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Duke Team Shooting Drill: Drive and Retreat
This is a great drill using Dr. Dish CT to simulate getting cut off in a dribble penetration situation from Coach Sam Miller of Duke Women's Basketball.
Here, we utilize the retreat dribble to create space and attack downhill again. On the opposite side, we have a spot up shooter spacing out to the corner for a shot and receive a 2nd shot for the passer relocating back to the 3 point line after making a pass.
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Finishing Against Defense: Ball Screen Roll Drill
In this drill, Coach Petersen moves the CT away from the basket to work on finishing at the rim. Here, he simulates a player catching a pass from the wing while rolling to the hoop after setting a screen. The help defender starts at the opposite block and contests at the rim.
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Message from Coach Thompson
Making Changes
Are you looking to make changes in your life; in your approach to coaching; in your program; etc? Are you afraid to make the changes for fear of what the outcome might be? Are these changes some that you know you need to make? If you have answered yes to any of those questions, then it is time to put the trust in the Lord and make sure you allow Him to help you take the steps necessary to make the changes you need to make.
Making personal, professional, and spiritual changes are not always simple or comfortable. Three very important pieces of scripture point to the importance of change and trusting Him to help us make those changes.
Joshua 1:9 says, ”Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” Jeremiah 29:11 tells us, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” And, ultimately, Solomon told us in Proverbs 3:5-6 that we should, “5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
There are countless other pieces of scripture that point us toward changes that we need to make in our personal, professional, and spiritual lives. As we begin to wind down the summer and point toward the start of a new school year and in a little over 100 days begin a new season, I encourage you to trust in the Lord and not be afraid to make those changes that you feel are necessary for you to be who the Lord intended you to be.
Have a Blessed Week - Coach Thompson
Message from Jason Brand & Billy Holder, SW Indiana FCA
Fair Play is Reasonable
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Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing, you maydiscern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. - Romans 12:1-2Set
A soccer player falls in the penalty box after being tackled. She gets back up, walks to the referee who is pointing to the penalty spot, and explains that she just dove to avoid the tackle and there should not be any foul called on the play.After signing his scorecard, a golfer notices an error, reports it to the officials and gets automatically disqualified after winning the tournament.
Even though her first serve was called inbound, a tennis player, knowing that her ball was out, overrules the line judge’s call and gets ready to second serve.
A baseball centerfielder admits that he caught the ball just after it touched the ground and tells the umpire that the batter should now be on first base, not out.
It is regrettable to point out that these examples of integrity in sports are very rare to witness. Our culture has developed a win-at-all-cost mentality that is present in every sports venue and at any level of competition. Athletes cheat without thinking of the consequences and constantly complain about the officiating. Players react immaturely or improperly and do not take responsibility for their actions. Coaches make excuses by blaming others or unfavorable conditions for their team’s loss.
This is now what we are accustomed to see in sports and what the world has accepted. In today’s society, it is now so unusual to witness honest behaviors in sports that high praises and awards are being given for the sportsmanship displayed by the players. However, the types of plays given as examples earlier are not referred as “High Level of Integrity Play” or “Morally Excellent Play” but are simply called “Fair Play”.
The definition of fair is “that is acceptable or reasonable, in accordance with the rules”. There should not be anything extraordinary about any type of play or action that is defined as being “acceptable or reasonable”. And so it should be also, in the way we live our lives. As followers of Christ, we too often tend to think that offering our bodies as a living sacrifice is an exceptional act while Romans 12:1-2 clearly defines it as our reasonable service. This scripture also reminds us to not be conformed to what the world has accepted but to be transformed by the renewing of our mind so that we may discern what the will of God is, what is good and acceptable to Him.
As Christians, we do live, compete and coach in this world but, when we received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we made the decision to not be of this world. We need to embrace what is reasonable unto God and rise above what has been accepted in the world. Jesus died for us so we can live for Him: this is our reasonable service; this is our “Fair Play”.
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1. Sports and competition have a way to both build and reveal character. The best and the worst come out when one is under pressure. Have you ever rationalized poor sportsmanship as just being competitive?2. We can easily be caught in the trap of over emphasizing sports and undervaluing other facets of life. And when we get sports out of proportion, our responses can be equally disproportionate. In regards to sports, is your walk with God in good proportion?
3. God wrote and gave us the ultimate Playbook. It is not our skills but our faithfulness to Him that will bring us success, on and off the field. Ask God to receive His revelation on what is reasonable to accomplish in His eyes.
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Extra Reading: Colossians 3:23; Acts 9:42; 1 Corinthians 3:19-20; Philippians 2:5
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