes.

“I may see a bad habit, like stepping the bucket, which is like a false step. That makes it take longer to break to the ball. I try to figure out why am I doing that. Are my hips too high? Am I too high coming out of the break,” he explained.

It’s a never-ending process, really, for there is no perfect player.

Yes, he has a lot of great plays to admire but that doesn’t dominate the film sessions.

“It’s more ‘Dang, if I didn’t do this I could have made that play.’ It’s isn’t ‘Boy that’s a good play.’ I’ll see a good play, but that’s expected. I’m looking for an area to improve on.”