Sideline instructions deny children a chance to make their own decisions, it stifles their creative instincts, and all too often the instructions are misguided.When a player has the ball there are generally three options: dribble, pass or shoot. In the long-term, the great players are the ones who choose wisely most of the time. But if, when they’re first learning the sport, that decision is being made for them with a shout from the sideline, how can we expect them to develop the instincts they’ll need to make the split-second decisions that are so much a part of the game?