* Remember that the clock is your ally. Try to avoid stopping it.

* Take care of the basketball. Make sharp crisp passes.

* When the opponents are pressing you, press them back, but don't foul.

* Put particular emphasis on stopping penetration by giving good defensive help.

* Don't foul! Particularly do not foul a shooter! Remember that your opponents may be taking some hurried shots in their  effort to catch up. Hurried shots often mean bad shots.

* Get out on 3 point shooters, but again, players must be coached to get arms up high without fouling.

* Slow the game tempo.

* Constantly emphasize blocking out on the boards. No second shots.

* Keep the ball in your best free throw shooters hands.

* Keep offensive spacing to minimize double-teams.

Yours for better basketball,

Glenn Wilkes