PGC Shooting Clinic

Some of the girls and I attended the Point Gurad Colleges shooting clinic last weekend.

This video, produced by PGC, talks about a bit of what the team learned.

Black Team Summer Game 1 June 25, 2014 vs Arlington 5

First Game Jitters

If you already know your vactaion schedule please forward it to me so that I can plan ahead to make sure that we have enough players. Last night I had 3 players from the Silver Team fill in to make sure that we had enough subs.

Basketball games are fun. No matter our age, we enjoy testing our skills against others. Even the youngest basketball players want to see how they compare to other players or teams their age. Learning to compete to the best of our ability at whatever we pursue and how to win and lose with grace and dignity are important life lessons. But to maximize player’s enjoyment of the game and to provide players with the best opportunity to improve, attending practice is a must. Attending practice is more important, in my opinion, even than attending games.

Every week that we do NOT have a Tuesday game, we will have a Tuesday practice from 7 to 9 at St Stephens.

Games do not offer an atmosphere that is conducive to teaching. A lot of excitement, energy, tension, interference, and distractions surround games, making it extremely difficult to communicate any type of teachings or lessons to a player. We have not had even one practice with the entire team present and with summer vacations cranking up, we will not. Please make every effort to get your girls to practice this summer. Starters will be picked from the players who attend the practice before the game.

Great players are skilled as a result of PRACTICE. There isn’t a magic trick or formula, just good ‘ole hard work. Encourage your girls to get outside working on their dribbling and shooting everyday. The girls on the Sliver team are REQUIRED to make 10,000 baskets - on their own time - over the course of the summer. That is MAKES not attempts. Destroyers do not count misses.

I do not expect the Black Team to win a game this summer on the score board. Last summer we were pleasantly surprised by winning a couple. Our wins will be measured on effort and improvement.

The team that we played last night is one of the top 5th grade (raising to 6th grade) teams in the state. All the teams that we play will be top middle school teams (both town travel and AAU teams) who have played together longer than that 4 weeks that we have. (And keep in mind that is 4 weeks without a single practice with every player present.)

Please tell your child after every game: "I love to watch you play."

Robin

Silver Team Summer Game 1 Report Card June 25, 2014 vs. Bay State Flash 5

 

Shots Taken

Shots Made

%

3s Taken

3s Made

%

FT Taken

FT Made

%

Rebound

Drives

Defensive Grade

Jazlynn

2

0

0%

x

x

x

x

x

x

2

1

B

Celine

9

3

33%

x

x

x

4

3

75%

1

7

B

Zaria

3

1

33%

x

x

x

x

x

x

1

2

C

Chloe

2

1

50%

x

x

x

x

x

x

3

1

B

Jomi

5

0

0%

x

x

x

x

x

x

4

2

B

Hannah

DNP*

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

DNP

Katie

3

0

0%

x

x

x

x

x

x

1

0

B

Nilijah

DNP

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

DNP

Sofia B

4

0

0%

x

x

x

x

x

x

0

2

B

Tayja

DNP

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

DNP

Sophia F

3

1

33%

x

x

x

x

x

x

1

2

B+

Brooke

4

0

0%

x

x

x

4

0

0%

4

7

B

Selina

5

4

80%

x

x

x

2

2

100%

3

5

B+

Gianna

DNP

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

DNP

Vienna

11

7

64%

x

x

x

3

2

67%

7

10

C

Paige

4

1

25%

x

x

x

1

0

0%

2

4

B

TEAM

55

18

34%

x

x

x

14

7

50%

27

43

B

Shots Taken

Shots Made

%

3s Taken

3s Made

%

FT Taken

FT Made

%

Rebound

Drives

Defensive Grade

*DNP = Did Not Play

Our goal is as a team this summer is to make 70% of our foul shots, 40% of our shots taken and 25% of our 3 point shots.

Everyone should have 2 rebounds per game and take at least 4 shots per game - of which 2 should be a drive.

There are 5 reasons why our players are not yet "scorers."

1.) We don't dribble well enough to get separation from our defender or to attack the basket.

We can only dribble with one hand.

We don’t know how to protect the ball in a crowd which leads to turnovers.

To combat this we work on dribbling and driving to the basket every practice. I was happy to see that all but one player drove to the basket last game. Not many of the drives were fruitful. Hunting the paint, however, is becoming the norm.

2.) We have poor shooting mechanics and poor shot selection.

To combat this we work on shooting form every practice. Everyone is getting better. I will worry about shot selection once every one is exceeding our goal of every player taking at least 4 shot attempts per game (including two drives.)

3.) We don't know how to set a screen or how to move without the ball to get open to receive the ball to score.

To combat this I am just starting to stress screening in practice. We play small side games  2 on 2 or 3 on 3 every practice to help teach movement and 1 on 1 to stress attacking in a straight line.

4.) The players don't understand how to read the defense. The small side games help with that as well.

5.) We lack the confidence to take a shot.

We think pass first not shot first.

We are afraid to attack the basket.

Since practice builds confidence, I believe that seeing make after make go in as they work the 10,000 Make Summer Challenge will help.

Spring 2014 Season Stats

Our goal is as a team this summer is to make 70% of our foul shots, 40% of our shots taken and 25% of our 3 point shots. Everyone should also average 2 rebounds per game and take an average of 4 shoots per game. 

SPG = shots taken per game average
RPG = rebounds per game average
PPG = points  per game average



 

	Games Played	Shots Taken	Shots Made	%	SPG	3s Taken	3s Made	%	FT Taken	FT Made	%	Rebound	RPG	Points	PPG
Jazlynn	4	4	1	25%	1	1	0	0%	x	x	x	5	1.25	2	0.5
Celine	5	57	16	28%	11.4	7	1	14%	5	2	40%	19	3.8	37	7.4
Zaria	5	7	1	14%	.2	x	x	x	2	1	50%	8	1.6	3	0.6
Chloe	4	9	1	11%	2.25	x	x	x	x	x	x	14	3.5	2	0.5
Jomi	4	5	1	20%	1.25	x	x	x	x	x	x	4	1	2	0.5
Hannah	6	17	4	24%	2.8	x	x	x	x	x	x	13	2.2	8	1.3
Katie	5	12	1	8%	2.4	x	x	x	4	0	0%	14	2.8	2	0.4
Nilijah	4	8	0	0%	2	x	x	x	2	0	0%	4	1	0	0
Sofia B	6	4	0	0%	.7	x	x	x	x	x	x	6	1	0	0
Tayja	5	79	40	51%	15.8	9	1	11%	25	11	44%	40	8	94	18.8
Brooke	6	31	4	13%	5.2	x	x	x	10	1	10%	11	1.8	9	1.5
Selina	5	3	0	0%	.6	x	x	x	x	x	x	7	1.4	0	0
Gianna	6	44	9	20%	7.3	12	3	25%	29	15	52%	10	1.7	42	7
Vienna	5	20	5	25%	4	x	x	x	3	0	0%	22	4.4	10	2
Paige	5	6	0	0%	1.2	2	0	0%	x	x	x	12	2.4	0	0
TEAM	6	306	83	27%	51	31	5	16%	80	30	38%	189	31.5	211	35.2
	Games Played	Shots Taken	Shots Made	%	SPG	3s Taken	3s Made	%	FT Taken	FT Made	%	Rebound	RPG	Points	SPG