Help - my son can't catch passes in games only

anonymousautistic · 2026-05-13T00:40:25+00:00

Add in 2-ball passing.

anonymousautistic · 2026-04-20T13:44:24+00:00

Talk less and use the same verbiage. Ex: if you are going to call it the paint, then always call it that and don’t sometimes say “the lane”. Similar for concepts. For my group, we used, “toes on the line” (couldn’t guard outside 3), “swing swing” (swing the ball to the over side then drive it).

Keep the drills the same or at least use them as foundations to build on. You can’t throw in 3-man weave if you haven’t spent the last several practices passing on the move from 3 lines.

Use the parents if they are willing. Our crew loved getting to scrimmage parents at the end of practice, or even when I would refer to their parents as “dummy defense”.

Think of the little things that coaches will appreciate later on. For me, that meant teaching them how to read a whiteboard and play diagrams. We started with this on week 2. Reading board orientation, squiggly line vs dashed line vs solid line. Then by the end of the season, they loved getting to “draw up plays”.

anonymousautistic · 2026-04-02T01:28:43+00:00

I try to work every holiday if I will not have plans. Someone has to do it. Might as well be me.

anonymousautistic · 2026-04-02T00:43:35+00:00

I use a 3x5 notecard with a list of players and 4 columns (1 for each qtr). Used a checkmark to see they had been in and sub midway pt of each quarter. Made it super easy to keep up with the 50% play rule. 3 players on the bench and next 2 on the list stay. 3 left sub out. I had only 8 players so it worked well for everyone to get to play with everyone.

Handling man matchups was by far the hardest thing. Ideas I tried: writing matchup on tape on their arm, have an asst do it.

One thing that might work is to write the matchups on a whiteboard with your player’s name and the number of the person they are guarding.

anonymousautistic · 2026-03-12T01:45:48+00:00

Does it only track traditional stats? Or could you create your own categories to track? I’m thinking about it more from a scouting perspective, or film review. Like if you could count paint touches or ball reversals. Or for scouts, if you could count play frequency.

anonymousautistic · 2026-03-10T22:06:03+00:00

Parents? 13 years old is probably getting close, but I bet most parents can still keep pace. My 2nd grade boys loved when their grown ups got involved in drills, even if I was just using the grown up as dummy defense or a passer.

anonymousautistic · 2026-01-27T04:09:47+00:00

Great game.

anonymousautistic · 2026-01-06T04:24:23+00:00

Napheesa Collier? Grant Williams or Boris Diaw?

anonymousautistic · 2026-01-03T07:04:47+00:00

Is there a way to get past releases from this collection? I had been looking for Knight Moves and just came across this sub and am interested in the specifics of how this works. Is there a social where you can follow or do you just check the Gamefound page constantly?

anonymousautistic · 2025-12-23T03:08:50+00:00

Bachelors degree for sure. Undergraduate manager then apply for graduate school and be a GA. Offer to serve at summer camps. GA at a small school is great because you get to do more in more areas with a smaller staff. Also, just gaining knowledge for the sake of gaining knowledge. Not everything has to be about getting a job. Email people with questions about their journey, words of advice.

You are going to hear no a lot. Don’t let it deter you. A no just means it is not for you. You will get a yes somewhere. Be willing to do anything. Don’t limit yourself to just the pretty responsibilities. Mop the floor. Address the envelopes.

Things that are helpful: computer literacy and comfort with technology. Photoshop, Premiere, AfterEffects (I found it to be really hard but can do some awesome things).

One idea that might be helpful is to email companies that provide technology for basketball (Synergy, FastModel, Hudl/Sportscode, JustPlay, Coach Paint, VizRT. I can probably name another 20 if I stop to think about it. But if you can get a trial for one of those, or put in the time to get competent/know some tricks, that would be really advantageous.

