[Fromthebleachers]

As a coach who has seen kids change dramatically over the past thirty years I still have a problem with having to be a motivator. Motivation comes from within. All my coaches coached with passion. I do to. Kids play for a lot of reasons and some are the wrong ones. Today very few practice on their own time. The summer is where your game is made. The great Morgan Wooten told me at a clinic once that kids play to much in the summer and don't practice enough. I believe in weight lifting too. Kids don't watch the game much either. Committing to the game is vital. And many lack mental toughness. The game has to be taught from the bottom up. I'm from John's Creek and would love to get back home to coach. I've coached some nice players. Brittany Edeln was one of my best. She could dunk at 5'9 run like a deer. Played at UK.