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Agree. We are 10th in FGA/gm and 27th in FTA/gm. More is better.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Regular Season Final AP Polls for the 1983-84 school year:
#4 Football (Rose Bowl berth, with a chance to win the Natty -- but lost to UCLA)
#6 Basketball (Elite 8, but lost to Kentucky, playing at Rupp Arena)
Yeah, I was thinking more of the slang mojo, as in getting your mojo back. Morez never loses his MoJo.
My dresser is crying uncle, but of course I'll take a free TJ one
Illini in Italy
- Illini HQ, Florida Panhandle
I thought this was the norm, as I didn't grow up in Illinois. It ruined me for the next 40 years, and I'm glad to say I think we're back to that level of excellence!
Regular Season Final AP Polls for the 1983-84 school year:
#4 Football (Rose Bowl berth, with a chance to win the Natty -- but lost to UCLA)
#6 Basketball (Elite 8, but lost to Kentucky, playing at Rupp Arena)
Most of the out of bounds issues are from lack of effort and or not screening who they are supposed to
AyoDos11
- Southern Illinois
It seems like it takes at least 2 full seconds for anyone to realize we're actually inbounding the ball.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
This sounds like second grade basketball knowledge......?
sacraig
- The desert
Have you watched many second grade basketball games?
I've got a son at that age, so yes. Screening the right guy isn't an issue either. Or lack of effort.
I'm sorry but this is completely asinine.
I'm coaching 9u AAU right now and I have a couple very simple plays (not even out of bounds plays) we use maybe 5 times a game, and that's really it. My experience from 30+ years coaching kids aged 5 thru 18 in basketball is that kids are 12-13 years old before they can actually execute set plays with any consistency whatsoever.
A 2nd grade basketball game in our gyms/leagues/environments not only do not have set plays of any sort, but also:
1. First and foremost here, at that age there is literally no out of bounds rule, hence no 'out of bounds plays'
2. Any violation results in ball at top of the key (again, no 'out of bounds plays' needed)
3. No fouls, necessarily, but if a kid gets gang-tackled (happens often lol) then just regroup everyone and redo
4. Double teams not allowed
5. Pressing is not allowed
6. Screening is not allowed (or should say it doesn't happen, not that it isn't allowed... again kids just don't learn things like that at 6-7 years old)
7. Steals are not alllowed (can't just go up and rip the ball from the ballhandler, as none of them can actually dribble a basketball yet)
That's just a few things off of the top of my head.
Feel free to DM me if you would like and I can send you our league rules, officiating instruction(s) & some other information of that nature and you'll get a better grasp on this.
I don't really want to get into all of this on the board, so I'll DM, but these are not the rules for the tournaments they're playing in. They can press last 4 mins of each half and everything else is full basketball. The rules you shared are the rules they play here for the rec leagues. I no longer coach my son in basketball, but I know of at least three out of bounds plays they've got. Offensively they've got a couple plays, but many transition baskets happen. However, I'll DM to discuss as I've got no reason what so ever to make this up, because at the end of the day it doesn't matter. College players shouldn't have an issue with screening the wrong man.
Oh I totally agree with your comment re: college players, but 6/7 year olds? Many of them have only been tying their shoes for a year or two and can't tell you what they had for breakfast, let alone remember an entire playbook.
Tried to DM, but it says your profile is restricted. I just asked my wife what ages the kids are and I guess it's a mix of 2/3 grade and they play in some 4th grade tourneys, so that could be a difference in play rules as well.
That could be. The kids I'm coaching are 7-9 y/o and we do have a couple set plays, but they're definitely overly simple ones and they can't get those right 80% of the time. I'll say it before someone else does: maybe it's the coach's fault!
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
Re: Krush Engagement
I have to think Fandom is down across nearly every sport. The internet has had its impact over the course of the last 2 decades. Putting so many entertainment options directly in our hands certainly has a lot to do with it. Constantly being entertained on our devices probably leads to some entertainment fatigue. We simply aren't prone to getting too excited about nearly anything, as many are just constantly stimulated.
I don't know, put the University shrinks on it.
I have to think Fandom is down across nearly every sport. The internet has had its impact over the course of the last 2 decades. Putting so many entertainment options directly in our hands certainly has a lot to do with it. Constantly being entertained on our devices probably leads to some entertainment fatigue. We simply aren't prone to getting too excited about nearly anything, as many are just constantly stimulated.
I don't know, put the University shrinks on it.
Sorry, I was referring to the under the hoop play where we stack and actually get buckets out of it. Not the sidelines ones.
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
the idiots out walking around have burned us on those plays before so I was glad to see us finally start to use something like that play now................
I also coach travel youth basketball teams (7-9). We teach a basic 5 out and teach back cuts and screens. We also just implemented some DHO as well. Lots of focus on moving the ball and being active off the ball.That could be. The kids I'm coaching are 7-9 y/o and we do have a couple set plays, but they're definitely overly simple ones and they can't get those right 80% of the time. I'll say it before someone else does: maybe it's the coach's fault!
The big issue is that it only takes one kid to blow up a play. If they don't screen, or just don't know the play, it's a mad scramble. Even practicing a simple down screen or side screen on a BLOB, someone just flares or stands there. It's better to teach kids how to get open with cuts or angles.
Also, at this age, it's generally a single level of a play with no options or reads. It's really easy to break that down in a timeout and shut it down the rest of the game.
At this age you teach basketball, not plays.
The rules you listed are almost park district level. At 2nd grade you're just trying to get kids to dribble a basketball, much less worry about screens or running plays, so I like the rules for that age group.
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Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
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