1. Ball handling and passing: You need to be confident that you can handle both of these without problem. Average ball handling and passing will lead to average results.

2. Leadership qualities: You are the coach on the floor. Act like it!!! All players, fans and coaches should look at you with respect.

3. Think like the coach: You need to be able to read my mind and do things the way I want them done. Don't be a robot of the coach, but understand what we have worked on and believe in it and perform.

4. "Tough minded and lots of guts": Explains itself...no matter the situation, game or call on the floor... be tough mentally and show people you care by how hard you play.

5. Make good things happen: Do this by not forcing bad things to happen... play within yourself and the system... mistakes will happen but overcome them with positive.

6. Be a shooter: Be confident in your shot no hesitation... no "should I have shot that" attitude... no "but I'm not that good of a shooter"... if the shot is within the framework of the offense then I have all the confidence that you will make every shot... you should also have this confidence.

7. Be a free-throw shooter: I expect everyone at 60% or higher

8. Make others play better: Great players have the knack of elevating all the players on the team.

9. Be unselfish: Statistics mean nothing... team success means everything.

10. Speed and Quickness: We will be in shape and we will be in peoples faces on rebounds and defense.

11. Handle pressure situations calmly: Stay cool, calm and collected... the rest of the team will feed off of someone not going bonkers. Love the pressure and deliver positives from whatever the situation

12. Solid citizen on and off the floor: explains itself

13. Basketball Knowledge: we will understand the game and rules.

14. Leaders not followers: Everyone understands their roles and shows leadership in whatever way they can. Players respect the leadership of others.

15. Great defense: Every player you guard will say that you were the toughest defender they had all year!