How should a high school basketball team deal with a conceited player?

Question

Our high school basketball team has one player who thinks she is way to good for us. During games she shows little if any effort... unless she has the ball. Our coach always is getting on players about working to their potential but he never does that with her. Also, whenever we are hanging out as a team she doesn't want anything to do with us. We have always tried to get her to bond with us but she just doesn't want to do anything that we decide to do and when we ask her what she wants to do she says i don't know or nothing. Our coach knows that we are having issues with her but when we mention it to him he finds an excuse for her and backs her up 100%. As a team we feel that this could hurt our team if we don't get this straightened out. What should we do?

Answer 1

Bench her A$$ and make her realize that basketball is 5 on 5 game and it will make her respect the game watching everyone play but herself

Answer 2

I'd say it depends how good looking she is.  I'm assuming she must be pretty hot if the coach has a double standard for her.

Answer 3

All I will say is: Don't ask Phil Jackson this question.

Answer 4

First, being a teammate does not mean that she has to be your friend and hang with you and your other teammates.  Let that one go.  She's on the team only at practice and games, that's her choice.

Second, her behaviour is hurting your team.  Your team captain, (assuming its not her) should talk to her about putting out 100% with or without the ball.  That's their job as captain, to ride her ***.  And, as the Captain presents the news, she has to remember that if you have a need to put others down just so you can feel a little better about yourself, then you really don’t feel so hot to begin with. Overt self-confidence and bravado are usually a mask for deep seated feelings of inadequacy and insecurity.

Most likely, a sincere conversation will do the trick.  Be honest, and just talk.

Answer 5

Tell her that he should run for the presidency of the U.S. That should divert her obsession with acting so superior and apart from the others. They use that superior s****. attitude to compensate for their lack of self esteem and lack of love from their parents. They have all their eggs in one basket - self love.  

They totally lack the ability to bond. Everything is rote performance. It is an acquired disorder they usually do not understand until many years later, if ever.

Actually, winning is not "everything" like the coach says. Maybe in war, but sports is not the same. It should be an incubator for team play and socialization. There is a bigger issue in context of kids in high school.

Answer 6

whoop her @$$

Answer 7

Ask her to be kicked off the team or something. if there is issues inside the team then that is gonna lead to problems during the game. Prevent that before it happens

Answer 8

it takes a lil while for you to learn about ur team. same thing happened to me, and i started to talk to my team mate. he opened up after. or u just dont have to pass to her.