This week on Layups.com – #8 (2010)
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Read MoreGetting your child to participate in team sports
Seeing your children playing the sport you love most can be a fun and rewarding experience, for both parents and children alike. The children not only get the benefits of physical activity, it can also be rewarding for them emotionally to play sports as well. Dealing with the realities of game play can help teach important lessons about teamwork, how to win and how to accept losing.
However, not every child is as interested in taking part in team sports. If you are trying to get your child to want to play, here are a few tips that can make it easier for you to do so. You do need to remember, however, that you may still end with a child who is not at all interested in playing team sports and, if this is the case, you have to accept that as well.
Read MoreKeys to Athletic Success
You may wonder what secret methods top athletes use to get ahead, when trying to achieve athletic success. The fact is that there are a few common things that the most successful athletes do or attitudes that they adopt in order to get a head in their chosen athletic field.
The first key is to adopt the right mental attitude. A positive mental attitude is one of the most important keys to athletic success. It is interesting that if you speak to successful athletes you will often find that they were taught from a very early age that nothing is simply given to them and that hard work and commitment are the only ways to truly achieve success. If you are taught that anything is possible if you fight for it hard enough, you will begin to work hardest for the things you want most. For some, that is academic success, for others it is financial success. For many people, it is athletic success and they begin to find that other areas of their life are improved as a result.
Read MoreManagement Tips for Coaches
Good basketball coaches are continually trying to find ways in making their practices more creative yet efficient for their players. Coaches only have a limited amount of time to work with their teams during practice therefore; coaches want their players to get the most out of the limited time during practice.
What is most important?
Begin by first deciding what you feel is most important for your players. Once you decide what is most important you should prioritize that fact during practice. Place different priorities daily in practice or you can keep the same priority until your players have mastered that priority.
Preparing for your Opponent
Being in a basketball team, it will only be a matter of time before you face an opponent on the court. By learning how to prepare for your opponent you will perform better on the court and increase your team’s chances of victory. There is a lot that you can do to get ready and practicing your skills and strategy is an important part of the process. This is because having confidence in your skills and abilities can really give you a mental edge over anyone facing you.
It also means that if you improve your ball handling skills you will be able to move in unexpected and difficult to anticipate ways and directions. If your opponent cannot tell where you will move next, you will be able to fool them and get past their defense in order to close on their basket much more easily. Getting into the zone around their basket and finding ways to keep the game play in that area means that you have more opportunity to score on their basket and prevent the ball from getting close to your own net where it may be able to cause problems for you and your team.
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