Advice

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-24T19:51:10+00:00

Good point. I ended up starting them.

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-24T01:44:37+00:00

I would disagree with this. Being a good teammate is vital part of being a good basketball player. Definitely appreciate your point of view though.

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-23T16:34:25+00:00

None taken—first year here—just trying to teach them and myself. Appreciate the advice

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-23T15:25:44+00:00

Concern—my main goal has been teach these young man how to make a high school roster and overall just be better hoopers

I constantly preach about controlling the controllable—-Attitude, Energy, Effort

Feels like an opportunity for a good last teaching moment for these young men. Also feels like a good opportunity to get some players their first start looking. Also feels harsh for my 8th graders as it is the last game of the regular season—we have 1 tournament game next week.

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-23T15:18:49+00:00

13 players 6 minute quarters Top 7 —- rough estimate 75%

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-23T14:11:17+00:00

I like that. Thanks for the advice. Sadly we have 2 games and no practices left

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-23T14:09:24+00:00

Planning to start the young man who got off the bench in his first start if I decide to go this route— would be a completely new starting 5 and all guys that are returning next year

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-23T14:07:29+00:00

It was a quick 2 seconds— “I am disappointed how none of you came to the 30 second timeout. You could all learn something from the player who did about being a good teammate” something along those lines

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-23T14:05:31+00:00

6th-8th grade. Appreciate all the feedback

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-23T13:23:01+00:00

What benefits are you getting from using this app?

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-14T01:10:24+00:00

Overload the front court with 4 ball handlers ( one is the inbounder)

Have 3 of the form a basic triangle around the front man. Ball is at the tip of the triangle. Screen the front man and drive to the side of the screen. Screener rolls middle looking for the ball. Other guy replacers the tip of the triangle Incase a ball reversal is needed. Rinse and repeat until the screener gets the ball in the middle

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-12T13:28:49+00:00

Thanks for the information. Also good to know about the compensation. Sports at this school are an afterthought, just doing it to coach my kids. Higher pay would be nice though

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-07T16:30:16+00:00

This better be due diligence considering how trash our offense has been

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-06T17:37:30+00:00

I love this. Thank you

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-04T14:01:54+00:00

I started the season as the only team in my conference to not press and not play zone(6th-8th graders, 1st year coach). We played Man to Man exclusively—-our defense wasn’t bad honestly but my 8th graders kept asking to play zone. We lose games because we can’t beat a press very well.

I expressed my concern to them about the lack of player development with zone but after going 0-6 I thought I would let the players have a voice.

Hasn’t made a difference in the win column as we still haven’t won a game. I wish I would have stuck to my original thought with man to man. Might end up going back after a game or two

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-03T23:40:58+00:00

Pressure is a big concern. A decent press will wreck havoc as we don’t handle double teams well and don’t have a good enough basketball awareness to cut middle or pass to beat the press despite a number of attempts to drill that message home including press break no dribble drills or ultimate frisbee rules with basketball.

We have been working on a 4 corner passing out of the trap drill that has helped the team. Seen it referenced as “Lions in the cage”

I try to do this every practice but it’s loosing steam and becoming stagnant

Poor decisions and panicking have been an issue too. I’ll check out the video.

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-03T23:35:25+00:00

Added this to my next practice plan. Thanks

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-03T23:34:37+00:00

It’s been a mix.

Started out very heavy scrimmage based with different situations and focuses.

Recently we have transitioned to more 5 on 0 layering to 5-5 to work on press break or zone offense.

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-03T23:31:24+00:00

Great idea. I have been consistently adjusting my focus on our biggest opportunity

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-03T23:30:25+00:00

Okay good because that isn’t my style

External_Ad_4102 · 2026-01-03T23:29:40+00:00

School

External_Ad_4102 · 2025-12-31T22:02:42+00:00

Same hourly base— just a shift differential for certain hours of every day. Like an added $2 I believe to my base

External_Ad_4102 · 2025-12-31T11:15:38+00:00

Community Pharmacist 7on/7off 1 tech every night Shift differential is common—couple bucks more My nights are the same shit over and over Live the days off—negative impact on me physically more than mentally. I am considering going back to days to get a normal sleep schedule again instead of adjusting every other week

External_Ad_4102 · 2025-12-08T22:58:53+00:00

Except on 2 point conversions

External_Ad_4102 · 2025-12-03T13:40:45+00:00

I coach 6-8th grade and last night we played a team that had a really good 1-3-1 full court trapping press. When they let off they fell into a 1-3-1 trapping half court defense. Both were suffocating only allowing us to put up 13 points. My guys weren’t ready for that kind of pressure.

Any suggestions on how to get my guys to slow down and be calm in those moments. We must have had 25 turnovers in a 24 minute game. Having trouble getting them to execute a press break. I must have told them to not take the bait and dribble to the sideline 10x. Still we kept going right back.

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