So, you want to play basketball? Maybe you watched a pro team play and marveled at what you saw the players be able to do? What you saw were some of the best conditioned athletes in the world who are playing at this level after years and years of practice, practice, and more practice, starting at an early age much like you, who now want to learn how to play the game.

Basketball is a sport in which your individual talents can be showcased inside the framework of the goal or vision of your coach. It is a team sport and the team that can blend all its talents and personalities into one team is usually successful. Teamwork is the foundation of every coach you will have. If you cannot blend into the team structure, you will either be benched or gone, depending on what level you are at. Each coach has their own way of coaching and you will hear sayings such as "run and gun", which would be a coach who likes throw up a lot of points, or, you may hear "offense scores points, but defense wins the game". Both are right, it just depends on what the coach feels best meets the types of players he has.