Tryouts | Getting Cut

It's not easy for any player to get cut from a basketball team...
There are usually two things that will happen to a player after he/she gets cut:
1. They stop playing basketball competitively
2. They are motivated to get even better and prove their coaches wrong
Of course, there's nothing wrong with playing basketball for fun... getting cut from a team shouldn't make you want to stop playing basketball... it's a great sport!
For those players who get cut, remember. One of the greatest basketball players ever, Micahel Jordan, got cut from his varsity basketball tryout as a sophomore.
Basketball is a sport where you can get good quick... here's some advice we have for players who get cut:

• Use this experience as a source of motivation to get better!
• Don't stop playing! Play as much basketball as you can... pick up, leagues, with your friends, in your driveway, etc.
• Carry around a basketball where ever you go... make basketball a big part of your life.
• Challenge yourself to play with better competition... don't be afraid to make mistakes
• Set short-term and long-term goals... and work towards them!
  (Print them out and put them on your wall, so you can see your goals everyday)
  E.g. short-term: become a better ball-handler, do 100 pushup & situps everyday long-term: make the team next year, become captain of your high school team, play at BC