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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The comment on perception is relevant to all school sports and a good many club sports.

The biggest factor is speed/effort or hustle.  And, the time to display it is “always”.  And by “always” I mean in practices and games.

You will find - your kid (and every kid at that age really) does not go all out in practice.  It takes a good while for kids to “get it”.  And most never do.  But, to really get better you have to go maximum speed/effort in practice.  “No one does that”.  You are right - except for you.

Sit down and get a promise from her that for the next week she will go as hard as she can all of the time.  Every drill, every practice, every game.  She will get tired.  Yes.  And she will slow down when that happens sure.  But, she will practice better, and play better.  And it will take 5 minutes for her coach to notice.

The coach may look to the others to do likewise.  Some may do that too - particularly the competitive ones.  That will improve the team.  But - she will more likely find that by going hard - all of the time - at that age she will quickly out shine her teammates.  And, the coach literally will have no choice but to reward the demonstrated effort.  You can’t have parents watching a kid working her ass off in a game and not benefit from putting in the effort.

This is a trait that good athletes learn over time.  Your daughter is on the edge of when the dividing out starts.  She may not end up a basketball player.  But, the lesson on effort applies to everything.  Sports, academics, music, art, etc…   The old adage that you play like you practice is - in fact - true.

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NP here,

This is really interesting.  My kid was on the starting 5 for most of the season this year for school.  I haven't watched practice, but I've seen him and friends on the team in pick up games, and it kind of baffled me, because some of those kids looked better.   They certainly had more experience.  So, I'd think -- I'm super biased and I wouldn't have chosen him to start, what gives?

[b]But my kid is all about the hustle.[/b]  Every coach he has in any sport comments on his work ethic.  And he's got good conditioning.  Maybe those two things push him over the edge?[/quote]

I have one kid who is all about the hustle and get told time and time again about it.  Every practice, drill, game there is a level of intensity there.  It carries them, and coaches will reward that because they want that in all of their players.[/quote]

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