First post, high post, low post ... this is all about basketball, not just Ala Wai or one of my favorite coaches, Paul Westhead. But it does have a lot to do with Ala Wai Park, where I first played the sport, and Westhead, who helped bring the game back to its roots during his four decades teaching the true DNA of roundball. It is a game that is primal and quick in its true form. Smart and structured, yet free and flexible in many ways.
I've never had a complaint from a player in this system. I probably never will. When all the pieces and parts blend together — this can only happen with full commitment by each player and coach in the system — there is almost nothing more joyful on Earth.
It is, in essence, the original Beautiful Game.
While the design is wonderful DNA, the guts of the system is work ethic. Like anything else, nothing worth working for is acquired without blood, sweat and tears, and not necessarily in this order.
The Beautiful Game, i.e. the system, is always worth the extra sweat, a few drops of blood and even the tears.
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