Pet Peeves from Great Coaches

These acts are committed at all levels of the game. As fundamental as they sound, coaches need to teach the little things while players should build their awareness.

· Fouling in the backcourt. Fouling a dribbler that is not going to hurt you.

· Not stepping BACK on rebounds after free throws when we are the inside (defensive) team!!!

· Players bending over to pick up a ball instead of diving on the floor.

· Players attempting to dribble a loose ball instead of securing it first. Just picking it up (w/ 2 hands) STRONG!

· Players using the bounce pass to pass to a player with no defender in between them.

· Offensive players not using the jump stop off the dribble in the paint.

· Kids saving a ball going out of bounds to the opponent under opponent’s basket.

· Not to making a 100% commitment to sprint back on defensive transition.

· Players standing and watching when a shot is taken.

· Saving a loose ball under our opponent’s basket.

· Timeouts to save possession early in the game.

· Post player’s using a dribble in the paint for no reason.

· Players not following their own shot.

· Players dribbling balls when a coach is talking.

· Correcting a player in a drill or explaining something to them and other players turn around and make the same mistake...because they did not listen and pay attention.

· Not stopping the ball on defense. Players will reach and let the ball go by.

· Watching a player sulk or make an excuse after making a mistake or turning the ball over.

· Not giving the ball to an open teammate, who is open down the court.

· Screening air, not a body.

· Calling timeout, telling players to press after we make our next basket and only one or two remember.

· Stepping away from taking a charge.

· Getting beat down the court in transition going from offense to defense.

· One-handed passes.

· Older players not leading and mentoring younger players.

· Not communicating on the defensive side of the floor.

· Players who don’t get into triple threat position when the catch the ball.

· When a player in not aggressive to take the ball to the basketball and create.

· Failure to acknowledge a great pass from a teammate.

· Blaming others for losses.

· Not reversing the ball. Passing it back to the place where you just caught it from or dribbling it back to where you caught the pass.

· Finger roll lay-ups.

· Defenders not mirroring the basketball.

· Offensive players not moving to the ball in order to catch a pass.

· One-dimensional players.

(via Team Arete)