Questions To Ask A College Basketball Coach?
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Ask these questions!\nWhat are you academic requirements?\nWhat is you percentage of graduating players?\nWhat are you techniques during games?\nDoes any of your plays work for the most part when needed?\nWhat is your record for a basketball coach?\nDo you have disiplinary actions or do you cry with them when your team loses?\nThose questions will put them on the hot seat!
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there are a variety of ways to answer this question, but i'd recommend reading a couple books from respected basketball coaches to get an answer that works.\n\nSome possible useful books include:\nSuccess is a choice: by Rick Pitino (Louisville Head Coach)\nLeading with the Heart: by Mike Kzyzewski (Duke Head Coach)\nA Coach's Life: by Dean E. Smith
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my girlfriend has played ball almost all of her life. she said that the biggest thing you should work on is running. you run springts like crazy. and you are timed. most coaches give 10-20 seconds to run full court twice. even if you suck at shooting or anything else, if your fast, coach will at least use you to get the ball down the court. after that comes shooting and layups. you dont have to have perfect handling on the ball because they will prolly keep whateva pt guard they have. just make sure you are a good runner, and can shoot jump shots and layups
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im on my school basketball team \nalso 13 but im 5'4 \ni play a down low but i almost never get to shoot \nwell at the free throw line hell yeah but i have to feed the ball to other people\nif you love to shoot you should play where your coach wants you too\nor not get any playing time at all\nwhat school or team?
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Usually the coaches look at how hard you try. You will probably have a scrimage during tryouts. Try as hard as you can in these scrimages. It doesn't matter if you shots don't go in. As long as the coaches think that you are a willing player, they might just pick you for the team. Also, they will be looking for people with endurance and speed. They need players who can play for a long time and not get tired. Coaches also look for the areas that you are good in. You should be good in at least one area (3-point shooting, shot blocking, rebounds, etc). For the shorter people, coaches are looking to see if they can dribble good, if they can run, and if they can outmanuver the defense. If you are short, you have to have speed, agility, and good shooting. It would be good if you can steal too. The most important skills for you is dribbling and shooting. Pratice those. Also pratice sprinting. If you are tall, the most important skills for you are defense, in-the-paint-shots, and rebounding. Blocking shots are important too and they can have a good impression on the coaches.
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If you want to get your coaches attention then do all the dirty work that nobody else wants to do. Like diving on loose balls, rebounding, swinging the ball to the open man, and playing defense. Be the first one to practice and the last player to leave. Show the coach you are willing to do extra work to get your chance. If you are as good as you write then all you need is an opportunity.
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If you play basketball now and want to play in college, talk to your coach about some possibilities.  Then, I would say to go see your guidance counselor.  They are there to help you and to provide information.
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Go to http://coachlikeapro.tripod.com/basketball/id56.html\n\nMaybe you will find many answers
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For college:\n\nBasketball players lag in graduation rates\n\nBy Steve Wilstein\nThe Associated Press\n\nFor all the profits and fun of the men's NCAA basketball tournament, too many players wind up with nothing more than memories.\n\nA study released Monday showed that 10 of the schools in this week's round of 16 have failed to graduate even half of their players in recent years. Black players are less likely than whites to finish their careers with degrees, according to the study of NCAA graduation rates.\n\nButler posted the best numbers and Oklahoma had the worst. They play each other Friday in the East Regional semifinals.\n\nButler, a small private school in Indianapolis, graduated 86 percent of its basketball players and all of its black players over a six-year period starting with the 1995-96 season. Oklahoma had a zero graduation rate, although the school challenged the criteria as misleading.\n\nA school is credited with graduating students within six years of their freshman year, and is not credited for transfers or junior college players who may get their degrees.\n\n"Our graduation rate is 100 percent," Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said. "That freshman class (1995-96) was Bobby Joe Evans and Michael Cotton, and they both graduated - Bobby Joe from here and Michael from Boston College.\n\n"They can stereotype us all they want, but the bottom line is our kids are graduating."\n\nCalling the results "disturbing," the study by Richard Lapchick of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida found:\n\n• Five of the 16 teams had graduation rates a third to a half lower than the school's overall athletic graduation rates.\n\n• Six schools had graduation rates for black basketball players a third to three-quarters lower than overall athletic rates.\n\n• Only three schools - Butler, Duke and Kansas - graduated at least two-thirds of their black basketball players, while just those and two others - Marquette and Notre Dame - graduated at least two-thirds of all basketball players.\n\n• Only six schools graduated at least 50 percent of all basketball players, and seven graduated at least half of their black players.\n\nMen's basketball, where 57 percent of the players are black, has the worst graduation rates of all college sports, Lapchick said, with 58 of the 328 Division I teams failing to graduate a single black player in six years.\n\n"It is a nightmare waiting to be fixed," said Lapchick, one of the nation's leading sports sociologists.\n\nThe study lends support to NCAA president Myles Brand's drive to reward or punish schools by tying the number of scholarships to graduation rates.\n\n"It confirms what we've known for some time," Brand said. "It shows why we need to take steps in order to correct the situation through a clear and fair policy of incentives and disincentives."\n\nLapchick said schools would "do themselves an enormous favor" if they used the type of system Brand favors.\n\n"I think he's got a moment in time, where there have been enough scandals happening, to try to mobilize college presidents to say this is an embarrassment to us as a group. We have this window here, let's use it to do something real.\n\n"The challenge is that there are going to be a lot of powerful coaches who will argue that this would deny opportunities, particularly to African-American students who wouldn't be able to come to their schools under a system like that."\n\nLapchick said that under Brand's plan those players who did go to college would be more likely to graduate.\n\nLapchick also favored making freshmen ineligible to play, saying they often fall behind in the classroom and have trouble catching up.\n\n"If freshmen were ineligible you also wouldn't have kids who are going there to play for a year or two and then turn pro because the
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It sounds like a nice idea.  Coaches look forward to teaching. It will be a great way for you to learn the game and stay fit.  Go for it!
