Fundamentals Of Dribbling

It's like driving: when you can dribble (drive), you can go anywhere you want to go.  You have to have your eyes up, you have to pay attention, but you can go wherever you want to go.

When you drive, you have to keep your eyes on the road and you can't look down.  It's the same when you dribble - you have to keep your eyes up.  When you are looking up, you can see everything around you.  When you look down, you can only see what is below you.

Stay low in a good stance so that if the defense crowds and pressures you, you can quickly and explosively get away.  If you are standing up tall, the defense can crowd you and pressure you backwards.  Be ready and in position to attack.

Use your fingertips.  Learn how to make music with the basketball.  Play with the basketball.  Have fun with the basketball.

Lessons Learned in Youth Baseball

Greg Amsinger, Jim Thome and Joe Girardi chat about their kids playing baseball and the lessons they try to pass on to them.

Some of the key takeaways that I got from this 6 minute video are:

- Point out the good things that they did.

- Teach them to want to come back the next day because they enjoyed it – be encouragers.

- Ask them their thought process behind certain plays and actions to teach them to take ownership over what they did.

- Don’t forget how tough games can be.  Encourage and embrace your kids.

- Enjoy the love of the game.

- Let the coaches coach your kids and set the example.

- Talk the game on the ride to the park, don’t talk the game on the ride home.  Embrace that time together with your kid.

- Take your kids outside and work with them.  Work with them as much as they want.  When they want to work on their game, make yourself available.

- Let them play other sports to teach them to be athletes.