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the players alike. Give no special favors to the "star," butrather tell him, he is expected to conduct himself as a"star" off the court as well as on the court. He should setthe perfect example for the younger boys. I have foundit to be true more often than not, that such was the naturalcase. The "star" was the "star" both in the classroom, onthe street, and on the basketball court. Training Rules I have definite training rules that I expect the boys tofollow. There was once a time that I felt like many othercoaches feel today; to set up training rules for the boysto follow was too dictatorial. I wanted to follow the mod-ern theme of education and let the boys set up their ownrules to follow. I found, after a time, that although thisis commendable, many of the boys did not actually knowwhat was best for them and thus used poor training tech-niques. I found examples of boys who stayed up until11:00 or 11:30 every night and got up at 6:30 the nextmorning. This was not enough sleep for the boys, and itshowed in the vital spot to all basketball players—their legs.After a few minutes of rapid play, their legs got tired, andthey started making mistakes. I set up a definite time forthe boys to be in bed, and in a couple of weeks they feltstronger and could run with the best of them. These boysdidn't actually believe that sleep was that important untilthey were forced to try my methods. |
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