Even the crowd can see it.

The daughter of the head coach of Team A is an aggressive, talented player. But she has no vision for the court, doesn't understand how to let a play develop, and is a ball/glory hog. If she could see the plays developing and was a better teammate, she would elevate her game and team to a whole new level.

And college basketball fans can pick up on it instantly.

Last night the AAU club program my daughter plays for has a chance to play at half time of a college mens game. They took girls (who were in town and interested) from our 10,11, and 12 teams and created 2 teams to play for a few minutes in front of a big crowd. The coliseum has about a 14k seating capacity and it was about 1/3 full last night.

The daughter of coach A took the ball up for her team and you could see it in her eyes... she wasn't looking for anyone open. She was looking how she could get the ball to the hoop. She scored a couple times and did one move that made the crowd "OOooo" (but got blocked).

The girls only played for about 9 minutes and in that short period of time. I was allowed to move to center court just off to the side of the scorers table to watch. So I was in the area of some very knowledgeable college basketball fans who paid a good amount of money to get the seats they had. Not just your causal fans

I could her the comments from the fans change from "wow she's awesome" to.... and this is a direct quote from a fan who had court-side seats... to "Not much of a team player". They picked that out in that short period of time.

One could argue "Oh she just got caught up in the moment". No, this is the norm. I've learned not to start these kind of conversations but somehow I end up having someone say it to me or I'm within and ear shot of the conversations. I've heard other parents state that their daughters avoid being on her team for that reason. As a fan of the program, it's really frustrating because 1) It's allowed to go on, 2) it tears down team chemistry, and 3) its hurting this girls development. She developing some dangerous habits now that are going to have really negative impact if she chooses to continue to play in high school or college.

But there is hope. This past fall season Team A's head coach realed her daughter in and forced her to use her team more. Perhaps she needs time to develop that skill and break those bad habits. Maybe.

It was a fun experience and my daughter did well on defense (one steal and a block) and took a couple shots in that short amount of playing time.