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[quote=Anonymous]Some advice for your kid:

Go hard in practices and games.  You learn by practicing at game speed.  Just because other players on your team are not working as hard -- or are working harder even, but are not as skilled -- is no reason to back off.  Make the right passes.  If a teammate travels or lets the ball go through their hands -- NBD.  Get back on D.

Like many sports -- basketball is a combination of team and individual effort.  Okay the team is not as good, but the reality is that your kid can work on the individual effort stuff all the time whether the team is good or terrible.

So -- practice dribbling at full speed.  Driving the lane and making lay ups left and right handed.  Get good at dribble and stop jump shots from 10 feet.  Get good at handling the ball.  All of that stuff your kid can work on all the time.

Understand that practice is not limited to official practices.  That's a third of the time.  The rest of the time is practice on your own.  He should be working up a big sweat and be tired when he is done with practice -- both at school and at home.  Lots of showers in his future.

And -- big thing -- don't be a ball hog.  Maybe he is the best player on the team.  If he has an open makeable shot -- great.  If not move the ball.  If his teammates lose it
NBD.  Work in the flow of the game.

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