... of 1st and 2nd graders. It should be pretty nuts. It won't be very... stategy based, but it will be crazy. Keeping them in control will be interesting. I think the goals are lowered to 8 feet, but I'm not sure. We shall see.Go Jazz.
I used to watch games from category 5-6 age because sometimes they played before my team, and let me tell you: get prepared for final scores of 8-6. They let them travel and stuff, it's pretty fun to watch
Yeah, it was nuts. Today we had the last practice before our first game, which is on Tuesday. It was... pretty interesting. We practiced some dribbling, close range shots, explained positions on the court (1/2/3/4/5), did some running, and tried to teach them how to set picks. They use low hoops... perhaps not even 8 feet and a small ball that I can easily palm. Hopefully we'll win. Haha.Oh and, this one kid can shoot the lights out for his age. His dad said that he uses a normal sized ball at home... and yeah, he's black! haha.
That's sweet, coaching is fun. I coached a team of 7-9 year olds over the summer and we had an undefeated season but lost in the championship. It's hard to get them to comprehend anything, that was frustrating but I didn't mind it all that much.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Jan 27 2007, 12:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>This is like an episode straight out of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.</div>Yeah, I've seen that clip.It's not like the black kids are that much better athletically, but it's clear that his dad was teaching him a lot more about it. He told his son not to double dribble when they were playing around after practice. Everyone's else's parents just left, basically.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (12HRockets @ Jan 27 2007, 04:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>heh watch out for dat kid in the future</div>Seriously! I was thinking about that this morning. I'd love to see the kid shoot with a regular sized basketball, because I think he literally hit more than everyone else combined. It was almost like when we were doing the drills that he was just flat out bored.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Jan 27 2007, 03:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>... of 1st and 2nd graders. It should be pretty nuts. It won't be very... stategy based, but it will be crazy. Keeping them in control will be interesting. I think the goals are lowered to 8 feet, but I'm not sure. We shall see.Go Jazz.</div>Work their a$$es off in practice, get their lazy butts conditioned, and then employ the Phoenix style of play on the team. Run other teams out of the arena.
Assistant coached grades 1 and 2 for volunteer work. But then it was great, but then the problem is they'll always travelling and make lots of turnovers. But then some of those kids can actually play at their age though. It's surprising to see a kid that can do sick cross overs and shoot from 3's. And its the normal 10 foot net too. But then the sad news is none of them can do lay ups.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yankshater213 @ Jan 27 2007, 11:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>yo justice you should dunk on those mother fuckers during practice.</div><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS">I was thinking the same thing.If not dunk on them, why not deliver a good dunk for the hell of it, just to make the kids look stupid, like, "Damn! You can dunk, Mr. Coach? Why aren't you in the NBA?"</span>
I help coach my brothers 4th grade team, and they don't listen at all. You got to keep it simple, show them basic's..pick and roll, etc..nothing real hard because there attention span is about ZERO. lol..
[quote name='Nitro1118' post='273997' date='Jan 27 2007, 10:06 PM']Work their a$$es off in practice, get their lazy butts conditioned, and then employ the Phoenix style of play on the team. Run other teams out of the arena.[/quote]MAKE IT IN 7 SECONDS OR ELSE[quote name='HoNgKoNgKoBe' post='274006' date='Jan 27 2007, 10:09 PM']Assistant coached grades 1 and 2 for volunteer work. But then it was great, but then the problem is they'll always travelling and make lots of turnovers. But then some of those kids can actually play at their age though. It's surprising to see a kid that can do sick cross overs and shoot from 3's. And its the normal 10 foot net too. But then the sad news is none of them can do lay ups.[/quote]Yeah, I watched a little scrimmage between two other teams around the same age. They weren't too bad, but the dribbling is horrendous. Very few of the kids knew how to protect the ball, and none of them had handles obviously. We were doing layups (or close range shots, at least), and quite a few of them couldn't even get the ball past the rim. The head coach's son specifically is not strong enough to get it up there. Some of the others can, but they have to throw their whole body, which causes the ball to be flung wildly.[quote name='yankshater213' post='274024' date='Jan 27 2007, 10:20 PM']yo justice you should dunk on those mother fuckers during practice.[/quote]I thought about it... haha. The only reason I didn't pull a Shaq is because there were a ton of parents and I didn't want to showboat with all them around or whatever.[quote name='kingjamez' post='274055' date='Jan 27 2007, 10:31 PM']I help coach my brothers 4th grade team, and they don't listen at all. You got to keep it simple, show them basic's..pick and roll, etc..nothing real hard because there attention span is about ZERO. lol..[/quote]Yeah, exactly. Their attention spans are pretty low, and when they are paying attention, they forget quickly. Like I said before, the picks weren't too good. I told the head coach that we needed to show them how to do it again. They were basically just standing there, which is nice if you're in the way of the other player and standing strong.
