The athletes who trains according to a regimen dictated by popular opinion is likely to damage himself.
In case you think what I'm telling you is new, I thought I would let you know that teaching/coaching basketball this way is not new at all. But before I tell you who said this, let's parse it a a bit.
What the speaker is talking about here, in a basketball context, is this: just because everyone else is running some stupid pattern offense, or entries that require more than three passes, doesn't mean you should be doing the same. And just because everyone else is spending all of their practice time working on their pattern offense, or the dozen or so entries doesn't mean you should be doing the same.
In fact, I am positive, absolutely positive, that if you coach your kids the right way, you will be criticized. If you are a high school varsity coach and you require that your J.V. and freshmen teams learn to play the game as I'm recommending, you will be criticized. Because most of your competition will be doing something else.
No, what you should be doing is teaching the game. Teaching your players how to create their own shot. Teaching your team to run a true, real motion offense - not a pattern.
The guy who said the above quote? A wise man, at least that's what everyone says. Bobby Knight? Rick Pitino? Pat Summit? No, none of those people.
The quote is from --------------- Socrates.
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