Basketball Chalk Talk

The Ten Qualities of a Team Leader

• Someone who is one of the hardest working players on the team.
• Someone who sacrifice their own individual goals to better their team and teammates.
• Someone who truly believes that they can will their team to victory.
• Someone who lacks no confidence.
• Someone who plays through pain and/or fatigue.
• Someone who is discipline.
• Someone who is willing to take the blame if necessary.
• Someone who is not afraid of the spot light.
• Someone who is always cheering on their teammate whether they are in the game or on the bench.
• Someone who looks for a solution.

Lee Green

www.LeeGreenBasketball.com

Playing time is always a big issue when it comes to competitive sports. Most players and parents have a hard time addressing it when it occurs.  The best solution in my opinion is for the player to have a sit down meeting with the coach and ask him or her exactly what do they ned to do to get more playing.

The coach response may require the kid to step out of there comfort zone and work on an area that they may struggle. For example; if shooting is one of your strong suits, but your coach is in need of a defense of player. Then you will need to become a defense of player to get more playing time.