PLAY SMARTER - NOT HARDER! PT. 1

Attended a game yesterday where I watched a pretty good defender put a lot of pressure on the ball up high, so much so that the ball handler usually picked up her dribble and panicked... and then threw the ball to a wide open teammate left unguarded.

All of the effort and energy the defender put on the ball handler attempting to create a turnover was wasted because her teammates didn't anticipate what would happen next.  When the ball handler picks up her dribble... the obvious thing she is looking to do is to pass to one of her teammates.  Yet, time and time again the defense stood and watched, rather than ANTICIPATE what was about to happen and take action to prevent it.

Play smarter - Not harder!

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