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Originally posted by coachgrd
I want to make certain my girls are not called for an intentional foul on a break away lay-up. More often than not though, we have a bad habit of fouling the shooter while in the act of a lay-up very passively and the shot goes in. I've talked to them about how we cannot "give" the other team two points and we need to make certain they don't get a shot off. I've shown them and we practice how to get back and assume legal guarding position in an attempt to take a charge. There are those times though where we just cannot beat them to the hoop. I have stressed the importance of going for the ball and if the foul happens, it is better than a free throw AND the lay-up. I just don't want the shot getting off. Anyway, I want to be certain that what I am asking them to do is never looked at by you as an intentional foul. Am I correct in what I have instructed my team to do?
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Sometimes you are beat and the smart thing to do is give up the lay up and be in position to rebound the miss.
This is not the NBA playoffs, and you are not coaching the "Bad Boys" of the late 80's.
Stick to coaching how NOT to get beat, and beating the ball back, because a made basket is better than two shots and the ball or getting a player ejected.