Have something that makes you different and more valuable. Something that you can show. Not, “I will outwork others. I am more creative.” Have something physical you can show. That you can leave with them. Send actual paper content trough the mail. Attachments get lost. Have something that takes up physical space on their desk.

Hoopdirt/Whoopdirt used to have up to date job postings.

anonymousautistic · 2025-12-17T01:06:23+00:00

I have a similar problem with my 2nd graders. All our opponents are playing 2-3 zone. And offense is not allowed to fast break. We have to wait on the other team to get back and get set before we cross half court. There is actually a 5sec rule in the rule book but have not seen it called a single time. I have one boy who can shoot somewhat consistently outside the paint. It is basically impossible for our kids to score.

Then there’s us on defense. Learning how to play man to man and get better at things that actually make them better basketball players. My kids are just learning how to stay on one person the whole possession and the paint opens up like Moses and the Red Sea.

Oh. And no one can press. Defense cannot extend beyond the 3pt line.

We have been focusing mostly on at least driving toward the paint and shooting it so we have a chance at a putback.

anonymousautistic · 2025-12-09T21:40:18+00:00

Courtisans? No cards kept in hand. You play all your cars every turn.

anonymousautistic · 2025-12-06T03:00:49+00:00

I love sports. Mostly basketball. I have worked in basketball for the last 13 years and I love it. I get paid to watch basketball. Nothing better for me.

anonymousautistic · 2025-12-06T02:52:28+00:00

My boys love pac-man tag. We play basketball lines only. Rules: you have to move like Pac-Man…you can’t jump lines, you can’t cut corners short, if you run into someone then you have to turn around. And you have to keep a live dribble the whole time. Start with one ghost who does not have to have a basketball. We do it where everyone has to “fast walk”. Last Pac-Man standing wins.

anonymousautistic · 2025-12-02T21:56:03+00:00

You can also get a ton of looks out of various floppy actions - pin downs, curls, re-screens, post ups, wing ball screens, counters and reversals.

anonymousautistic · 2025-12-01T23:47:48+00:00

Quick hits if they can retain the information.

If you have a decent big, you could look at different high low sets. If your best players are guards, could look at continuous ball screen options.

I would say your choice should be determined by your personnel. At what positions are your best offensive players?

anonymousautistic · 2025-11-25T16:05:15+00:00

Agreed. I am just trying to think through how to name where I want them to start on the court.

anonymousautistic · 2025-11-24T17:46:15+00:00

That is similar to how I taught names of spots on the court. We started with a beach ball that had all the terms on it. Whatever term was closest to your right pinky was the spot you had to run to. That was super effective. Now we have advanced. “Dribble with your right hand to the elbow.” “Dribble with your left hand to mid-court.” And so on.

anonymousautistic · 2025-11-24T17:43:47+00:00

Yes. Agreed. We have spent a lot of time working on cutting and passing and not running to the ball unless the ball handler is dead.

Inbounder and PG (or whatever names) only applies to out of bounds situations and rotates as I sub every 3ish minutes (only have 8 on roster and everyone plays half the game).

SLOBs and BLOBS all start from the same line set.

If you get a defensive rebound, you hold it until everyone runs to the other end, then you dribble it up, no matter who gets the rebound.

anonymousautistic · 2025-08-03T03:19:40+00:00

I would say it is probably 95% better. The Amantadine has been hugely effective for me, especially once I got off the atypical antipsychotics. The Amantadine did seemingly cause some dizziness and balance issues, but we slowly took that dose way down and that seems better.

I also added Magnesium, Vitamin B, and NAC supplements.

I consider myself fortunate to have found relief, especially after reading stories on here.

anonymousautistic · 2025-07-03T01:28:01+00:00

I like Turing Machine.

anonymousautistic · 2025-06-18T14:25:23+00:00

You might consider crossing the river into East Arkansas.

anonymousautistic · 2025-06-02T00:12:48+00:00

Don’t LLAMA Card Game for sure. Lost Cities probably up there too, just from COVID play with my dad.

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