How to quit basketball
Should I Quit Basketball? Yes & No! – Basketball Word!
Growing up I played a lot of sports, and nothing came harder besides golf then the game of basketball. It was by far the most difficult sport to excel at, I wasn’t naturally better than everyone like the other sports I played with my peers. Basketball is an unforgiving sport in which practicing many hours to improve can still result in total failure when it comes to being effective on the court.
Should I quit basketball? Yes and No, this depends entirely what your goals are and expectations of the game of basketball. If you are realistic with yourself and you have given yourself a fair shot to improving at the game or feel you are not cut out to play the sport, you may feel you want to quit. If you feel you can better utilize the time in other areas in your life positively, it may be a good reason to quit. But no, if you haven’t given yourself a fair shot at the game, as it takes many hours of skill development and learning.![]()
The reality of any sport is you get what you put in to the game.
There are many reason to feel the uncertainty of your decision to play or leave basketball. Sometimes the answer is easy other times it can be harder, but what’s most important is that you are happy and will not regret your decision down the road.
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What happens if you stop playing basketball?
Understand in the end basketball is just a sport, and if it’s not your sport maybe your just not cut out for it. Maybe you joined the team because all your friends are on it. Either way if your expectations are too high, this will cause a lot of issues with how you feel about playing on the team if you can not meet those requirements for yourself.
Sometimes quitting resets your thought processes and allows you to realize what you want when it comes to your extra curricular activities.
You may leave basketball to try a new sport that you fall in love with. Quitting could also mean a new found love for the game to commit and push yourself harder for the next season, to show all those that you felt didn’t think you were worthy to be on the team.
I don’t believe quitting a team is necessarily a bad thing, players who are not having fun and are force to play on a basketball team can make the current team toxic to others who want to be there and play. Regardless if the team is under performing or not. Other times players who do not see eye to eye with a coach may never see eye to eye with them. I have had long talk was with players on my team and no matter what i did or say they were very hard headed, impossible to coach. These types of players are unfortunately a me player, all they care about is themselves at the cost of the team. The team should always come first and most often then not these players tend to cut themselves.
What’s your motivation to play? If you don’t know this could be the reason your not invested.
If you lose that motivation it could cause to feel like your just going through the motions eventually becoming uninterested and wanting to quit.
Quitting a sport you love
My sophmore year in high school I quit the basketball team, the reason? I felt the coach only played the seniors which was true, he also played a player who was extremely good in his freshman year but was not even close to being the player he was in his senior year. I felt I deserved to play more as when we played in tournaments I was the leading scorer on the team. A lot of the players wouldn’t show up to these meaningless tournaments as they worked a regular part time job and could care less.
When it came to regular season games my confidence was rattled, why wasn’t I starting or finishing games, I just couldn’t understand. I quit, and felt I had a good reason too. But my former coach who the following year became my coach my senior year convinced me to rejoin that team. I did but didn’t care about what happened that season.
I was so determined already for next year and man it was the best thing that coach that didn’t could have done to me.
You see, I was buried in my on beliefs of how good I was when I really wasn’t that great. As soon as the season ended, I got to the gym and I worked my ass off every chance I could, telling myself I am going to make sure every coach I play for has no choice but to play me because of my skill and talent.
In the end I became a lights out shooter, this would never have happened if reality didn’t set in. Things happen in life some times for the best. I quit the sport but didn’t have too and the outcome would of been the same, whether I had left the team or not. I was just thinking of next season, we weren’t a very good team and although I felt I wasn’t treated fairly that further from the truth, I wasn’t much better then most of the players anyways. How was that going to get me noticed if I am barely better than the next guy. Who wants to hear me complain about playing time? Nobody.
It was the best thing that happened to my game.
Should You Quit Basketball your Senior Year?
Many of us thinking in the now, instead of thinking ahead of time. Although you may want to stop playing basketball or not play at all in your senior year, it may come back to haunt you. I know a lot of basketball players who didn’t even try out their senior year only to regret it and they turned out be great basketball players. On the flip side if your someone who wants to quit their senior year who is already on the team and things are not going the way you thought it would, ask yourself….
