Hi, I'm coach of a new men's team, not doing too bad on the season so far with a record of 3-4. At the weekend scored 96, so it seemed there were no problems with offence.
However, played one of the "weaker" teams midweek, and scored 6 points in the first and 13 in the 2nd. Offense was rushed, no composure, turnovers galore and the team was unrecognisable. On defense, players seemed to be lazy and not bothered by guarding the ball or rebounding. Rotation on defence is also a problem even though many things we work on in training go missing in game time. We have a centre who mops up most rebounds but this means the rest of the team rely on him too much.
Basically, I was shocked by the performance in the first half.....we eventually won the game but every player was upset with the performance.
I have two training sessions before the next game, which is also against the number 1 ranked team in the league.
A few questions, how hard should my next session be and what should the focus be on? Also, after going from nearly 100 points in one game to half that in the next I am worried about offense. My starting guard was injured in the last game but offense was rushed,forced, not relaxed and the first half was just ugly. How can I get the team to share the ball more? They played some good offense second half by giving the ball up to team mates but this didn't happen at all first half.
Finally how do I get a team to step up in 2 training sessions after a demoralising victory?
I would appreciate any comments/help you could offer.
