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	<title>Layups.com Basketball Coaching Blog - Training and Coaching Tips, Plays, Motivation, Teaching information and Reviews &#187; motivation</title>
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	<description>On Layups.com you’ll find every facet of Basketball life including Practice Drills, Training and Coaching Tips, Plays and hints on general Teaching as well as help with sensitive topics such as being an aspiring Coach, Parental Involvement, Motivation and how to handle issues of inappropriate behavior. I’m looking forward to have an open forum where coaches, athletes, parents, staff, and Basketball Lovers can come to share in supporting each other in their quest to develop their own skills.</description>
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		<title>10 Questions to ask yourself if Basketball is the right sport for you</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Sometimes, we ask ourselves if the things we do are really right for us. We even test ourselves just to know the answers to such questions. This is the same with basketball. Some players get to a point when they try to question themselves if basketball is the right sport for them and this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling like a Loser</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 07:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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There can be several happenings in your life as well as your basketball career that might let you down. Most of the times it could be because you did not do well during practice or that all important game. Sometimes during a game you could have had the chance to let your team win, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to stress Defense to your team</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 07:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Nowadays, defense becomes more and more emphasized, compared to offense. Playing outstanding defense enables your team to basically rule basketball games. However, the problem is how to keep, or maintain, the aggressiveness of players in playing defense. Coaches take this a challenge and makes necessary interventions to help their players in being consistent with defending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on what makes a good Assistant Coach</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 07:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Assistant coaches are members of the coaching staff that contribute their knowledge and skills in helping the coach develop his players, as well as aiding the coaching in building an effective basketball system. The coach has a wide range of responsibilities. And so, he delegates some coaching responsibilities among his assistants.
It is within the coach’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Simple points on how to coach an Underdog Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 07:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Coaching an underdog team is probably one of the most challenging work coaches have to face. An underdog team is considered to be behind, or lower, in terms of the level of basketball skills compared to the rest of their opponents. You can just imagine how much load of work coaches need to be done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 Ways to find your Basketball Passion again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 07:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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For a basketball player, one of the worst things to happen, aside from unwanted injuries, is losing the passion for the sport itself. I guess everyone witnessed how Michael Jordan lost his passion for basketball. Who could ever forget that? The basketball world mourned over his decision to retire from basketball. However, it was not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Tips for practicing alone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 07:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Sometimes, attending group, or team, practices may not be enough to help you improve your skills in basketball. And also, there are individuals who can learn best when they get to practice alone. It is not, really, bad to take the time to practice by yourself. Well, except for the fact that it may not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do if you get cut from Tryouts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 07:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Basketball tryouts give hope to aspiring basketball players. Tryouts are actually done to recruit talented basketball players, so this is the best time for basketball hopefuls to go out from their closets and show off their basketball skills. Some may be very successful, while others are not. Those who are successful celebrate the taste of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 Motivational Tips for Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 07:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Parents play a significant role in influencing their children to the world of sports. Usually, professional athletes start their career at early ages. For example, in the sport tennis, athletes like Venus, or Serena Williams, started to grab a hold on the tennis racquet at ages 8 or, perhaps, 9 years old. Or in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to calm down</title>
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Confidence is sometimes very fickle and can exit out of the most confident of players during the times they need it the most, especially before a basketball game begins. You could be one of the best players in the team, but that nagging thought of you not having enough of time to perfect your jump [...]]]></description>
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