Stupid pre game player circles

Agree.

And those of us who went through the tortures of post-high school education....it was always funny seeing people "cramming" 5 minutes before an exam....frantically poring over notes, looking at their multi-colored highlights for the 100th time....absorbing nothing.

Say what? If you didn't know your stuff right before entering the exam, well, see you in summer school chap!

I crammed the **** out of my exams. There was ALWAYS a question or 5 that I had just gone over about 5 min prior to exam.
 
Girls teams are smart ... they lay down so they don't hurt their legs. :)

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Laffy lafferson
 
I'm starting to come around to the view of the original poster. I mean what happens if Iowa puts a jerk in the middle of that circle?
 
It always starts at the top ... Kids see it in the NBA / NFL ... and before you know it you see it in the high school ranks. My favorite is the women chest bumping ...
 
First off I am not old. Second race has nothing to do with it. I see players of multiple races making fools of themselves to multiracial audiences. Point taken about the heart rate however. Could this not be done with rapid lay up drills like what we used to do. Maybe add a few laps around the court. Worm ups like those are also easier on the legs. That is a big deal for us big guys. As far as motivation goes a team captain should be making a motivational speech before the game.

IMO alot of the problem is the presentation aspect of it. As a coach I've never understood why most sports have their pregame and then after they are lose and ready to play, let's make them return to the bench area immediately to stand still for a national anthem and player introductions. I have no problem with the national anthem, but at the same time why not do it before the official "pregame warmup clock" begins to count down. Or announce the starters during pregame with out the individual recognition and hype. As I stated earlier, I see the circle as nothing more than a hype thing that plays into the psyche of the athletes to pump them up and get the blood flowing, but at the same time think it could be avoided if the closing moments before the start of an event weren't designed as a elaborate media presentation.
 

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