Went on a little twitter rant this morning and frankly I couldn't agree with him more.
“@DaveTelep: Lack of fundamentals & feel for the game in younger prospects surfaced this summer. We need some changes to help our next generation”
“@DaveTelep: Need to find ways for our teachers of the game to have access to players in settings where they can teach & audience is attentive”
@DaveTelep: Huge problem with transition from HS to college. Many high level kids have no ability to put the team before themselves.
@DaveTelep: Lies are perpetrated to our kids. Might be 20 pros in our Top 100. The rest need real jobs one day. Spoiled ones won't make it
@DaveTelep: Parents: you aren't raising an NBA player. Try raising a person to use hoops to get education. If he's a pro, eventually it happens
@DaveTelep: Our HS kids today are content with skipping steps. Best teachers, mechanics, players don't skip steps. It's a process.
@DaveTelep: Our kids play so many games they've lost what it means to value winning. Less games, more emphasis on winning.
@DaveTelep: We have raised a generation of players that BELIEVES the name on the back trumps the name on the front of the jersey .. at all levels
@DaveTelep: If you're mentor throws you out there this summer w/out a go-to-move: fire your mentor.
@DaveTelep: If you're on your third HS in four years, suck it up, become coachable and look in the mirror.
@DaveTelep: You can't have fake toughness, be a fake teammate, have fake skill. Truth comes out. Trick is to correct it before it's too late
@DaveTelep: Best HS players get spoiled. The process pollutes their thinking, gives them false realities. Small fraction can handle the process
@DaveTelep: What I've seen at last 3 camps, kids faking injury to skip instruction sessions. That's garbage. Who you fooling? Why come? Stay home.
@DaveTelep: Westbrook, Durant, Harden didn't transfer into OKC they built something. You too can be a great player and take ownership in your team
@DaveTelep: I watch every training table, talk to trainers, pay attention to know who cheats himself, isn't reliable, afraid of getting uncomfortable
@DaveTelep: Hoops isn't a ticket to NBA. It's a phase of life that can help shape rest of your life. It will cease bouncing. Did you max it out?
@DaveTelep: Text from MAJOR college head coach this A.M. "Key is to find good players not polluted players system hasn't ruined." #truth
@DaveTelep: Been traveling too much, seeing too many kids whose excuses/mentors/false realities trump their actual attitudes, game & abilities
@DaveTelep: If you're the best player in a camp or AAU game, try guarding best player from the other team. Seriously, it helps. You might get better
@DaveTelep: If you're an AAU coach and you play zone as to not get your best player in a difficult matchup, please step aside.
@DaveTelep: College freshmen: unpack your bags, stay a while. College is fun. Enjoy it. Embrace it. You don't get to go back. Don't skip steps.
@DaveTelep: And lastly, if you're a player and are afraid to retweet some of these tweets ... maybe there's a reason. Never too late to change
“@DaveTelep: Lack of fundamentals & feel for the game in younger prospects surfaced this summer. We need some changes to help our next generation”
“@DaveTelep: Need to find ways for our teachers of the game to have access to players in settings where they can teach & audience is attentive”
@DaveTelep: Huge problem with transition from HS to college. Many high level kids have no ability to put the team before themselves.
@DaveTelep: Lies are perpetrated to our kids. Might be 20 pros in our Top 100. The rest need real jobs one day. Spoiled ones won't make it
@DaveTelep: Parents: you aren't raising an NBA player. Try raising a person to use hoops to get education. If he's a pro, eventually it happens
@DaveTelep: Our HS kids today are content with skipping steps. Best teachers, mechanics, players don't skip steps. It's a process.
@DaveTelep: Our kids play so many games they've lost what it means to value winning. Less games, more emphasis on winning.
@DaveTelep: We have raised a generation of players that BELIEVES the name on the back trumps the name on the front of the jersey .. at all levels
@DaveTelep: If you're mentor throws you out there this summer w/out a go-to-move: fire your mentor.
@DaveTelep: If you're on your third HS in four years, suck it up, become coachable and look in the mirror.
@DaveTelep: You can't have fake toughness, be a fake teammate, have fake skill. Truth comes out. Trick is to correct it before it's too late
@DaveTelep: Best HS players get spoiled. The process pollutes their thinking, gives them false realities. Small fraction can handle the process
@DaveTelep: What I've seen at last 3 camps, kids faking injury to skip instruction sessions. That's garbage. Who you fooling? Why come? Stay home.
@DaveTelep: Westbrook, Durant, Harden didn't transfer into OKC they built something. You too can be a great player and take ownership in your team
@DaveTelep: I watch every training table, talk to trainers, pay attention to know who cheats himself, isn't reliable, afraid of getting uncomfortable
@DaveTelep: Hoops isn't a ticket to NBA. It's a phase of life that can help shape rest of your life. It will cease bouncing. Did you max it out?
@DaveTelep: Text from MAJOR college head coach this A.M. "Key is to find good players not polluted players system hasn't ruined." #truth
@DaveTelep: Been traveling too much, seeing too many kids whose excuses/mentors/false realities trump their actual attitudes, game & abilities
@DaveTelep: If you're the best player in a camp or AAU game, try guarding best player from the other team. Seriously, it helps. You might get better
@DaveTelep: If you're an AAU coach and you play zone as to not get your best player in a difficult matchup, please step aside.
@DaveTelep: College freshmen: unpack your bags, stay a while. College is fun. Enjoy it. Embrace it. You don't get to go back. Don't skip steps.
@DaveTelep: And lastly, if you're a player and are afraid to retweet some of these tweets ... maybe there's a reason. Never too late to change
