Communication

Communication is an important component to obtain in the real world, but to be specific, it is a prime aspect in basketball. Talking keeps a team organized, able to be coordinated in its activities and assures that everyone is working as a unit to prevent indecisiveness (DeVenzio 243). In Stuff Good Players Should Know, Dick DeVenzio shares the importance of communicating with who you are working with to achieve a goal because it is helping each other verbally.

In basketball, communicating huge to teamwork. "Talking ends any possible confusion that may arise.. Talking, even saying the obvious, helps you win games" (DeVenzio 243). Communicating with your teammates stops the pace of your team from slowing down and brings up the intensity. DeVenzio enhanced that getting in the habit of communicating will make a big difference.

I am writing about communication because when I came across this part of the book, it made me realize that it is better to talk more than to not to talk at all. I took DeVenzio's advice to talk more to my teammates during the action and it helps a lot. I have been communicating more on the court by calling out who I am guarding, letting them know when a screen is coming, saying to cut through the lane, etc. It has prevented the other team from scoring and has helped our team score more. 

Not only is it good to communicate in basketball, but it is also important to communicate in everything else that you do. By letting someone know what is occurring, it will prevent complications and confusions. Basketball is a sport that teaches many life lessons that are needed in the real world, and communication is one of them. I hope you guys take this into consideration to communicate more with the people around you because it will prevent confusion, indecisiveness, and curiosity.

Have you ever experienced a time when you realized you should have spoke up? When was it?

DeVenzio, Dick. Stuff Good Players Should Know: Intelligent Basketball from A to Z. 3rd ed. Stafford, TX: PGC Basketball, 1983. Print.