Faith Christian Next Up!

Hi Girls,

Good practice today. We executed our Zone Motion offense very well and got a lot of easy shots from it. We will use that as part of our Zone offense the rest of the year so remember what we did and where the shots come from in it. There is still room for improvement.

A few Notes:

1- On 314 and 215 we improved our execution a lot. It is a quick hitting scoring play and needs to be executed boom boom.

2- On CrissCross, the key pass is the first one. If we execute the first pass in time and with an accurate pass it will create a lay up opportunity almost every time. The 4 needs to remember to roll to the basket or to the front of the rim after making the handoff.

3- We can be a devastating defense team. From now on we will have 24 Lockdown and the milder version of 24 Straight. On twenty four Straight we will press hard on the in bounds pass and then just enough to give them a chance to make a mistake on the rest of the court. 24 Lockdown we will press to suffocate all 5 players. There should be no where to pass the ball.

4- We have got to get better on making Lay ups. We are missing way to many. It will be one of our main concentrations in practice for awhile. Foul shots ditto.

5- Friday January 9, 2009 we will travel to Faith Christian in Rocky Mount. We will leave at 2:10 and play at 4:00pm. To school that day wear your warm ups and Tee Shirts and your green hoodies. For the game, we will need to wear our Green Uniforms.

6- We have won 4 straight games we need to focus hard on making it 5, come mentally ready to play and play hard. Remember that is our calling card. We are going to try to play smart, we are going to try to play together, we are going to try to play good, we would like to play fast but we absolutely can control the fact we are going to play HARD everytime out. Never forget that hustle makes up for many mistakes.

7- Thanks for your hard work in practice and at games, I recognize the effort it takes and appreciate it. The results are noticeable on the court. Playing good is a lot more fun than playing bad.

Play Hard, Play Smart and Play Together and Play Good! Plus when ever we can lets play fast!
Go JV Viking Girls!!!

Coach May