"Attitude reflects leadership."
Coaches want our teams to reflect our sport values - smart, competitive, engaged, resilient, tough, fundamentally sound.
List what fundamentally sound teams do. Start with Pete Newell's "get more and better shots than our opponent."
Defense:
- Play out of a stance
- Contain the ball - deny dribble and pass penetration
- Position themselves well off the ball to "shrink space"
- Communicate
- Help (Cover 1.5) and recover
- Limit transition baskets
- Contest shots without fouling
- Block out
Offense:
- Space the floor (force defense to cover space)
- Cut urgently and pass (player and ball circulation)
- Attack the basket
- Pass unselfishly
- Take care of the ball
- Take quality shots
Lagniappe: Our best players extract the lessons we teach. In this 9 second clip, Cecilia (#32) works to get open and uses an economy of footwork to beat the zone. A 6'1" sophomore, she finished the night with 23 points, 17 rebounds, and 6 blocks to help her team (Bishop Fenwick, Peabody, MA) to a 65-57 win.