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[quote=Anonymous]With respect to your kid “having to stand and watch”, teaching your kid to impact the game in ways that are entirely under their control is a gift that will help them as long as they play in situations from bad ES team dynamics to HS tryouts to college recruiting camps.

- Getting rebounds, especially offensive rebounds that they can put back up
- Following a teammate on drives and putting back their missed layups (my kid used to get about 8 pts per game just from this). 
- Learning to trap when a not great player picks up their dribble thoughtlessly
- Learning to come help a teammate who gets trapped 
- Learning to spot lazy passers and be ready for their weak passes to get a steal and breakaway 
- Learning to poke the ball away when defending, especially learning to poke it toward your own basket and recover it for a breakaway
- Stealing lazy passes in transition
- Making cuts for the obvious pass — even ball hogs have to pass to an open teammate right under the basket or they will hear about it

When you kid does this stuff, they look like a good teammate hustling for the good of the team, but it’s also helpful selfishly because they don’t need to wait for passes - they can steal and drive or shoot.  They can shoot offensive rebounds.  And when teammates see them getting involved, they will pass more. [/quote]

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