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1. THOU SHALT PRACTICE HARD

...w e w i l l c ome each day w i th energy

and en thus iasmw e w i l l pu t supreme

ef fo r t i n to every d r i l l because w e know

tha t t he hab it o f p rac t i c i ng ha rd w i l lc a r r y over t o p lay ing hard ...w e w i l l

f in ish by push ing through fa t igue for

w e know the bes t improvement c omes

upon the hee ls o f be ing t i red .

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2. THOU SHALT PRACTICE INTELLIGENTLY

...w e w i l l i n a c onstan t s t a te o f focus

and concent ra t ion ...w e w i l l en te r t he

p rac t i ce cou r t w i t h a menta l f rame o f

m ind that w i l l have us us ing our eyes andears, see ing and l i s ten ing...w e w ant t o

tak e each day of p rac t i ce , each v ideo

sess ion , each t eam m eet ing as i f i t

w ere a c lassroom because i t i s .

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3. THOU SHALT PRACTICE TOGETHER

...w e w i l l w ork as a team t o make

each p rac t i c e a v i c t o ry ...w e w i l l push

ourse lves because w e know tha t t o

make t he t eam be t t e r w e must s t a r tw i th ourse lves ...w e w i l l enc ourage

and p ick up our t eamm ates...t oge ther

w e w i l l w ork t ow ards hav ing a

g reat p rac t i ce .

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4. THOU SHALT RUN THE FLOOR

...w e w i l l spr in t t he lanes of fens ive ly

and our pos t w i l l sp r int t o t he r im...w e

w i l l run ea r l y and run la te w hen w e a re

t i red ...w e w i l l spr in t back as a teamready t o p lay defens ive ly...w e w i l l

sp r int f rom one dr il l to t he nex t ...w e

w i l l run in p rac t i ce because w e know

i t i s t hose hab it s t hat w e w ant t o

develop for the gam e.

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5. THOU SHALT STAY IN THY STANCE

...w e w i l l s tay low in our basket ba l l

s tance because w e k now i t p rov ides

us w i th t he balance necessary fo r good

of fensive and defens ive play.. .w ew i l l s tay l ow in ou r s tance because w e

k now i t adds to the qu ick ness o f ou r

o f fens ive and defens ive m ovem ent s.

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6. THOU SHALT GET A HAND ON THE BALL

...w e w i l l p lay in suc h a w ay defens ive ly

tha t w e w i l l have a hand cons tan t l y

m i r r or ing the basket ba l l ...our goa l w i l l

be to de f lec t every pass and w reak havocon our opponent . ..w e w i l l not a l low t hem

t o run the i r p lays and w e w i l l no t

a l low them any uncon tes ted shots .

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7. THOU SHALT TAKE CARE OF THE BALL

...w e w i l l va lue each and ever y

possess ion for w e know i t s impor t ance

of o f fens ive succ ess...w e w i l l be s t rong

w i t h t he ba l l ...s t rong sw eeps...c atc h andchin . ..use our dr ibb le w ise ly and pass

aw ay f rom t he defense...w e have a

t rad i t i on o f t ak ing be t t e r ca re of the

basketba l l than anyone in t he count r y

and i t sha l l c ont inue.

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8. THOU SHALT TAKE GOOD SHOTS

...w e w i l l w ork hard each possess ion

t o get t he best shot ava i lab le ...w e

w i l l w ork t o get lay-ups...w e w i l l w ork

t o ge t our bes t shoot ers shots ...w e w i l ldec ide w hen w e w an t to shoo t w here

w e w an t to shoot and w ho w i l l shoo t .

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9. THOU SHALT COMMUNICATE

...w e w i l l use w ords o f enc ouragement

to l i f t ou r teamm ates ...w e w i l l t a l k to

our teamm ates to im prove our

execut ion on the cour t ...w e w i l l t a l kdu ring prac t i ce t o he lp coach

each ot her...w e w i l l be the best

com mun ica t i ng team in Amer i ca .

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10. THOU SHALT PRACTICE THAT WAY EVERYDAY

...w e w i l l fo l low each o f t he p rev ious

n ine c omm andments each and ever y

prac t i ce ...w e w i l l unders t and t ha t

t ogether , t he prev ious n inecom mandments w i l l he lp our team

t o reach our pot ent ia l ...w e underst and

t hat fa i l i ng to w ork on a s ing le

com mandment w i l l l eave ou r team

shor t o f be ing the best i t c an be...WE

WILL PRACTICE THIS WAY EVERYDAY!