What’s the point in quitting, it really isn’t like you can go play elsewhere, why not make the most of it. This may be the last time you play on a basketball team, embrace the experience. At the least you can hang out with friends and have some fun. I would really encourage quitting as a last resort in your senior year, a you can and will regret it. When we are young we see things differently then when we are much older and I am willing to bet on day you will realize it was a mistake to leave the team without finishing the season.
How to Tell your Coach You QuitThis is something that is important to do in private, I had many players who flat out quit by telling the other players on the team that they were done. Not a great move, as if you are emotional and make a poor decision based on emotions like quitting the team a coach is more likely to not welcome you back if you realize it was a mistake.
How do you tell your coach you want to quit? You tell them in private, and don’t hold back. Voice your concerns and why you want to quit, leave out al on the table. Sometimes things are not what you thought they were and the coach in fact ha a bigger role for you on the team that you didn’t even realize. Your coach might provide a perspective that you didn’t see and it may even help you get back on your feet instead with your head down.
It is really important to keep an open mind when speaking to your coach, and actually listen to what he has to say. You may be in the situation I was him and it could only benefit you good or bad.
I would want a coach to tell me that I need more work on my defense or offense and then I have something that I know I have to really work on. Being talented gets noticed, it’s like a good song, doesnt matter who it signing it, a good song is a good song. Just ike a basketball player.
What My Parents Made Me Do When I Wanted to Quit the Team
When I was a freshman in high school, my basketball team was small. In fact, it was so small that we didn’t have a freshmen or JV team. My coach was tough. He had high expectations and conducted physically and mentally demanding practices. I suited varsity but only got in the last minute or two (if we were winning by enough). Essentially, I only had the opportunity to play in practice. However, I battled, knowing that next year could be my year.
My parents made me do one thing before letting me quit my team. (K.M. Klemencic)
I wanted to quit my high school team
The beginning of my sophomore year was different.
It was a huge disappointment for me. I still found myself sitting on the bench, going in the last minute or so when my team was up big. The basketball season is a grind, and I don’t care what anybody says, winter sports (basketball and wrestling) are the most challenging. The weather is cold, it gets dark at 4:30, it’s long, there are 3-4 games a week at times…it’s exhausting. The weak will not survive, and at that time, I was weak. I begged my parents to let me quit the team.
They didn’t say no, but they gave me a condition. I could quit, IF I approached my coach and asked him about my role, and what I could do to get better.
Approach Coach P? To me, this was an absolute nightmare. I didn’t sleep that night. The entire school day, I didn’t hear a single word my teachers said, because I was so focused on how and when I would approach him. I decided in math class that I would do it after practice that night.
Practice flew by. It always seems like when you are dreading something, time races to the moment.
I took my practice shoes off, put on my sweats, and walked across the gym to what felt like my execution.
Coach was sitting in his office, already creating a scouting report for the next game. I asked if I could talk to him, and as soon as I sat down, I started sobbing. I was thinking, “OHMYGOD OHMYGOD EMMA STOP CRYING,” but I couldn’t. My disappointment and self-doubt all exploded into a disastrous ball of emotion. So here I was, bawling in front of the man I feared most in this cold dark world…and I mean bawling, and do you know what he did? Coach gave me a huge hug.
He let me talk (at least through my sobs), and then he let me listen. He was honest. He told me that I wasn’t ready. I was too weak to be on the floor when it mattered the most, I didn’t work hard enough in the offseason, but he told me that I had potential, and asked me to stick with it.
I am honestly crying as I write this, thinking about how grateful I am for that moment with him, and for the guidance from my parents.
I finished the season, despite a lack of playing time, and worked hard that summer. The next year, I played in every single game. I was awarded Honorable Mention All-Conference, and our team made it to the substate regional final, where I had 15 rebounds against IKM-Manning.
The following year, I was a senior captain and starter. After the best athletic season I have ever participated in, my team made it to the first state tournament since the 1960s. I was again an All-Conference selection, and was invited to play at the Iowa All-Star Basketball game in Cedar Rapids. My senior year laid the foundation for a later team that would win its first state title.
