I coach a young girls basketball team. All my girls are super sweet,
love to play, and have great attitudes, but we have lost nearly every
game for two straight seasons. It isn't about winning for me, but I'd
be lying if I said that I wouldn't be excited for my girls if we could
win a few. Losing games isn't my problem though.
I only have two girls that can really dribble the ball well enough to
get far enough down the court in an attempt to pass or shoot, so
naturally they are the girls that get to bring the ball down each
quarter.
Some of the parents of the other girls want me to give their daughters
a chance to bring the ball down even though their daughters either
can't dribble at all when faced with a defender or they can't pass or
shoot so they end up dribbling and dribbling until they either dribble
out of bounds or the ball is stolen.
I understand that the girls can't get better without the experience,
but if they can't even make it to half court, how are the other girls
supposed to get a chance to get experience too?
I didn't volunteer to coach because I wanted to win. I want these
girls to have fun, learn basketball, and improve, so I want to make
these parents happy, but I would also like for my girls to have a
chance to win to help them feel proud of themselves for a change.
How would some of you deal with this situation?
I will say one thing... the lack of an offense has made my girls
awesome at defense! :-)
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