It never ceases to amaze me that no matter what game or open gym or pick up game I’m watching...there’s ALWAYS someone who plays harder than everyone else.
— Hoops Companion 🏀 Resources for Coaches (@Hoops_Companion) September 8, 2024
It’s a skill.
You know it when you see it. At tryouts, in practice, in games, you see that 'guy'. Geno Auriemma addresses the women as "guys," as an encompassing term. "Guys, we gotta play harder."
Sometimes 'the guy' is a vocal leader. Sometimes she leads by example without many words.
She usually wins the sprints.
She sprints to the huddle for a timeout.
She never "cheats the drill."
She's "first to the floor" to "keep the ball up."
She's Jay Bilas's example of "play so hard your coach has to take you out."
"How you do anything is how you do everything." Brad Stevens said that he never coached a great student who wasn't an excellent defender. The work ethic for both is the same.
"Be the guy."
Lagniappe. Nobody has everything go their way all the time.
This! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/ykznfJGsf2
— Help A Teacher (@HelpATeacher) September 9, 2024
What's your plan to push through?
- Do. Not. Quit.
- Find the heat. (Family, mentors, friends)
- Affirmations. "This is who I am. That is how I play."
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