Player Development

QUALITIES OF OUR BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Team Attitude - Work Ethic - Emotional Strength

Team Attitude

Positive Teammate
Respectful (to coaches, teammates, trainers, opponents, media, etc...)
Eagerly Play Your Role (BE A STAR IN YOUR ROLE)

Work Ethic

Commitment in Action (to yourself, to your teammates)
Development of individual abilities/skills (off-season work-outs)
Maximize physical tools: speed, quickness, strength, conditioning, explosiveness
Display great effort each day: practice, work-outs, scrimmages, videos, games
Take care of your body: sleep, eat right, hydrate, and see the trainer to rehab injuries

Emotional Strength

Toughness...mental toughness > physical toughness
Emotional Inertia ... remain balanced and centered emotionally focused on what is important
Resolve...thrive in the face of adversity.

IDENTITY OF OUR BASKETBALL PLAYERS - WHO ARE WE

Heavily consider your actions and choices by representing yourself, your family and our High School in a first-class manner at all times.
40% Rule, where you give maximum effort by jumping outside your comfort zone and trying your absolute best in everything you do.
Value your academics, respect your teachers, be a sponge, and become a lifelong learner.
Enlarge others by spreading contagious positive energy, showcasing enthusiasm, and maintaining a consistently positive mental attitude.
Linked up as a family where we love, serve and care for each other.
All roles are earned where you embrace your role, buy into the coaching, remain all in, and focused on team goals more than individual goals.
Listen to connect and communicate to collaborate where you build meaningful lifelong relationships.
Committed to basketball skill development by investing organized time outside of team events along with participating in our Basketball Program and Basketball Shooting Club.
Take care of your body by consuming healthy food and fluids along with dedicating yourself to our Strength and Conditioning Program.
Relentless grit, fierce competitive spirit, and defensive hustle where we will be the hardest working team in the city, contending for Championships each season and attacking in everything we do!

SKILLS OF OUR BASKETBALL PLAYER

Ability to Score the Ball - Handle Defensive Pressure - Defensive Presence

Ability to Score the Ball

3pt shooting
FT shooting
Scoring off the dribble – Jump Shots
Attacking the basket
Transition Scoring
Scoring in traffic
Scoring off screening action
Scoring out of the offense
Back to the Basket Post Scoring
Face Up Post Scoring
Mid-Range Jump Shots

Handle Defensive Pressure

Advance the ball against full court defensive pressure
Ball Security … maintain possession of the ball by our team
Pass out of traps / double-teams
Get to your spot … be able to dribble and get to where you want vs pressure
Initiate Offense or Set … make an on-time, on-target entry pass
Recognize when to attack pressure
Provide a Pressure Release by Coming back to the ball
Catch in traffic, protect the ball, and pass ahead
Ball protection following a defensive rebound
Make a clean outlet pass under pressure following a defensive rebound

Defensive Presence

On Ball Defender
Help Defender … recognition
Away from Ball Defender… gaps
Anticipation/etc…
Contain a scorer
Apply Direct Ball Pressure
Full Court Pressure (trapping spacing, splitting the difference)
Post Defender
Rebounder

PLAYER EXPECTATIONS

Be early to all functions. On-time = 15 minutes early.
Get to school on time and take advantage of all the resources here at Hamilton.
Be a positive person and not a complainer. If there are problems, see the coach.
Have a great TEAM attitude.
Support all other levels.
Look the coach in the eye and respect all staff members.

PLAYER DRESS EXPECTATIONS

Players are expected to present a positive representation of the Hamilton High School and community.
Game day dress expectations are for the entire school day. Players will wear: team fleece, dress or casual pants - (no denim), socks, dress or casual shoes (no athletic style shoes).
All players will wear the provided Hamilton practice uniforms and equipment issued to them and are expected to turn them in at the end of the season.
Dress appropriately for all team functions. If you have questions about attire, ask the coach. We wear our apparel on the way home.
Keep the locker room clean at all times. Keep personal possessions locked up.
Use appropriate language when representing our high school.
Teams always sit together in the stands.
Develop a champion’s mindset:
- - Team Attitude (Eagerly play your role)
  - Winning Work Ethic (Be willing to conquer what you hate, so you can create something you love)
  - Emotional Strength (Mental Toughness > Physical Toughness)

**Playing in this program is a privilege that requires your commitment.

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”

- Vince Lombardi