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Dealing with those not so nice teammates

I know what it is like to have to deal with unbearable teammates. It sucks! There are different types of teammates that you may have encountered, whether they are bossy, a ball hog, negative to the entire team, or just simply think they are better than everyone else, I have been there. I used to be the type of person that would just sit back and let that one specific person tear me and the rest of the team down, but not anymore. If you are dealing with a difficult teammate don't let them walk all over you... do something. I didn't do anything until I decided that enough was enough. I communicated with that specific person, and I also communicated with the coach because I believed that our team was at a disadvantage by the way they were acting. If you believe that this specific teammate is causing the entire team problems, and is pulling your team down with their attitude then say something. Trust me, once you say something it will get better. Stand up for yourself, and your team.

Summer Basketball...

Well, I know it has been a while since I have written a post but better late than never! So since it is summer time, I thought I would write a post about summer basketball. Just because it is summer doesn't mean, basketball should just stop. There are plenty of things you could do... go to a basketball camp, go for runs, shoot hoops outside, or anything with a basketball. If you are someone who truly loves basketball then it should continue throughout the year, it shouldn't en just because a season is over. Also, a thing I try to do to motivate myself in the summer is trying to set a goal of being a better player and athlete when I return to the next season. We have to stop wishing things would happen and starting wanting things to happen. We cant just sit around all summer hoping you will be a starting five player, or wishing you will have the best foul shot average, you have to work for it. Summer is a time where you have two free months of absolutely nothing do, except get better. I hope that after reading this, you will pick up your basketball, get outside and just shoot some hoops. But remember, work on skills that you want to improve on in order to become an overall better player, whether it is your shot, your defense, your quickness, anything! I hope you all work hard! Good Luck! :)

Angry Coach Problems

Speaking from my personal experiences with multiple coaches here are some of the worst things that have happened with a frustrated coach.

1. Having them throw all of their stuff at the wall, before our after game team meeting.
2. At a team meeting, having them come in and say "I was taught that if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all" and then walk out of the change room.
3. Running at practice every time you do something wrong!
4. Having the coach say in a mid-game situation that if we are not going to listen to them, than we can coach ourselves but until then we are on our own.
5. When a coach has made an unrealistic goal for a certain drill, which means if we don't meet that goal we NEED to run! 

Those dreadful practices...

As a basketball player I know how there can be those dreaful practices. Especially when you played really bad in a torunament the weekend before. I remember the worst practice I have ever had. It was a Monday after a tournament we had just had, and we did not perform to the best of our abilities. We knew right from the beginning that it was going to be an awful practice because as soon as our game was done, our coach said to us "Be at the gym at seven, it will be a two hour practice". All we did was conditioning... suicide after suicide, and a few stair case drills thrown in there. It was dreadful! It was for a full two hours of running, I don't think I touched a basketball during that practice! Have you ever had any awful practices? If so, comment one of your experiences! I would love to hear!

Staying in a Hotel

One of my favourite parts of playing basketball is travelling to different cities to play against different teams every weekend. I absolutely love staying in hotel with my teammates, staying up late (as long as we don't have a game early in the morning) and having fun and making memories. There are so many fun memories I have made in hotels. I would have to say that my funniest story in a hotel would be when we had just lost the semi-final game late on a Saturday night, and we were staying in the hotel till Sunday. Even though we had lost, which was disappointing, we still had a great night. We all ordered pizza, and just hung out, watching movies, chilling in the halls, and the best of all playing knicky-knicky-nine-doors! This was the funniest game to play in a hotel. I remember all of us running into the stair wells and splitting up from one end to the other and just running down the halls knocking on all the doors until we got back to the stairwell. This probably lasted for about 20 minutes until we got in trouble with the security. But, the party didn't stop there, we all went into one room and hung out together, laughing, eating candy and watching movies (and occasionally jumping on the bed). I have made many memories in hotels with my teammates and I hope that you will too!!!  

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