Coaches:

When you are behind late in the game, the enemy is the clock, not the opponent. Seconds can be extremely valuable and every effort should be made to prevent time from running off the clock.

When you properly use fouls and time-outs during the last few minutes, the game can be significantly lengthened. Don't ever let your players give up!

Emphasize to your players at this time:
     1. Create 5 second violations.
     2. Look to steal the inbounds pass.
     3. Look to take a charge.
     4. Rebound aggressively at both ends of the floor. Place particular emphasis on offensive rebounding since the team leading may not want to run.
     5. Commit a foul (on the right opponent).
     6. Push the ball on offense, but take care of the basketball.
     7. Drive hard to the basket since opposing players have probably been told not to foul.
     8. Substitute at every dead ball in order to set up your press. Tom
Davis was a mater of this when he was coaching at Stanford and Iowa.
     9. "Help" the referees. Try to influence them to call a foul on your opponent that will stop the clock or change ball possession.

Yours for better basketball,

Glenn Wilkes