November 16, 2015 - Learning the Offense

Last week I began a new journey in my coaching life as I took on both a boys and a girls 5^th and 6^th grade team. The first week wasn’t a big stretch as we ran it more like the clinics I typically direct all over the world; yet in those clinics I teach fundamental skills and very little time is spent developing an understanding of actually playing the game. Today I actually started trying to teach a team offense…

From an experienced basketball player’s/coach’s perspective it is not a stretch. We are running a 5-out motion where we simply screen away (if the pass goes to the wing screen across; if it goes to the top screen down.) For some you are thinking, “that’s really basic.” Others are thinking, “what in the world are you talking about?” And honestly those were the responses from my kiddos… Everything from let’s speed this up to let’s slow this down… It is having an awareness of where one is at and where one is going…

Bottom line is that as a coach I have a vision of what we can do and how we can do it; yet that takes time and commitment to learning… to the point of this becoming natural.

Just reminded me of the extreme need we have to be in the Word on a regular basis allowing it to transform us to where the supernatural becomes our natural…

God’s Word calls itself a  “lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path”… In other words it shows us clearly where we are at and gives us clarity on where we are going.  It is not just about the future but also the now. It is helping see the trail but also helps see if we are already “stepping in it” and if so get out of it and clean our shoes…

God cares about where you are at and where you are going… He is on your side… get in His “Playbook” and learn the “offense.”

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