High School Basket-ball can be so frustrating
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:53 am
As the spocklets have gotten older-we have started attending some games and enjoying it.
The boys team last year was fun to watch. They were aggressive and played best at a fast pace. I noticed that they tended to "Go to Sleep" in a slow-paced, methodical game.
In the sub-section finals-the game went back and forth-but the boys built up a 12-point lead. With about 4-5 minutes left-the coach started stalling. The boys went to sleep and lost by 1. It was not a team that could stall well-plus the 3-point shot really changed the game from my years.
Talking to other fans in the stands they had seen the same thing happen in other games that year. It is frustrating to see a coaching mistake that does not recognize or utilize the strengths of your team. Even if they had lost a "Run and Gun" last 5 minutes -you would be playing "Your Game" so to speak.
The girls this year were the same kind of team. Good at pressing and aggressive as heck.
They lost by 35 points in the Section finals to a very good team (Albany)that is playing for state champion today. Albany got ahead of us right away and never looked back. I was not able to attend the game-but Mrs. S said our team did not press for most of the first half. AARGGHHHH. Pressing and stealing the ball was our strength. If they had opened up with the press-at least you tried to play your game and it may have changed the opening salvo and changed the tempo of the game. The coach's game plan sure did not work.
I am not saying that it would have made any difference-but at least you would have tried to play to your strengths. By the time they pressed it was too late. As I always say-The main thing I have learned in life is to cater to your strengths.
Watching Albany last night-they did not play their best game (They could not miss against us)-and I would have liked to see how they handled good pressure.
The boys team last year was fun to watch. They were aggressive and played best at a fast pace. I noticed that they tended to "Go to Sleep" in a slow-paced, methodical game.
In the sub-section finals-the game went back and forth-but the boys built up a 12-point lead. With about 4-5 minutes left-the coach started stalling. The boys went to sleep and lost by 1. It was not a team that could stall well-plus the 3-point shot really changed the game from my years.
Talking to other fans in the stands they had seen the same thing happen in other games that year. It is frustrating to see a coaching mistake that does not recognize or utilize the strengths of your team. Even if they had lost a "Run and Gun" last 5 minutes -you would be playing "Your Game" so to speak.
The girls this year were the same kind of team. Good at pressing and aggressive as heck.
They lost by 35 points in the Section finals to a very good team (Albany)that is playing for state champion today. Albany got ahead of us right away and never looked back. I was not able to attend the game-but Mrs. S said our team did not press for most of the first half. AARGGHHHH. Pressing and stealing the ball was our strength. If they had opened up with the press-at least you tried to play your game and it may have changed the opening salvo and changed the tempo of the game. The coach's game plan sure did not work.
I am not saying that it would have made any difference-but at least you would have tried to play to your strengths. By the time they pressed it was too late. As I always say-The main thing I have learned in life is to cater to your strengths.
Watching Albany last night-they did not play their best game (They could not miss against us)-and I would have liked to see how they handled good pressure.