Basketball Coach yells at her player to fire her up, a breakdown
What Happened
I need YOU TO LOCK IN. I believe in you, but you've got to want this the most.
Who / What Is Involved
Players: Ben.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentI need YOU TO LOCK IN. STOP being
distracted.
Right. I believe in you, but you've got
to want this the most. This isn't my
story. All right. That's the speech
that's gone viral. This is the full
story of the moment and the game
surrounding it. It's brought to you by
Shady Race. We've got Aluchcci Okinawa,
number seven on Maryland in black, has
the ball. She's gonna try and drive the
lane, get a foul or get a bucket. She
says, "No travel." She's like, "What?
Damn." All right, my bad. Then a little
bit after that, they're up the court
again. Maryland is losing by six. We're
in the third quarter. Passing the ball
around. She's on the on the far side
there just watching. Hey, stay spread.
Stay spread. I want the ball. Gets the
ball. Here we go. Drives down the
middle, makes a move, misses, and okay,
they get the foul. Boom. So she draws
the foul that time. Doesn't make the
shot. Steps up to the line. Takes the
ball. Big deep breath.
Nice and easy. And misses it. That's not
great. Then gets the next one. Sinks it.
Okay, we're good. Now she gets back on
defense. She's following the ball, but
it's a travel miss free throw. There she
is up top. Highlight her in red cuz
that's cool. Ball gets by her and then
she's lost. Who's she guarding? Where'd
her girl go? Can't find her. Where'd you
go? Can't find her. Where'd you go?
Where'd you go? Where'd you go? And it
leads to an open look and she's just
scrambling. Luckily, they miss, but you
can see she gets a little lost. They're
a little distracted. Now back on offense
again. She's down low. She gets the
ball, goes up, doesn't make it, gets the
foul again. You kind of want to make
them and get the foul. I don't know.
Just playing for the foul. Misses the
first one. Misses the second one. Tough
stretch. Coach is watching thinking,
"Okay, this is kind of tough. We're
We're kind of getting lost on defense.
We're missing our free throws. We're not
making our layups. We traveled earlier.
She's getting run around here. Just all
over the place. Okay, now she got a
switch and she's uh Where's the ball?
Okay, where are you? Uh and watch it.
Okay, we got it. They steal it. She runs
down. Give me the ball. Give me the
ball. Give me the ball. Can't corral it.
Tries to go up again. Doesn't make it.
Doesn't get fouled. Gets the rebound.
Jump ball. She's on the ground. And at
that point, her teammates help her up.
But then coach says, "I'm going to help
you off this court. Let's take Let's
give you a breather. come chat with me
for a second. And while the game is
going on, while the ball is being
inbounded, we've get the conversation
that everyone has seen. There she is.
The play is happening. And she's just
getting talked to on the sideline. And
there's a little bit at the beginning
that wasn't part of the viral clip where
it starts with this. And you've got to
make A DECISION RIGHT NOW FOR THIS TEAM.
And that is my something part of you.
It's who you are. I need you TO LOCK IN.
STOP being distracted.
Right. I believe in you, but you've got
to want this the most. This isn't my
story. All right. All right. Break. And
then that happened while they were
talking. They let it go. One possession,
two possessions, three possessions.
She's right back in. It was quick. Just
needed a pump up speech. back on the
floor now and she's ready to go. She's
focused. She's realigned. She's open.
She's open. She says, "No, not yet. Wait
for it." She gets the ball. She drives
up. Uses the board in. Instant returns
on the pump up speech. Then she's locked
in on defense. She's all over the ball.
Can't fake me out. She's going to tangle
her up. Oh yeah. Runs right into the
double jump ball. COACH LOVES YEAH. LOOK
AT HER. THANKS, COACH. Needed that,
coach. Love you, coach. Bam. That's what
you do. And then gets the ball up again.
Makes another one. Back on defense.
We're going to get a steal here. She's
open. Corrals it. Drives, stutters up,
and one. Coach loves IT. LOOK AT THAT.
SHE'S FIRED UP. Coach is fired up for
her. That's coaching. That's what it's
all about. Good pass. Picking up her
teammates as well. The whole bench has
got energy now. Coach is absolutely
loving it. They're playing hard. They're
fighting back. They're grabbing
rebounds. They're fighting for loose
balls. They get another jump ball. Coach
is going crazy on the sidelines, giving
her team some energy and some fire. Look
at this. She goes, "Oh, yeah. THAT'S HOW
YOU PLAY, GIRLS. THAT'S HOW YOU PLAY,
GIRLS. GREAT JOB.
GREAT JOB. I love seeing you go down and
get it. THAT'S A GREAT [ __ ] JOB.
YEAH, THAT'S HOW you battle. Just a
little coaching. That's all that was
needed. They asked both player and coach
about it in the post game and they had
great things to say. The both of them.
>> Uh the best of the best, elite of the
elite want to be coached hard.
>> I've told her this before and I'll keep
on telling her this until forever. I I
love to be coached hard and that's what
she does with me every single day. you
know, I kind of wanted to implore just
how much belief I had in her. Um, and
just kind of challenge her. I know what
a winner and competitor she is. And just
challenge her. Do you want the moment?
>> Coach understands I'm a competitor at
heart.
>> I knew it was like give give it a minute
and get her back in and and um you saw
she she went out, she got a bucket, she
got a steal, and never looked back.
Really what that was was a regroup
moment for myself and her telling me she
believed in me because sometimes that's
really all you need to hear.
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