Tips for Basketball Players

Every player can be part junkyard dog.
Be your team’s best practice player; it will pay dividends.
Don’t specialize yourself so much that you become a situational player only.
Be a student of the game; sometimes only one tip can “turn on the lights”.
Don’t be satisfied; stay humble and hungry.
Great skill- playing hard. Possible for everyone.
Have a short memory: forget the last play.
Playing time needs to be earned; it’s not a right.
Pouting about one’s playing time usually guarantees more time on the bench.
Missed steals and missed blocks are really bad plays.
Every defender can be good off the ball.
Make the man with with the ball so uncomfortable, he has to put it on the floor and then so uncomfortable he has to pick up his dribble.
Don’t miss perimeter shots left or right; the great shooters are long or short but always on line.
You must master dribbling and finishing with both hands.
Attack under control. Hard to do but the real secret.
Practice “seeing the floor”.
Don’t be the player who messes up your team spacing.
Don’t let the ball stagnate at you.
Most plays are routine. The highlight plays are exceptions.
Create a play; finish a play. Be very good at one and good at the other.
You can add value to every possession even when you don’t score or get the assist.
Be efficient; good assist/turnover ratio and good 2pt and 3pt FG %’s.