Basketball coach yells at her player to fire her up, a breakdown

I need you to lock in. Stop being distracted, right? I believe in you, but you've got to want this the most. This isn't my story, all right? That's the speech that's gone viral. This is the full story of the moment and the game surrounding it. It's brought to you by Shady Raze. We've got Aoluchi Akinawa, number seven on Maryland in black, has the ball. She's going to try and drive the lane, get a foul, or get a bucket. She says, no, travel. She's like, what? Damn. All right, my bad. Then a little bit after that, they're up the court again. Maryland is losing by six. We're in the third quarter, passing the ball around. She's on the far side there, just watching. Hey, stay spread. Stay spread. I want the ball. Gets the ball. Here we go. Drives down the middle, makes a move, misses, and okay, they get the foul. Boom. So she draws the foul that time, doesn't make the shot, steps up to the line, takes the ball, big deep breath, nice and easy, and misses it. That's not great. Then gets the next one, sinks it. Okay, we're good. Now, she gets back on defense. She's following the ball, but it's a travel, missed free throw. There she is up top. Highlight her in red, because that's cool. Ball gets by her, and then she's lost. Who's she guarding? Where'd her girl go? Can't find her. Where'd you go? Can't find her. Where'd she go? Where'd you go? And it leads to an open look, and she's just scrambling. Luckily, they miss, but you can see she gets a little lost. They're a little distracted. Now, back on offense again. She's down low. She gets the ball, goes up, doesn't make it, gets the foul again. You kind of want to make them and get the foul. I don't know, just playing for the foul. Misses the first one, misses the second one. Tough stretch. Coach is watching, thinking, okay, this is kind of tough. We're kind of getting lost on defense. We're missing our free throws. We're not making our layups. We traveled earlier. She's getting run around here, just all over the place. Okay, now she's got to switch, and she's, where's the ball? Okay, where are you? And watch it. Okay, we got it. They steal it. She runs down. Give me the ball. Can't corral it. Tries to go up again. Doesn't make it. Doesn't get fouled. Gets the rebound. Jump ball. She's on the ground, and at that point, her teammates help her up, but then coach says, I'm going to help you off this court. Let's take it. Let's give you a breather. Come chat with me for a second. And while the game is going on, while the ball is being inbounded, we get the conversation that everyone has seen. There she is. The play is happening, and she's just getting talked to on the sideline, and there's a little bit at the beginning that wasn't part of the viral clip where it starts with this. And you've got to make a decision right now for this team, and that is my, Sapton, part of you. It's who you are. I need you to lock in. Stop being distracted, right? I believe in you, but you've got to want this the most. This isn't my story, all right? All right. Break. And then that happened while they were talking. They let it go one possession, two possessions, three possessions. She's right back in. It was quick. Just needed a pump-up speech. Back on the floor now, and she's ready to go. She's focused. She's realigned. She's open. She says, no, not yet. Wait for it. She gets the ball. She drives up, uses the board, in. Instant returns on the pump-up speech. Then she's locked in on defense. She's all over the ball. Can't fake me out. She's going to tangle her up. Oh, yeah. Runs right into the double. Jump ball. Coach loves it. Yeah! Look at her. Thanks, coach. Needed that, coach. Love you, coach. Bam! That's what you do. And then gets the ball up again. Makes another one. Back on defense. We're going to get a steal here. She's open. Corrals it. Drives. Stutters. Up. And one. Coach loves it. Look at that. She's fired up. Coach is fired up for her. That's coaching. That's what it's all about. Good pass. Picking up her teammates as well. The whole bench has got energy now. Coach is absolutely loving it. They're playing hard. They're fighting back. They're grabbing rebounds. They're fighting for loose balls. They get another jump ball. Coach is going crazy on the sidelines. Giving her team some energy and some fire. Look at this. She goes, oh, yeah. That's how you play, girls! Great job! I love seeing you go down and get it. That's a great ******* job! Yeah! That's how you battle! Just a little coaching. That's all that was needed. They asked both player and coach about it in the postgame. And they had great things to say. The both of them. The best of the best. The lead of the lead. Want to be coached hard. I've told her this before and I'll keep on telling her this until forever. I love to be coached hard. And that's what she does with me every single day. You know, I kind of wanted to implore just how much belief I had in her. And just kind of challenge her. I know what a winner and competitor she is. And just challenge her. Do you want the moment? Coach understands I'm a competitor at heart. I knew it was like, give it a minute. Get her back in. And you saw she went out. She got a bucket. She got a steal and never looks back. Really what that was, was a regroup moment for myself. And her telling me she believed in me. Because sometimes that's really all you need to hear. Before you go, just a little reminder. Summer's coming soon. Your eyes don't like the sun. Protect them. Be nice. 40% off two or more polarized sunglasses at ShadyRays.com when you use code BREAKDOWN40. Because it's 40% off. Shady Rays. I wear them. I like them. And they sponsored this breakdown.