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Watch them play, and analyze their game.  Talk to teams that have played them.  Know what their coaches generally call.  Know what makes them have their reputation as unbeatable.\n\nDon't let any thing that your learn discourage you.  Train and practice as hard as you can.  Make your offense and defense incredibly strong.  Get in the mindset that you can win.  That you will win.  Play hard, think harder.
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First of all, it's great that you're out there playing every day after school... you'll never get better by sitting at home playing NBA 2K6 or whatever the latest version is.\n\nThis might not be easy (but few things that are worthwhile ARE), but ask the coach to show you some drills you can practice to improve the weaker aspects of your game... \n\nBelieve me, it is in the coach's best interest to help you improve, since you'll eventually be playing for him (we hope!).\n\nIf you're an exceptional rebounder, that's great! There are way too many players out there who don't play a good all around game because shooting is THEIR only skill. And they're a dime-a-dozen. \n\nCoaches consider good rebounders to be worth their weight in GOLD!  Forget Dennis Rodman, ever hear of a guy named Bill Russell?\n\nIf shooting is the weakest part of your game, then practice your shooting...\n\nBut don't worry about practicing 20 foot shots... if you're going to be a center, you need to be a proficient offensive player around the basket. Ask the coach to show you the proper way to shoot turn around jump shots in the low post position. \n\nAlso, work on being able to shoot with EITHER hand. If you can shoot with either hand while you're in close to the basket, it'll be a HUGE advantage for you in game situations. This way, you'll be able to shoot no matter where you are in relation to the basket (sometimes, you'll find that the only way to get a shot off is by shooting with your "off" hand, especially under the basket, in traffic). This will also enable you to get a lot of shots off without having them blocked.\n\nBut as I said, don't worry about outside shots, you can practice those once you get proficient around the basket (and they'll come easier once you develop a bit of a touch).\nBut DO practice free throw shooting. If you become a good offensive player around the basket, you'll find yourself at the free throw line more than you think. Especially if you're a good offensive rebounder!\n\nAsk the JV coach to work out with you one time after school...he'll be able to tell what your strong and weak points are, and then give you some exercises to improve your weak points. \n\nThe earlier post was also correct about upper-body strength. You will NEED this big time as a center.... the coach can put you on a weight workout routine (probably every OTHER day, not every day), but make sure you stick to what he tells you, and don't cheat, because you'll (all together now, kids) ONLY BE HURTING YOURSELF .... very good, kids.\n\nAlso, DO run a lot... but rather than running a mile every day (not that there's anything wrong with that), work on sprints.  \n\nBasketball is not a marathon, it's a game of starting and stopping. And it's the starting and stopping that tends to wear you out, especially if you're a big guy. \n\nIn practice, basketball teams run what they call 'suicide' drills... in this drill, which is a running drill, the players line up along one of the end lines... they then do the following:\n\n1) run and touch the nearest foul line (or a spot on the floor even with the foul line, this way the players can be spread out more)\n\n2) Run back and touch the starting line (end line)\n\n3) Run and touch the mid-court line\n\n4) Run back and touch the starting line\n\n5) Run and touch the foul line at the other half of the court\n\n6) Run back to and touch the starting line\n\n7) Run to the far baseline on the other end of the court\n\n8) Run back and cross the starting line.\n\nIf you don't have an actual court available, you can do this in your yard, or in the street (make sure there's not too much traffic of course!).\n\nThe distances to these points are: 15 feet to the nearest foul line, 47 feet to the mid-court line, 79 feet to the foul line furthest from the starting line, and 94 feet to the other end line.  And if
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Respectfully ask the coach for a private appointment and ask him if he can tell you why he didn't make the cut.  \n\nAsk him for pointers, tips, help and if you can still participate in practices as you would like to improve so that you are maybe played later int he season.
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Try to anticipate what might be needed for practice sessions.  Listen to what the coaching staff asks you to get for them.  Always tote the basketballs for away games - that's the one item that players hate to carry.  Make sure the first-aid kit is always restocked after every game - your athletic director is the one to notify when you need more band-aids, athletic tape, safety gloves, and those chemical ice bags.  (YOU do this instead of the coach's - they already have enough on their minds having to deal with the players.   The coaching staff will appreciate it GREATLY.)   If your team's players are allowed to carry their own uniforms and shoes to away games, MAKE CERTAIN that everyone has packed what they need - uniform top, uniform shorts, warm-ups (pants and jersey), socks and shoes.  You may not be responsible for that - but you WILL get some of the blame.
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A good coach is first of all a good teacher. Ability to communicate, especially with the appropriate age group is important. Understanding of the game, beyond fascination from the fan perspective is important. Playing experience is usually a huge plus. In college, understanding of recruiting is huge.
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Practice, practice, practice!!  I am a true believer that defense wins games, but I also believe it's important to be an offensive threat.  Asd long as you're scoring, the coach can't keep you out he game for too long!! \n\nFind three moves and perfect them (mid-range jump shot, 3-point shot, post move)\n\nThis coming from a former player who wishes I had taken my own advice!
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Greetings\n\nWhat has your experience been at your school?\n\nWhat have you learned?\n\nHighlights?\n\nTeachers\n\nWhat are you looking forward to, future plans\n\nWhat advice?\n\nThank yous.