You matter. How do you know? Because "I'll be watching you." How you treat your parents, how you interact with your teammates, how you run drills, how you communicate, how you use nonverbal language, coaches see everything.
If you create separation with hesitation or crossover dribbles, we made a mental note of it. When we keep an offense out of the paint or struggle to make breakaway layups, we've cataloged it.
Sting shares the coaches' promise via a periodic sentence, holding the reader until completion, "I'll be watching you."
When Urban Meyer's players "cross the red line" onto the field, he expects them physically and mentally engaged. If they're not, he won't allow them onto the field.
Make "basketball actions" that demand focus and repetition.
What you say matters and whether you're saying it at all.
Lagniappe: Horns
Flex like action.
Horns high ball screen and roll with pressure on low defenders. (B. Suhr)
Horns middle entry. (B. Suhr)
