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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Tip of the Day

Defensive Tip:
When you are playing defense it is important to always help your teammates. It is called the help and recover defense. It is not only important to take care of your own man but to also help when your teammates get beat. When you hear your teammates yell "HELP" you need to immediately help them, at least in enough time for them to come to back to their. As soon as they recover to their man, that is when you recover to your man. So, playing good defense not only means taking care of your man but also taking care of your teammates mans as well. This was one of the last things that I caught onto when I was learning how to play defense.

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There will always be games you lose and some you win but you can never give up because when you give up, you are automatically losing.

Tip of the Day

Defense Tip:
When playing defense whether it be in a zone or man-to-man, you need to know where your player is. It is helpful to keep contact with your man to always know where they are. It allows you to be able to feel where their going. It also makes you more aggressive when paying defense because you can stay in their face the entire time you are guarding them. Knowing where your man is, allows you to play better defense. You won't loose your player, or let them catch the ball. Always stay aggressive and keep in contact with them.