Arlington High School - Simba Kali Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Ptopm MetHbi MltuM Finding the Necessary Mental Set Is Crucial. Practice Alone Does Not Make Perfect. During a basketball game, spectators often do not stop and think about what goes on before the game. The basketball team practices and practices; always for that big coming-up game. When it came to game time, nervousness hits the play- ers. Everything they have practiced has to come to- gether now. Nervousness affects all the players differently. For some it was worse than oth- ers. I got especially ner- vous before home games. At home, people from our school are watching us play. They expect performance, and we have to give it to them, commented junior, Mike Waiters. To help get over this nervousness the players have a quiet time to find themselves and de- cide how they were going to play. Then Coach Corona re- views the basics, making sure that everyone knows what they are supposed to do. Finally, everyone warms up before the game to get comfortable. I think it ' s a good system. Warming-up before the games helps me a lot, it gives me more self confidence, stated Jonnell Mosley. In the end there was nothing to completely kill off ner- vousness. Nervousness is a part of the game. It ' s actu- ally good to be a little wor- ried; if we were not nervous, we wouldn ' t care about the game, added senior. Rick Schulte. ■ LISTENING TO THE PRE-GAME TALK. Pat Fagan and Chuck Green concentrate on Coach John Coro- na ' s words. Coache ' s pep talks could give players the mental edge on the court. ■ PREPARING FOR THE GAME, Mike Walters, Doug Fairchild, Coach Larry Pim, and Mr. Jeff Silver wait in the locker room. Positive mental at- titudes were the goals for many players. i SPORTS

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4 mon Of QuAge Season highlighted by victory over Norco. Personal performances and team spirit keep team together. Bleeeep!! Sounded the referee ' s whistle. That ' s the forths foul number 5. One more and you ' re out of the game! Watch the outside man yells the coach, and the crowd roars as Arlington scored once again. Does this sound familiar to you? Well, if you were a basketball play- er or fan, it should. The bas- ketball team had a season to be proud of. Not so much for the number of wins they had, but for the personal performances and the team spirit. Long hours of practice helped the Lions with the physical aspect of the game. J.V. basketball coach Will Ja- cobsmeyer commented, They could be Arlingtons best team in several years. We have some talented play- ers and we work very hard in practice. When we learn to apply ourselves mentally, and transfer our practice ef- forts to our games, we could be very, very good. The coaching staff played a big part in the teams season, but had to face continuing conflicts and trying times. Coach John Corona ex- plained, This varsity club had set itself apart from a lot of other teams despite that we were constantly faced with adverse and difficult sit- uations. They always gave it their best shot and stayed together. It was a pleasure for me to work with this grO U P . by Frank Shelton ™5 ,: ■ ON A TIME OUT, Coach Corona advises the J.V. team. Coaching tips helped the players. ■ THE J.V. BENCH watches as the game goes on. The coaches often rotated the starters in and out to let everyone play. BASKETBALL IC

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Richard Diamond ■ LISTENING ATTENTIVELY, Mark Ryneal contemplates what is being said at half-time. The coaching staff would use half-time to set goals for the second half. ■ CONTEMPLATING TONIGHT ' S GAME Dave Roberts concentrates on his performance. Players each had a different way of preparing for games. BASKETBALL 105 y