I wonder what would have happened if my parents had not insisted that I talk to my coach
What would have happened if my parents sent Coach P an email demanding to know why I wasn’t playing? What would have happened if they let me quit without having a conversation with him? My parents have taught me more things than I could ever count, but one of the most important things was to fight my own battles, and never give up.
They could have badmouthed my coach in the stands, wrote terrible things about him on social media, or encouraged me to quit. I know this because as a coach, I get a lot of this every single season. I have even had parents take a picture of me, and post it on Facebook with some very nasty comments.
I have also had to ask my parents to escort me out of one of my games, because I had parents waiting to confront me in the lobby. However, my parents didn’t make this about themselves; they made it about the relationship between my coach and me.
To this day, Coach P has been one of the most impacting people in my life. Finding the courage to approach him, and having the ability to trust his honesty led me down one of the greatest paths in high school. Now as a high school coach myself, basketball continues to be one of the biggest pieces of my life.
I urge all parents to encourage your children to fight their own battles. Have your kids come talk to me, but also make sure they are open to my honesty.
I am not going to tell your child she deserves to play if she doesn’t. Coach P did not lie to me. He told me I wasn’t good enough to play yet, and I accepted that. In fact, I felt that he respected me enough to be honest with me. It motivated me, and I worked harder, until it paid off.
This post originally appeared on Becoming Bireline
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Basketball coaching hacks: how to score goals for beginners
Even if you are a novice basketball player, we will not give you a training plan, but we will tell you why the ball flies anywhere but into the ring and into your hands. It's all about technique: even with regular training and perseverance, novice adults and children often make simple mistakes. It's a shame, let's fix it. Below are 11 life hacks on how to hone your technique to increase the likelihood of a goal for your team.
Basketball Shot Rules for Beginners
1. Hands up
In pursuit of the attacker, raise your hands, even if you are standing with your back to the pass, and even more so if the ring is in front of you. Your raised hands will increase the chance of intercepting the ball from the opponent by 2 times. Don't overlook this little thing!
2. Make shield rolls
Even Tim Duncan did not neglect them! A square is drawn on the basketball backboard. If you are standing opposite the ring, then aim at the middle of the upper part of the square, if you are standing on the side, then at the corner. If you hit this square, then the ball is at 90% of cases will fall into the ring. The law of physics and no cheating!
3. Look at the ring, not at the ball
Practice driving the ball with your hand, not your eyes, develop tactile control. Your eyes should be on the hoop while dribbling and be aware of the position of your body in relation to the hoop.
Then you will be able to take the correct posture, and the throw will be effective.
4. Dribble with the balls of your fingers only
The palm should not touch the ball, only the pads of the fingers. Dribbling should become familiar to you, like an extension of your hand. Then you can change its trajectory at any time and you will have more chances to score goals. Practice with the ball constantly.
5. Throw with one hand
If you throw the ball with two hands, you reduce the chance of hitting the basket. All the efforts of the throw are in one hand (in the right for right-handers, in the left for left-handers). The other hand only holds the ball, the leading one holds it with the fingers, not the palm.
6. Do not jump when protecting the ring
Jumping is the main mistake of rookie defenders. To intercept the ball and block the shot, simply stick out your hands. When you are in a jump, the attacker will easily bypass you.
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Don't look back
When you dribble, don't look back, but dribble and aim for the ring, focus on shooting (or passing to another player on your team).
8. Bring the throw to automatism
Incorporate the most basic basketball techniques into your training plan and bring the shot to automatism. Throw first from a distance of half a meter from the ring, gradually increasing it. Learn to throw the ball so that it hits the hoop without touching the edge.
Throw the ball with all fives and jump
Throwing Rules:
- Head in the center of the body - if tilted, accuracy is lost.
- Look at the ring: mentally build a trajectory. If you are far away, the ball flies in a curved curve with a maximum height of 2 meters above the hoop.
