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With the NBA playoffs going on, we at the Coaching Toolbox think there are a lot of things that both basketball players and coaches can take from the games in addition to the entertainment value.
In Today’s post we will discuss what we think can help a player to look for:
The good:
- How hard they play on defense when the games mean something. They play so many games in the regular season and maintain a grueling travel schedule that they cannot physically play as hard as they can night in and night out. Now that there are consecutive games in the same city and travel days when they do switch cities, fatigue is less of a factor. Every game is important now, and they play like it. High school players don’t have those excuses. Play hard every night!
- They play for 48 minutes and every possession at both ends could be the one that determines the outcome of the game. There are not wasted possessions because the game hangs in the balance every second.
- Even though every player in the playoffs has great talent, the players play within the established offensive and defensive game plans and schemes. Because they do, the team is able to benefit from the talents of each individual. The best teams are better as a whole than the some of the individual talents and abilities because they do play together as a team.
- The coaches make adjustments during the games and the teams whose players execute the adjustments are the ones that win.
All of those are good things players can learn from.
The bad and the ugly are the trash talking and the grudge matches. Losing your poise hurts your team no matter who you are because you don’t handle pressure as well after losing self control. In team sports there is never a time to hold a grudge against an individual opponent. Focusing on one opponent takes your attention away from your objective to win the basketball game. No one is as good as he or she could be when they lose sight of the target.
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