Its not Over

As of last week I thought basketball season was over until June when Summer's AAU team would start up and play the Caprock tournaments here in Lubbock maybe a hoop 10 one in Amarillo. But the coach and player and parents decided to take a bigger loop this year. And play some other cities and tournaments. On one hand this is a good thing and on the other it is not. One way is you are always creating that sense of this is a big game and a big tournament and you have to win. Pressure the only way to play under the gun is put it in between your eyes and cock the hammer. That said!!!!! Sports or games are suppose to be fun and if every game is life or death you will finally get to that point you don't care anymore pull the trigger I quit... This is the problem I see school ball here is a pressure cooker. Every girls wants to play for a top ten ranked school . And all these girls play AAU to keep there skills up during the Summer and to have fun that is right basketball is a game and you are suppose to play it for fun. That is the only way you can perform and get better at any thing is relax and have fun who cares if you win or lose did you make some 3's some reverse layups some spin moves some behind the back passes some steals in to fast breaks make plays be a player that is whats important. That is how you get better not by playing every game as a must win. Sure you have to have that but not every game it gets tedious and the players don't play their best they become stifled under the false pressure. It is a constant battle you tell them it's just a game go out and have fun and play your game and the other people are saying this is a big game this team is real good and we have to win. Most people fold like a cheap lawn chair under pressure so why put your kids in that position. Make AAU the fun league and the school the pressure cooker......on to something else
   I am going to coach a boys high school team this off season for MOB I am excited and looking forward to bring my mental game to some boys who my guess is are trying to get their skill level up to make their high school teams and I am going to do everything I know to get these boys off the winning mentality and on to being players. Get in the now and perform because it is fun and they are good at it. Their is only two reasons to play a game it's fun and you are good at it. They don't pay you to play they don't whip or beat you if you don't  play no you play because you want to. And if you are not good at a game you don't play it. And it's not fun So you are good at it and it is fun that is why you are here. Now we can go to work.. Get these boys skill level up so they can make the team at school........