Friday, January 05, 2007
I'm Still Here. . .
What's Happening:
*Took a "blogger" holiday break
*Team played in our Holiday Tournament. . . Won our first game against Norman County East but lost a close one to Clinton Graceville in the finals. . . Really would have been nice to have Haley Hoyer in that game(She was vacationing in Florida) not to mention Kelcey Lass.(injury) Really I feel we could just as easily be 6 & 4 at this point rather than 4 & 6. . . The girls are improving.
*The 7th graders have now joined the 8th graders and will form a single unit and compete at the C-Team level. I was really pumped to see all the 7th graders come back out for a second season. We are back to the original "Fantastic 4" with the 8th graders. In just 3 days of practice we have had the opportunity to really work on some fundamental skills with these girls. What a great opportunity for them to out work the competition!!! Our focus with this group is totally on skill improvement as individuals and as a team. Games will be played but winning is totally on a back burner for this group. We want their focus to totally be on becoming the best player that they can.
*We will find out the results of Kelcey Lass' MRI next Tuesday. Best case is that she can play with a brace but will be limited by pain and will be a much slower version of the player she was. Worst case. . . her high school career is over.
*We are in the organizational stages of creating traveling teams for upcoming Spring hoops tournaments. We will have a parent/player meeting next Saturday, January 13th at the elementary at 11:00.
*After school basketball sign up for girls in 5th and 6th grade went out this week. Players will meet from 3:15 to 4:30 two days a week at the elementary. Cost is $20.00 with scholarships available to those who can not afford the fee. Dave Driscoll will be our 6th Grade coach on Tuesday's and Friday's and Heidi Isaman will work with our 5th graders on Mondays and our varsity coaching staff will come down and work with this group on Thursdays.
5th Grade Dates: (Monday & Thursday)
January 18th, 22nd, 25th, 29th
February 1st, 5th, 8th, 12th, 15th, 22nd, 26th,
March 1st.
6th Grade Dates: (Tuesday & Fridays)
January 16th, 19th, 23rd, 26th, 30th
February 2nd, 6th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 20th, 23rd, 27th
March 2nd.
*I'm really enjoying this year. Two biggest reason's for job satisfaction:
A) My relationship with the players
B) The enjoyment I get out of helping my players become better.
*The most important coach in the development of an athlete. . . it's the ATHLETE. The only person that can really push themselves to their full potential is the individual. They must be eager! Most junior high players are only working at 30% to 40% of their potential. . . at the varsity level it can get up to 60% or so on average. The athletes that excell give 75% to 90% effort towards their sport.
Some say that there is really little difference between a good player and a great player. It is that "little difference", however, that makes the BIG difference!
Parents. . .inspire your children to dream big dreams and then help them find the "little difference" that will make them get out and work their tails off to reach that dream.
*Took a "blogger" holiday break
*Team played in our Holiday Tournament. . . Won our first game against Norman County East but lost a close one to Clinton Graceville in the finals. . . Really would have been nice to have Haley Hoyer in that game(She was vacationing in Florida) not to mention Kelcey Lass.(injury) Really I feel we could just as easily be 6 & 4 at this point rather than 4 & 6. . . The girls are improving.
*The 7th graders have now joined the 8th graders and will form a single unit and compete at the C-Team level. I was really pumped to see all the 7th graders come back out for a second season. We are back to the original "Fantastic 4" with the 8th graders. In just 3 days of practice we have had the opportunity to really work on some fundamental skills with these girls. What a great opportunity for them to out work the competition!!! Our focus with this group is totally on skill improvement as individuals and as a team. Games will be played but winning is totally on a back burner for this group. We want their focus to totally be on becoming the best player that they can.
*We will find out the results of Kelcey Lass' MRI next Tuesday. Best case is that she can play with a brace but will be limited by pain and will be a much slower version of the player she was. Worst case. . . her high school career is over.
*We are in the organizational stages of creating traveling teams for upcoming Spring hoops tournaments. We will have a parent/player meeting next Saturday, January 13th at the elementary at 11:00.
*After school basketball sign up for girls in 5th and 6th grade went out this week. Players will meet from 3:15 to 4:30 two days a week at the elementary. Cost is $20.00 with scholarships available to those who can not afford the fee. Dave Driscoll will be our 6th Grade coach on Tuesday's and Friday's and Heidi Isaman will work with our 5th graders on Mondays and our varsity coaching staff will come down and work with this group on Thursdays.
5th Grade Dates: (Monday & Thursday)
January 18th, 22nd, 25th, 29th
February 1st, 5th, 8th, 12th, 15th, 22nd, 26th,
March 1st.
6th Grade Dates: (Tuesday & Fridays)
January 16th, 19th, 23rd, 26th, 30th
February 2nd, 6th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 20th, 23rd, 27th
March 2nd.
*I'm really enjoying this year. Two biggest reason's for job satisfaction:
A) My relationship with the players
B) The enjoyment I get out of helping my players become better.
*The most important coach in the development of an athlete. . . it's the ATHLETE. The only person that can really push themselves to their full potential is the individual. They must be eager! Most junior high players are only working at 30% to 40% of their potential. . . at the varsity level it can get up to 60% or so on average. The athletes that excell give 75% to 90% effort towards their sport.
Some say that there is really little difference between a good player and a great player. It is that "little difference", however, that makes the BIG difference!
Parents. . .inspire your children to dream big dreams and then help them find the "little difference" that will make them get out and work their tails off to reach that dream.
# posted by Viking Warrior @ 1:47 PM 
