This site is going to be dedicated to discussions on basketball and life. I want to be able to connect all the kids I have worked with from various areas. There will be a range of D1 prospects to players who play the game just for recreation. I want everyone to be able to discuss and be open to each others opinions and possibly everyone can learn from each other. I wil throw out discussion pieces once or twice a week for us to talk and comment on. I will be posting sites and drills I find successful to help developing basketball players as well. My first blog to help generate conversation as I get people to join is a simple yet complex question
Why do you play the game? I'm interested to see what motivates today's youth. There are many reasons on a broad spectrum as to why people are motivated to play the game. Is it for fun, to keep out of trouble, excellence etc... I will start off. I started playing the game because I enjoyed it. I never played seriously. Once I buckled down I played because I loved being good. I would always say “I don’t love basketball. I love bringing the ball up looking at you and saying to myself there is nothing you can do right now.” That was the fire in me. That was the aspiration to be the best at something and maybe just be successful at something. I always said I was using the game as a vehicle to get to college then I would be done with it when college was done. Now I love the game to see the growth in the kids I work with. The way I felt for the game didn’t turn to love until I began coaching and saw from this perspective the effect it can have on lives.
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i play the game for many reasons the main one probaly is i enjoy playing the game
ReplyDeleteI would have to say for the love of the game. That for me includes the excitement of competition. The benefits of your hard work unconsciously unfolding themselves on that hardwood or asphalt. Always being able to learn something different. Being a student of the game and then passing the knowledge on. I just finished up my last year of college ball and I have to say that I have matured more mentally then physically during my time as a collegiate athlete @ SUNY Cortland.
ReplyDeletei play the game because it really is the only sport that i have my heart set on to get better in. it helps me in life because it keeps me active so that i can stay out of trouble.
ReplyDeleteI play because I enjoy the game and I love competing against someone. The way I see is it that I love the game,and my competitive attitude like no matter who you are our what you do,your not going to beat me, drives me to continue playing through the fustrating or irratible times. Its like a love hate relationship, you love it when you cant miss or your just dominating someone, but you hate it when you cant hit a shot.
ReplyDeletei play basketball because its fun and i love the competition.
ReplyDeleteJake
I play bsketball becuase i loveeeeeee the sport! its my favorite sport, and i enjoey playing it. and i love playing on a team (the team ive been playing with fer ever!!!!! kay, thats why i absolutaly LOVEE basketball!!!!!! :p
ReplyDeleteTiFfAnY jAmEs! (is amazing)
i play basketball because its fun and i love playing and trying to become a better player and try to be better then other people and be the best i can be at the game and always try my hardest
ReplyDeleteNICHOLAS CRANS (my IM would not work so i just used tiffany's!)
i play basketball because i have love and passion for it. i have my heart set on playing until i cant walk anymore. unfortunetly i cant play basketball untill august because i tore my acl. when i found that out my heart broke because all i wanted to do was play basketball.
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