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ballgame, to constantly have the upper hand. And like any good
is aware that people learn from their mistakes, so he hits upon last year's heart¬
breaking, last-second loss to Northeastern in the NCAA tournament.
"Their guards kept getting away from us,* he says. 'We weren't prepared to
control them and that's what test it for us."
He then moves on to defense, one of his favorite subjects.
'If you want to play on this team, you've got to be tougher than tough on
defense,'he stresses. "Be smart. Be intense. Knowwhatyou'redoinganddo not
take chances. This is what we're looking for out of you. You have been warned.
Defense will win the conference. Defense will get you to the NCAAs and defense
will give you the confidence to do your best on offense."
Grant's emphasis on ball control and defense has been criticized by n^any who
feel that CSUF loses out in the recruiting wars since a majority of players would
rather go to a school where they can run up and down the court, display their
talents and pile up the points. A CSUF game, in contrast, is stew and deliberate.
The teams involved rarefy score more than 80 points and individual scorers
usually wind up with less than 20.
"I think it would be hard for me to always go out and watch a team that ran com¬
plete control," Crant says during a break. 'The game was meant to shoot the
basketball. But I basically feel that you have to coach the talent you have.
'If I had the Boston Celtics and Larry Bird, you could bet that I would run all
the time. But in the past, we have not had the rebounding team to run. I think our
stats show that we have not been a totally great rebounding team and maybe not
the quickest team in some areas either. You have to adapt to that*
During the practice sessions, players usually split up into different groups, ac¬
cording to position, and work out under the guidance of one of the assistant
coaches while Crant stays out of things and watches intently from a distance.
Each coach has certain duties and Crant keeps out of their hair.
"As a head coach, I stay out of things pretty much in practice," says Grant.
Unless I don't like the way things are going, I let the other coaches handle
■hmgs I've always felt that if you 're going to give an assistant coach certain re¬
sponsibilities, he should be able to go out there and do them without interruption.
I want my coaches to be able to feel like they are contributing to the effort."
When it comes to defense, Adams is Crant's right-hand man. Adams, who
teaches basketball theory classes at CSUF and has written a book on the man-to¬
man pressure defense system, is the resident wizard on the subject. During the
defensive drills, he takes charge and demands perfection.
"All you're trying to do is trace the ball with your hands,' he tells the players
during a drill in which they are working on defensing a ballhandler. 'Relax. Know
what you re doing. If you tighten up, people are going to go right around you.'
And Adams scolds players for things that would seem petty to a basketball
outsider.
'Some of you guys have played here four years and still don't know how to
hold your arms correctly on defense,' he says, with a trace of venom in his voice.
When things aren't going the way Adams wants them to in a drill, he doesn t
hestitate to level a punishment.
"You guys are letting the offense shoot right over you," he says in a defensive
scrimmage. "When someone scores over you, you should feel insulted because
he's just showed you that you're not doing your job. Everyone playing defense
on that drill hit the floor and give me 10 push-ups."
rw. »h. mhw side of the court, Litzenberger has his players (the guards) doing
.hi™,with the basketbalMhat William Naismith would never have imagined
He watches and yellsTstructions as the players test themselves on dribbling two
Kalkxt a time dribbling backwards or moving upcourt while maneuvering the
ba in between and around their legs. More than anyone on the team guards
have to havTthat special ballhandling agility since ,t will be they who have to
move the bafl upcourt during games and initiate plays. .....
.;   ",,. .._- JZ..„. „„. , «hort hreak at about the halfway point in the pract ce
move the bafl upcourt during games and initiate piays. .....
Usually the "layers get a short break at about the halfway point in the practice
,o Bute down a cupful of Prebs, a lemony drink that replenishes the lost body
hp Dlavers seem to look forward to but the
at the players s<
:," Litzenberger yells at a handful of
' t get anything accomplished if you
fluids. It is a time in practio
recess doesn't last long.
"Get a drink and get back out on the cot
players taking refills on the Prebs. 'We c
stand around all day."
The players stride back on to the floor to begin the section of practice in which
they scrimmage in game-type situations Until now, they have been split into
groups and have worked on separate little items such.^as footwork, dribbling,
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Bodies fly in, out and around the
key with the leather ball
dictating the direction of traffic How.
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proper stance and hand motion. Now is the time to put all those items.to use
together while working on certain offensive and defensive patterns.
Crant tells the players to split off into two squads. Some keep on their white
workout shirts while the others turn the shirts inside out to become the red team.
Ten players take the court and the action begins.
The area under the basket looks like a busy intersection as bodies fly in, out and
around the key with the leather ball dictating the direction of traffic flow. With all
four coaches looking on, the players want to perform at their best.
Substitute players enter the scrimmage occasionally and Crant begins to get a
taste of how his players will perform together on the court. Of course, at this stage
of the season, not everything pleases him.
"Some of them are playing a little too tight on defense and on offense, we're
dribbling way too much," he points out "I'd like to see more passing than drib¬
bling but we're still learning and we get out of focus on the floor. Some of them
tend to lose their composure and put the ball on the floor too much. Things will
get better, though, wnen everyooay oecomes more familiar with the sys'tem."
The system.
Every athletic team has one A certain style of playing, a particular set of
philosophies. And things just don't click until everyone on the team is comfort¬
able with that system.
'It's important for the kids to have a knowledge of everything we do,' says
Crant. 'It's always tough for the new kids to pick up our system. We struggle
BASKETBALL continued on page 10
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