Mamba: right wrong, he's still the coach. He says hold the ball, you hold the ball end of discussion. This is not a democracy. Coach Mac

yeah i get you coach but it wasn't the coach telling me not to take it , it was the captain yelling hold it up . and i did but instead of dribbling around i just held it up( i kinda of realised that wasnt the right thing to do)

The Captain had the right idea... keep control of the ball. Seems like you are intimadated by him, so much that it seems IF he said swallow the ball you would. :-)

Think about this..... in that situation you want the ball in the best free throw shooter on the teams hands.
If you cant pass it to him, protect the ball, NO turnovers and when or IF you get fouled, go up there and sink em both.

i'm the best free throw shooter in any league ........ money everytime lol

There is no conceit in your family.... you have it all! LOL Just kidding. Serioulsy now, IF you are ever in that situation again... control the ball and let them foul you, go to the line and say " Thank you very much "

IF there are good free throw shooters on the team...keep the ball moving between you and maybe you can cut some more time off the clock.... REMEMBER THIS - at that point of the game you were NOT playing the other team.... the CLOCK was your opponent. PLAY SMART.

I'm glad that you have that confidence in yourself..... make sure that carries over to the rest of your game. Don't let them intimadate you, its a TEAM and believe me, guys want to win (not saying girls don't) and IF you can help them in any way........ they will more than embrace you as one of the better players.

Hey Coach , Hope all is well .... Long time !!!!

My coach wrote this about me recently and sent it out to some coaches he knows in the Prep school scene . Thought it might be of interest to you . Thanks

He Trains around 24 hours a week wants to play Div One and NBA . Hardest working athlete I have been involved in with in my 45 years of coaching. He is looking to play at a Prep School in December after he finishes touring with my team in North Carolina about Dec 18th. Elie is a 6'4 slasher who loves working inside or off the wing. Can handle ball vs press and got 27 points and 15rebs and 5 assists in last years Grand Final U-18 championship game for me . No other kid on either team scored more then 12pts. Kid played opposition virtually by himself in the second half both defensively and in attack. He Fouled out with 55 secs left and his man scored the winner on their 4th put back with 8 secs left. If he had been in no second shot much less a 4th. We lost in championship of Catholic All Schools tourn in OT by 2 pts. Played 6 games in a day of 2-12 minute halves in each game and clock never stops except in championship game Eg you better be a microwave team as you begin at 9:30 in the morning and finish by 3PM. Elie avg 16ppg for the tournament our next leading scorer on the day avg 7. He was only kid who played every minute (we had 2 out sick) and would have been in double figures in rebs for each game and he took their best shooter and he was double teamed virtually in every game. Will let him talk to you. Definitely a kid to consider for Sept 2011 for Kimball He graduates here in December and may stay in the states to play after we tour if that goes ahead Dec 5-23rd

Hey Elie,

Your coach speaks very highly of you..... you must have made a great impression on him. Most coaches won't embelish too much about a player because they don't want the word to get around and he doesn't paint the true picture about his players... thus, no one will ever listen again. So, congratulations for this, you should be proud of what you have accomplished.

I want to tell you a little story about a manager of mine way back, he was a good kid (there were two of them) and took care of the things I needed done during the season. He wanted to go to this one school and be the manager for their basketball team..... I wrote this glowing letter of reccommendation for him (which he still has today) - I handed it to him and had him read it..... he was very pleased... then I said this to him.... "Now, will you please do just one of these for me?" LOL We still talk now and have lunch once in awhile as I do with some of my other players.

He is back at our high school now, a teacher and coach. He always tells this story to his students and players. I saved his butt on more than one occasion and it just shows you that IF You can give a kid a break here and there, they will turn out to be good people.

So, I say to you now.... IF you will do just one of those things your coach says about you... you will do just fine. LOL JK .... I had to throw that out to you.:-)
Keep up the good work and let me know how this all plays out.

Thanks for the good words Coach and a great story and loving your sense of humor lol .

I've got a throat infection and have got Bronchitis so i will be out for one week which is a shame because i haven't been able to string more than a solid 3 weeks of training or anything with out getting sick in the past month and a half .

My playing situation so far still isnt the best , i'm still sitting on the bench and trying to make the most of every minute i get . Its a bit hard but , the coach isn't even giving me a chance . I played 2 weeks ago for 15 mins and ended up with 13 pts and he told me i played very well but then in the following game i only played 1 min which really does suck but ohh well . I'll just keep grinding it out

Glad you like my sense of humor... you might say I am a little sarcastic LOL Little?

As far as that coach goes... all you can do is...... DO YOUR BEST..... I would think that he wants to win.... but there might be something political going on there... so just hang in there.

First and foremost... get healthy, take care of yourself. Once you do that.... and of course your academics... Bball will take care of itself.

Keep up the good work and good luck.

Sarcasm is one of my best qualites so I'm feeling you on that one lol .

What are the grades that i need to qualify for a athletic scholarship coach?