So true. We have a 12 hour rule. Celebrate a victory or walk around
with your head hanging after a loss for 12 hours only. After that, it's
back to work on the things we did well (maybe we can do them just a
little better) and improve on the things we didn't do well. Most times we
use the time in the team room after a game to pass out Gatorade or
whatever, to remind them about the practice schedule and to be careful
driving home or at any parties they may attend. I found most times they
aren't really listening any way.


Brian Williams

--- Gill Brendan <brendan_gill_13@...> wrote:
> Had our opening game Tuesday night, so of course we
> looked really out of synch and I was in mid-season
> form, ranting and raving, worried about a million
> things, not executing. We won (ugly) and just prior
> to
> adressing the team after the game, I took a minute
> to
> remind myself that we did INDEED win. Rather than
> focus on what we didn't accomplish or what we did
> poorly, I simply stressed the good and said let's
> work
> on what we need to and that was it.
> Sometimes we've got to remember that we are dealing
> with kids (mine are high school girls) and that a
> win
> is a win.
> Coach Gill, Leigh High Girlls Hoops
> San Jose, CA
>
> =====
> Brendan Gill
>
> -"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
> Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
> -Groucho Marx
>


  I agree coach.  I always take just about 1 minute
whether we win or lose.  I usually wait till the next
day to talk about anything negative, especially in a
loss.  If they win all I do is congragulate them and
let them celebrate.  The great Morgan Wooten said in
one of his books that they are either too dejected
after a loss or too pumped after a win.  I always let
my kids enjoy their win, no matter whether it is
pretty or ugly.

Scott Smith
Greers Ferry West Side High School

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