Friday, February 05, 2010

In Basketball- FIVE Fingers= Team



Five fingers (people) = Team.
You have five players on the court at all times.
How good is YOUR team? Do your fingers work together as if they were one hand?
The talent and ability of each finger, coupled with how well they mesh together like a hand, will determine how good your team is.

It is very simple.
Yet, not easy.

Let's explore the offense side of the equation today. At the core, these three concepts are basic, and cut to the chase:

  1. If a person can't pass, the ball stops moving.
  2. If a person can't shoot, he or she will always be open.
  3. If a person can't dribble, he or she cuts their value to the team by one third. (AND, if a person can't dribble, the defense will attack that person.)

Each "finger" is critical to the success of the team~

The team pictured above, Tulsa Celtics-2006, meshed and possessed the skill set which enabled them to win three highly competitive tournaments in a row. We didn't "practice" together very often, as the players were from different schools including Cascia Hall, Jenks, Bishop Kelley, Union & Holland Hall. But they all could play,,, and at least during these tournaments, all six players were focused on being a TEAM...... maximum effort with no concern other than stopping each opponent from scoring, and working the ball until we had a quality shot.

This post is about the key components of offense. Defense is simple too....and the five "fingers" working together, again, is the critical factor.

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1 Comments:

At 7:51 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

TEQUILA? FIVEFINGERS

 

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