Comments on: When & How Do You Promote Selfishness? http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/when-do-you-promote-selfishness/ Basketball Coaching Tips, Training Tips, and Strategy Thu, 17 May 2012 02:13:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Joe Haefner http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/when-do-you-promote-selfishness/comment-page-1/#comment-1697 Joe Haefner Thu, 27 May 2010 14:06:53 +0000 http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/?p=562#comment-1697 Great points, Dale. Maybe the title should have been "How to handle players who are too unselfish" Great points, Dale. Maybe the title should have been “How to handle players who are too unselfish”

]]> By: DaleH http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/when-do-you-promote-selfishness/comment-page-1/#comment-1696 DaleH Thu, 27 May 2010 13:07:26 +0000 http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/?p=562#comment-1696 I never want to promote selfishness in my players. But I don't think what the commentator is describing is selfishness. It is not selfish to develop and use your ability to be a scoring threat. It is selfish to think you are the only/primary scoring threat and therefore you don't look at your teammates or help them be threats as well. I think knowing one's abilities and using them FOR THE TEAM'S benefit is what makes for good team players. It's not selfishness to try to score when you have a good opportunity. It's selfish (and drives me nuts) when my players try to force shots in difficult situations when their teammates are in better positions. After all, someone's got to score or it's going to be a long night :-). I never want to promote selfishness in my players. But I don’t think what the commentator is describing is selfishness. It is not selfish to develop and use your ability to be a scoring threat. It is selfish to think you are the only/primary scoring threat and therefore you don’t look at your teammates or help them be threats as well.

I think knowing one’s abilities and using them FOR THE TEAM’S benefit is what makes for good team players. It’s not selfishness to try to score when you have a good opportunity. It’s selfish (and drives me nuts) when my players try to force shots in difficult situations when their teammates are in better positions.

After all, someone’s got to score or it’s going to be a long night :-).

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