I’m sure a few of you (probably most of you) were every bit as frustrated with my constant yelling tonight as I was with the poor ball handling, missed lay ups and sloppy passes.
I know that every one of you will give your all and lay it all on the line when the game starts, but we can’t depend on the “light-switch” mentality to get us through games. We can’t assume that we will be able to switch our stuff on & off whenever we want to. Preparation has always been the key to success, whether in basketball or taking a test at school. By failing to adequately prepare, we are actually preparing to fail.
There are only six practice days left (four of which are only 1.5 hrs) and a walkthrough before our first game. Between now and then, we have to accomplish the following:
- Improve our shooting percentage from outside. We aren’t even close right now and 10 minutes of shooting at each practice won’t be enough time to get us where we need to be.
- Memorize the motion offense. We’re close to understanding it, but not enough yet to be able to do it by habit, which is what we will need before you feel comfortable running it.
- Memorize the new defense. Which we haven’t even walked through live yet.
- Get into the habit of boxing out on EVERY shot attempt.
- Work on our Press Breaker.
- Get our timing & rhythm back on offense. That’s one reason the passes & drives are so sloppy.
- Memorize last season’s plays. (4, 4-High, Box, Stack, Stack-Man, 22, Deep)
- Get into game condition (physically)
There’s not much time left to accomplish all of that. So I’ll make a deal with you…. I’ll promise not to yell, if you’ll promise to be the player you are capable of being. Come to practice with the mindset of wanting to learn the new stuff and earnestly seeking to improve your game.
4:13
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