This has to be a precise pass because this player can't jump up and dunk. She has to get it and bring it back down and do the basics. That's what I enjoy. So far, his approach has worked. Cooper has also been stressing defense to the Sparks.
Offense comes and goes.
Defense will keep you in the game. His players have bought into his coaching philosophy. Back on the Aussie Team Mercury forward Michelle Griffiths breathed a sigh of relief when she and her Phoenix teammate, guard Michele Timms, were named to the Australian Olympic team. Griffiths and Timms, who was a favorite for the team, returned to play in the WNBA this season rather than remain in Australia to train with the Olympic team, which many of the WNBA players from her country chose to do at the insistence of their Australian coach. Griffiths did not play in the WNBA last season because she was pregnant.