Ball watching

[Welpe]

Thanks everyone for your input. I got a rather nasty informal evaluation last night from a varsity official that keyed on this issue. I'm doubtful of the veracity of the feedback simply because I know while at lead I was seeing a lot of off ball post play from some of the bigs that were bumping each other a lot. I had some words with them to clean it up (they did because I told them specifically what I was seeing so they knew I was watching).

For some reason this varsity official said I was ball watching and I was wondering what might have lead him to think so. He wasn't very helpful on the specifics of this but it felt a bit like he was just tearing me down. Thanks again.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Thanks everyone for your input. I got a rather nasty informal evaluation last night from a varsity official that keyed on this issue. I'm doubtful of the veracity of the feedback simply because I know while at lead I was seeing a lot of off ball post play from some of the bigs that were bumping each other a lot. I had some words with them to clean it up (they did because I told them specifically what I was seeing so they knew I was watching).

For some reason this varsity official said I was ball watching and I was wondering what might have lead him to think so. He wasn't very helpful on the specifics of this but it felt a bit like he was just tearing me down. Thanks again.

Just because someone works varsity does not mean they give all perfect advice. No one here was there so we have no idea if he was giving good advice. Take the information for what it is worth and move on. That being said if his basic critique keeps coming up over and over again, then you might want to consider more of what is being said. You did not have to watch the ball the entire time, but maybe at the wrong time. Do not totally dismiss everything you hear, just be aware of it for the future and try to improve.

Peace

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by Welpe

For some reason this varsity official said I was ball watching and I was wondering what might have lead him to think so. He wasn't very helpful on the specifics of this but it felt a bit like he was just tearing me down. Thanks again.

What Rutledge said. Take advice you hear from the varsity guys with a grain of salt. When the JV guys ask me what I think, I always try to have something very specific for them, not the general crap that gets spouted off over and over by varsity officials who don't want to admit they just didn't watch you work (oh, your positioning could use some work, your mechanics should be more sharp, etc etc).

For instance, I watched a guy the other night who was definitely ball watching. How did I know? Because he spotted a three pointer that wasn't in his area, while I was watching two bigs go bonkers on each other trying to position for the rebound...and they were right in front of him. Another time, he gave the foul tip signal on a blocked shot that was way out of his area. I used these two specific instances to help him realize he was ball watching more than he may have thought he was. Next game I saw him, he had already improved, and I told him so.