In this video, we have highlights from our 7th grade Black Team game. We are mic’d up in this game and you can hear what goes on behind the scenes
Mic’d Up…
On offense we’ll play 41. Bring it up, pass and cut. When you pass, cut. If you don’t get it, fake and go back door and clear out and then continue to move without the basketball.
If I see the continuous ball-chasing, meaning everybody chasing the ball, I’m going to pull you out. We need to have spacing so we can attack the basket, okay?
On defense, one shot, find a man, box him out. We are undersized. Find a man, box him out, and get the rebound. Let our defense become our offense.
Explaining What To Do…
If they are over-playing, go back door. Stop chasing the basketball. I don’t need you guys chasing the basketball. When we are playing 41, you pass it and cut. Stop dribbling the ball straight up.
Divide the court, I need two people on this side of the court, two people on this side of the court. Whether it’s Dane or Max, I need you on the box, wherever the ball.
On defense when we’re playing defense, if a man’s open, we can’t have two people on the basketball. We have two people chasing the basketball. One person on the basketball, the other person drops in help position.
Another person plays between these two positions. This guy stays on the outside here. We don’t need two and three people on the basketball. One person on the basketball in that area.
End Of The Game Wrap Up
We see things and try to put you in position to be successful. If you are not in a spot or in a certain spot, then all of a sudden you’ve become the weak link. And now you have broken the chain, and the whole chain falls apart. We got to be on the same page.
I’m not saying you’re not going to make mistakes but turnovers, mental turnovers, you can control. Trying to make those one-handed passes or trying to catch the ball with one-hand, you can control that. All you got to do is catch it with two hands. Those mental errors you can control.
Some of this stuff for example, missing shots. Some days they go in, some days they don’t, those are things you can’t control. Effort, boxing out, defense, that’s the stuff you can control because that’s going to keep you competitive in games, and this is what we are trying to get you to understand because there’s a certain stint in the third quarter, we played defense like five minutes and they didn’t score any points. We weren’t able to convert, but they didn’t score any points.
The way you treat the offense, scoring, ball handling, etc. You got to have that same effort on defense.
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Jay Warren
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