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80836.8 in reply to 80836.6
Date: 3/14/2009 6:38:38 AM
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I had noticed a tendency for my team to start strong, sometimes very strong, and then tail off -- my last game I had a 30 point lead at half and nearly lost (part of it was my coach's insistence that he play my second string the 4th period). The pattern of a flat start to the second half I was hoping could be rectified with a dose or two of stamina increases (which I had not tended to for well over a season).

I had figured -- and my team's performance seemed to support -- a more important criteria was "game shape".

Anyway, I am in a panic because I will be facing several very good,run and gun teams this year and although I have a decent defense I am worried about being run out of the building the second half.

How off base is all this reasoning?

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80836.9 in reply to 80836.8
Date: 3/14/2009 9:36:44 AM
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I used to run more full court press with lower-stamina players and I also noticed that I would lose a lot of ground late in games. I've trained stamina a couple of times, and now that my star players have decent stamina across the board and I don't play full court press, I tend not to kick away games late anymore.

Of course, playing TIE means that your guys won't hold leads well either, and it partially depends on the team you're playing against and whether you're at home. But it's definitely a bad idea to ignore stamina.