Little Things—
They’re the difference between good teams and great teams!
Courtesy of Don Meyer, Northern State University
A jump stop
A loose ball
A bad close out
A one possession mental lapse
A quiet bench
A bad attitude or not necessarily bad but not as great as it
could be
One bad shot in warm-ups
Not tagging the guy you came in for
Tossing a towel
Not accepting a hand when you have come out
A missed lay-up (no backboard)
An intentional vs 1-1 foul
Bad warm-up
A flail
A reach
Talking to an official
Not giving ball to referee properly
A reserve jacking around vs doing what he can do (This
really takes away from the team)
Concentration takes care of little things. One must constantly be reminded of the
“little things” like “defense” and offense will take care of themselves.
Execution of little things is what we need to get back
to. We seem to have lost this concern.
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