- A strong hand is in front and throws, a weak hand is on the side and directs, only holding the ball. The elbow of the throwing hand must be in line with the ring.
- The ball must rest on the fingers without touching the palm.
The fingers are as far apart as possible and grab the ball. - Throwing arm bent 90 degrees, forearm perpendicular to the floor. If you bend less, then you get not a throw, but a throwing of the ball horizontally.
The main thing in the throw is the position of the body and its balance. Place your feet apart and parallel to each other: it is important to orient them in the middle of the basket. Then the direction of the body during the jump will coincide with the direction of the throw, and the ball will fly straight into the ring. When the feet are uneven, the ball flies in the wrong direction or does not reach (although the throw was normal).
Take a deep breath and release as you exhale.
How to hold the ball and shoot in basketball
How to throw correctly: straighten your arm, point your wrist up, and with your hand set the ball to rotate in the opposite direction from the flight. The ball should seem to "roll" off your fingers.
9. Copy masters and play as a team
Watch professional basketball games and try to copy the movements of your favorite players in training. And be sure to conduct game sparring - this will allow you to develop more techniques.
10. Do not throw in a straight line
The higher the arc of the ball, the greater the chance of a goal and the less chance of blocking by the opponent.
11. Do not throw the ball from a full height stand
This is the biggest newbie mistake!
Before the throw, bend your knees slightly and at the moment of the throw, straighten your body, making a jump. You need to straighten up and push off the ground at the same time. When squatting, keep the elbow of the throwing arm close to the body and towards the ring.
The jump will give momentum to the ball and will allow you not to make sudden movements with the brush.
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And to be a long-term player, do not forget about your health: take care of your joints and muscles, use tapes, do a warm-up.
And be sure to strengthen your arms, legs and shoulder girdle, develop coordination. Regular exercises on uneven bars and horizontal bars will help you with this.
How to throw the ball in basketball
Now we will analyze how to throw the ball in basketball is correct and how to do it with one hand.
You often see how basketball players throw the ball with one hand in a jump in competitions. This is a very difficult way. If you learn how to throw the ball like that, the defender is unlikely to be able to interfere with you.
It is not easy to learn how to throw a basketball with one hand while jumping. First of all, you need to be able to jump. While catching the ball, take a long step with your left foot. Bring your right foot to your left foot. Squat down a bit and get ready to jump. Throw both hands with the ball up and quickly jump. Move the ball to your right hand. At the highest point of the jump, throw the ball with the movement of the hand and fingers, straightening the arm at the elbow joint.
First try to do it without the ball.
It will be difficult at first to throw the ball into the basket. Therefore, choose a target for yourself on the wall and try to hit it or throw the ball in a jump to a friend standing in front of you.
Do you like throwing the ball into the basket with both hands? There is also such a way: it is throwing the ball into the basket with both hands from the head. Here's how it's done. The ball is raised above the head, the arms are slightly bent at the elbows, the legs are at the knees, both are on the same line.
If it suits you, you can put one foot forward half a step. Before throwing the ball in basketball, the legs are bent at the knees, and the arms are at the elbows. When you straighten your legs and stretch your arms up, with smooth movements of the hand and fingers, you throw the ball into the basket.
You passed the defender, but he is chasing you. If you throw the ball into a basketball basket with one hand from the shoulder, the defender can interfere with you.
Therefore, when the defender is close to you, throw the ball into the basket with one hand from below, jumping up and stretching your arm forward and upward.
If throwing the ball in basketball with one hand is still difficult for you, throw it with both hands from below. If, bypassing the defender, you ran through the basket, it's okay. Throw the ball into the basket with the hook.
Whichever way you throw the ball into the basket, remember:
1. If you are throwing the ball straight into the basket, look at the front edge of the ring.
2. If you are throwing with a rebound from the shield, look at the point you want to hit.
3. Try to throw the ball in basketball directly into the basket more often. With a bounce off the shield, throw only at close range from the side.
4. If you are throwing the ring while jumping, try to make it as high as possible.
5. Throw the ball into the basket as soon as the opportunity presents itself, and be sure of your luck.
