Wednesday, January 12, 2011
A Lot More to Like
Tuesday's comeback and higher energy second half (thirty-one points) showed local fans that the Lady Raiders certainly have more in the tank, which could bode well for a successful second half.
At the end of the day, the possibilities in changing a meal include changing the recipe, how it's cooked, and who's doing the cooking. In basketball, that relates to personnel, style and strategy of play, and coaching adjustments, ranging from motivation to style.
High school athletes aren't professionals and nobody can expect perfection from a 2011 team any more than they got it from teams in the past decade and before. The players can only control a few elements, how hard they prepare, their physical effort, and their concentration and focus on tasks at hand. You can control whether you block out and how hard you play defense; you can't control whether the shots (or the other team's) fall.
In the key moments of a season or a game, the outcome hinges not on "X's and O's" but how a team's players execute individually and collectively, not only the will to win, but the skill to win.
Great players make great coaches; great coaches make teams better than good coaches. With thirteen games left in the regular season, the team has a lot to build on and plenty to build with.
At the end of the day, the possibilities in changing a meal include changing the recipe, how it's cooked, and who's doing the cooking. In basketball, that relates to personnel, style and strategy of play, and coaching adjustments, ranging from motivation to style.
High school athletes aren't professionals and nobody can expect perfection from a 2011 team any more than they got it from teams in the past decade and before. The players can only control a few elements, how hard they prepare, their physical effort, and their concentration and focus on tasks at hand. You can control whether you block out and how hard you play defense; you can't control whether the shots (or the other team's) fall.
In the key moments of a season or a game, the outcome hinges not on "X's and O's" but how a team's players execute individually and collectively, not only the will to win, but the skill to win.
Great players make great coaches; great coaches make teams better than good coaches. With thirteen games left in the regular season, the team has a lot to build on and plenty to build with.
// posted by Ron Sen, MD, FCCP @ 2:23 PM 
