WHY DON’T I PLAY MORE?
TAKE AN HONEST LOOK AT YOURSELF
- ARE YOU PRODUCTIVE? IN PRACTICE? IN GAMES?
- DO YOU DEFEND HARD ON EVERY POSSESSION?
- DO YOU COMPETE ON THE GLASS?
- DO YOU DO THE SIMPLE THINGS – SCREEN, HELPSIDE DEFENSE, DIVE ON THE FLOOR, TAKE CHARGES, GET THROUGH SCREENS – THAT HELP US WIN GAMES?
- DO YOU COMPETE EVERY DAY IN PRACTICE?
- DO YOU MAKE YOUR TEAMMATES BETTER?
- ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE YOUR INDIVIDUAL GOALS FOR THE TEAM?
- CAN YOU HELP THE TEAM MORE THAN THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU? HAVE YOU PROVEN THAT EVERY DAY?
- DO YOU TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING OFF THE COURT SO WE CAN TRUST YOU?
- HAVE YOU PROVEN WE CAN COUNT ON YOU IN THE CLASSROOM?
- DO YOU TRUST ME? DO YOU TRUST YOUR TEAMMATES?
- DO YOU WORK AS HARD AS YOU CAN ALL OF THE TIME? WEIGHT ROOM? CONDITIONING?
- DO YOU REPRESENT THIS SCHOOL AND THIS PROGRAM WELL?
- CAN YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR WEAKNESSES AS A PLAYER?
- DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THE PLAYS?
- ARE YOU COACHABLE?
- DO YOU ACCEPT CRITICISM THAT IS MEANT TO HELP YOU GET BETTER?
- ARE YOU ALWAYS ON TIME?
- DO YOU HANDLE YOURSELF WELL WHEN THINGS DON’T GO YOUR WAY?
- DO YOU HANDLE YOURSELF WELL WHEN THINGS DO GO YOUR WAY?
- ARE YOU HONEST WITH THE COACHING STAFF?
- ARE YOU HONEST WITH YOURSELF ABOUT YOUR ABILITY AS A PLAYER?
- ARE YOU LOYAL TO THE COACHING STAFF AND YOUR TEAMMATES?
- DO YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF PHYSICALLY OFF THE COURT?
- ARE YOU SUPPORTIVE OF THE PEOPLE PLAYING IN FRONT OF YOU?
- ARE YOU BETTER THAN YOU WERE 6 MONTHS AGO?
- WILL YOU DO WHATEVER IS ASKED OF YOU TO HELP THE TEAM WIN?
- IS WINNING REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL FOR YOU?
- ARE YOU A GOOD TEAMMATE?
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS HONESTLY. THEN COME SEE ME.
