Coach Larry: Forget the Slide, Just Beat Your Man to the Spot

Coach Larry took some heat for this one, but I think people are missing the point entirely.⁣
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He's not telling kids to abandon the slide. He's teaching motor skills and running an actual experiment: slide the feet, then try turning and running, and see which one gets the defender to the spot first.⁣
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The goal was never the technique. The goal is beating your man to the spot. If turn-and-run gets a kid there faster, that's not a fundamentals problem, that's coaching kids how to think instead of just memorizing footwork.⁣
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Don't take my word for it either. Test it yourself. #shorts