Battling the Dog Days
Many of us across the country are into the “dog days” of our seasons. Not only are our coaches logging unbelievable hours but our players are experiencing that “lull” that seems to occur no matter what we do to try to get them out of it.
In looking at this “dog days” concept and relating it to the great players in the game, I have observed that the great ones do experience the feeling but do not surrender themselves to it. They refuse to give in to the temptation of fatigue. They refuse to give in to the notion that fatigue even exists. They simply know that they have to continue to do the things that got them where they are.
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Categorized as basketball specific, coaching philosophy and career enhancement
Coach I really liked this post a lot. I would even ask of you to take it a step further in a future post and speak to the difference between the required work and unrequired work that separates a good player from a great one. With all the emphasis now on players in high school and younger having individual workout gurus and such, I think they sometimes forget, and more importantly the workout guys forget to let the player know that they need to workout on their own as well, on top of what they do with their workout guy. I kind of equate it to music lessons. You don’t just go to the lessons once or twice a week and not practice in between. I think if people really realized and appreciated how much time these players put in to achieve their success, it can only help our younger generation of players who too often feel that these players are just that gifted and don’t work on their games at all. Which we know is far from the truth.