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ically for the difficult task of playing two nights in a row.This of course, is what you run up against when the"March Madness" takes over, and you play night afternight, in the tournaments.
Sometimes, if the team has had an exceptionally goodweekend, and has looked sharp, we won't practice at allon Monday. We will look over the game films of thepreceding weekend or view the films of our next weekendopponents. I believe that you should never give the boys acomplete night off during the season. Instead, devote anight, if you wish to give them a rest, to the classroom.Talk over basketball strategy, and discuss your generalphilosophy as it pertains to the team. I have always foundthat the boys enjoy expressing their ideas about certainteams, and individuals. On occasion the team has profitedrichly from the keen observation of one of the playersregarding his analysis of an opponent.