As a head coach, one of the main things you want to stress to one of your players is to always play defense.

Except in the case with Steve Kerr and his star player, Stephen Curry, he actually wants him to play less defense. That's right -- the Golden State Warriors head coach wants his franchise player to ease up on defense. That would be because the two-time MVP has struggled with foul trouble during this entire first-round series versus the Los Angeles Clippers. In fact, he's committed at least four fouls in all four of the team's playoff games versus the Clippers this round.

Kerr explained why Curry has fallen into this habit of committing so many fouls -- because he keeps reaching and going for steals due to his overconfidence in his hand-eye coordination and hand speed.

Via Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area.

“Sometimes, he just gets in the habit of trying to strip the ball,” Kerr said Tuesday after practice. “So, more than anything, it’s just about trying to get him past that habit. I keep telling him how valuable he is. I’d much rather he just got out of the guy’s way and gave him a layup and kept playing. “He’s much more valuable than two points. And we’ve got plenty of help; our defense is predicated on help.”

The foul trouble has been such a trouble for Curry in this series that he actually racked up his fourth foul early in the third quarter in Game 3, limiting him to just 20 minutes. Luckily, the Warriors were in full control of that game from the get-go, leading 73-52 at halftime. Still, regular starters such as Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green all played at least 30 minutes in that game.

Needless to say, for all his faults with foul trouble, Curry still had a tremendous impact in that game -- he scored 21 points in just 20 minutes of playing time.

Although the Warriors are up 3-1 in this series and appear to be on their way to an appearance in the second round of the playoffs versus the Houston Rockets, Curry acknowledges that the ticky-tack fouls are an issue.

“I have confidence in my hand-eye coordination and hand speed,” Curry said. “That’s how I get steals usually, by being quick. But that’s how I get fouls, too, so I’ve got to balance both of them. “The ones I’ve had trouble with in this series are ones that I shouldn’t even be in that situation to begin with. There’s help behind the play. I’m not even involved in the play, really. I’m just kind of lunging at it. That’s just a lack of focus. “We could nitpick each one of them and understand exactly why. But at the end of the day, I’ve got to continue to stay on the floor on our normal rotations and not foul.”

Considering the Warriors face a much tougher task versus their rivals in the next round, Curry will have to rectify this issue with foul trouble as soon as Game 5 on Wednesday night.