Cruel And Unusual Punishment

What's a basketball coach to do?

To discipline his or her team, I mean.

Traditionally players have been made to run
laps, run stairs, run suicides. Run anything
that can be run for goofing off, not paying
attention, being late, missing free throws,
hot dogging, missing layups.

Whatever.

I've said before I think that's a mistake. Coach
Tim Kauppinen from Wisconsin agrees totally,
and now I find a letter from a basketball coach
who also coaches track with a good perspective
(and that not just because he agrees with me).
But you be the judge:

"Running for punishment??

I am also a track coach... why do you want to
take something that should be fun and
enjoyable and make it a punishment?? I just
shake my head when I hear of coaches using
running as a punishment for anything because
then what happens??

They associate running as something bad,
something miserable, something to be avoided.
I want my players to enjoy running.
Conditioning should be looked at equally as fun
as other drills. I want them to experience the
joy of running because they want to feel their
bodies working hard now, but also later in life.

Make them sit. Make them sweep the gym.
Make them do push-ups. Make them wear
a sign that says "I MISS LAYUPS" and have
them stand at a busy intersection. Make them
scrub the bathrooms. Make them write 'I WILL
NOT THROW BAD PASSES" a 1000 times...

But make running FUN!!!"

- Steve Tuson

I rest my case.

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P.S. When you get to where running and
conditioning are fun and produce a true sense
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When you embrace a competitive spirit in one
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