Hoops
Posted: January 29, 2012 Filed under: Sports 6 CommentsI assistant coach my 12 y.o. nephew’s basketball team. Our team is 4-0 and tough.
Yesterday (Saturday) morning, we had the early slot on the calendar: An 8:30 a.m. game against an athletic, heady, competitive team.
Our guys arrived looking like they spent Friday night sweet-talking their girlfriends: Tired and not caring much about basketball.
We quickly fell behind 14-4, and I had the bad “run-out-of-the gym” feeling–so I called timeout.
With relative calm, I told the guys to “stay with [your] man” and “box out” [for those unfamiliar–a term instructed to keep your opponent away from the ball so you can get said ball in your possession].
We started scoring, rebounding, “boxing out”, and defending. We generated some momentum.
The final score? 28-26.
Us.
The guys were glad to win, and I was glad that our coaching contributed.
One reason was that our team really started to trust our teammates. You’ll recall that I posted about the importance of that concept.
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Please humor me and click on the Repost. If not, I get your busy day.
Over and out.
Care to assist our BB coach??? He could use a Lincoln in the Ford camp….
Bill and I are considering professional coaching. Is that jump too high?
That would make you like the Van Gundys (Stan and Jeff). Did you see their story on the recent Bryant Gumbel HBO show?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Van_Gundy
When I read this, I thought about Jeff holding some dude’s leg and being whipped around like a rag doll.
Do they box out better than you? Or do they fall over like a sack of potatoes as well?
They are not as weak as I.