"Play the miss"

[TimTaylor]

Originally Posted by Welpe

At the jr high and frosh levels, I will tell them "Wait 'til it hits." That seems to be well understood.

Agree....at those levels a little reminding is proactive, especially early on. I use "let it hit".

At JV & V I just give the number of FT's remaining, although sometimes I wonder - Tues. we had 5 FT violations in a JV boys game for a player on the lane going early....four of those by the team shooting.

[Adam]

4th and 5th grade girls, I'll say "let it hit." Middle school and up, just the number.

As for the OP, I don't care if it sounds negative; that's not why I don't use it.