SPRING 2008

We started off the last week of December by request of most of the players. Some felt they were taken a step back in their school play. It showed during season. We began working on our Man to Man concept of the game. Ball-handling, shooting form and passing. Not untill 3 weeks before our first League game did we work on the offense. We scrapped many of our plays and added new sets and quick hitters.
The girls requested I give them a playbook and I did. Happy, they worked the plays hard and asked many questions on form and movement. We introduced some new out of bounds plays which worked well during the Spring Season.
The game plan for the team was a surprise to them. Our plays covered all the basic fundamentals used in the game. When we had our first game they asked what to run and I said just put it all together into a Motion Offense. Of course it was a little confusing at first but we managed since these ladies are very smart.
I will probably mention a number of times in these writings that all of our players are straight
A students. That helps teaching and getting through practices with some ease. The good sense
and athletic ability they possess created many opportunities on the court in both scoring and defense.
At first passing and spacing was an issue. Only solid playing time resolved some of spacing. The passing was and is addressed at practice where we use a heavy ball. Decision making on the court can kill any team. We came a long way in that field thrugh good spacing and teamwork.
Team goals for the season and every game are installed as to not get stale in any way. It gives us drive. We have a foundation we have built on with a motivational word printed on a Lego. Each Lego is added after every game . Our losses the Lego is turned around.
We are 16 and 4 for the season. That means 4 of our Lego's are backwards. We treat them as something in our lives that must be turned around. We will turn each one around as we meet certain goals during our Summer Session. I will print these words when our goals are met.