I coached that age for a few years. The first year I screwed it all up by focusing on fundamentals waaayyy too much. At that age their minds are young and need to be molded. The most important stuff that I tought my kids was NOT the fundamentals. But working hard, having fun playing the game and being a class act. I am a college coach now. Its always tough when you get kids with great talent, but a horrible mind-set about the game. Its almost like I have to go back to when they started playing the game when they were little and re-do the sh*tty job their previous coaches did on them way back. THis takes a significant amount of time and work because you basically have to re-train their brain. Remember that these are little PEOPLE. And whether you want it or not, you ARE going to have an influence on their lives. Whenever my kids talked about being a star or how much they think they are screwing up (kids are VERY hard on themselves), I always told them that the value of a person is WHO they are..... not WHAT they are. Not WHAT they did as much as HOW they did it. In Lehmans terms, if you are scoring 30 points a game, but your a dick, nobody is going to care about you. If you score 6 points a game, have good character and work your butt off, people are going to look up to you and respect you. A message for anybody on this board that has any aspirations of being a coach,When you decide someday how to separate good players from GREAT players, pay the most attention to:1. Character2. Attitude3. Talent4. Effort5. ResultsIN THAT ORDER!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ElMaster @ Jan 27 2007, 10:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I used to watch games from category 5-6 age because sometimes they played before my team, and let me tell you: get prepared for final scores of 8-6. They let them travel and stuff, it's pretty fun to watch </div>LMFAO. I went to my game and the little kids were playing before us so. The other team had 6 players on the court and the ref noticed in the inthe middle of the 3rd quarter. the final score was 6-10 on like 6-8 feet hoops
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Becar @ Feb 1 2007, 08:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I coached that age for a few years. The first year I screwed it all up by focusing on fundamentals waaayyy too much. At that age their minds are young and need to be molded. The most important stuff that I tought my kids was NOT the fundamentals. But working hard, having fun playing the game and being a class act. I am a college coach now. Its always tough when you get kids with great talent, but a horrible mind-set about the game. Its almost like I have to go back to when they started playing the game when they were little and re-do the sh*tty job their previous coaches did on them way back. THis takes a significant amount of time and work because you basically have to re-train their brain. Remember that these are little PEOPLE. And whether you want it or not, you ARE going to have an influence on their lives. Whenever my kids talked about being a star or how much they think they are screwing up (kids are VERY hard on themselves), I always told them that the value of a person is WHO they are..... not WHAT they are. Not WHAT they did as much as HOW they did it. In Lehmans terms, if you are scoring 30 points a game, but your a dick, nobody is going to care about you. If you score 6 points a game, have good character and work your butt off, people are going to look up to you and respect you. A message for anybody on this board that has any aspirations of being a coach,When you decide someday how to separate good players from GREAT players, pay the most attention to:1. Character2. Attitude3. Talent4. Effort5. ResultsIN THAT ORDER!</div>I agree with you in a certain way, but disagree with you in another. I really don't care if we win every game (well, we can't now anyway... we lost our first two ). Those things you listed are definitely important. I care that they learn good sportsmanship, good attitude, teamwork, etc.On the other hand, I do think it's important to teach them certain things. As you said, they are like clay. Eventually though, the clay does harden. If we do not teach them things like passing, shooting, dribbling, etc. before the age of 12 or so, it's likely that they will never learn it.I've been to 1 practice and 2 games. I like the effort they're putting up, but they don't get some things... it's kinda frustrating. There are actually a lot of rules that make things a little complicated for someone that age to remember. We have another practice this Saturday, so that should be cool.
I agree with you 100% that fundamentals must be taught at that age. I was just sayin that they arent the most important. Your job (at that age), is to teach the principals of the game. My point is that over-emphasizing the fundamentals is a mistake. They ARE secondary to good sportsmanship, working hard and having fun. Im almost 100% that I could take a junior in high school who hasnt touched a ball since he was a kid, right now, and have him playing varsity ball next year. As long as he had the right attitude and work ethic. It is harder to teach those to a 16 year old than fundamentals.
