2010 Halifax Academy JV Girls Basketball Roster

Hi Girls,

Listed below is our 2010/2011 Roster and primary and secondary positions for now. Primary position is listed first.

Mer Stephenson 5, 4.
Emily Conner 4, 5.
Jamie Harris 3, 2, 1.
Alex Darnell 2,3.
Lindsey Pulley 1
Jordan Jean 2,3.
Meg. Kessinger 1,2
Kelly Williams 5
Meg. Mohorn 1 or 2.
Kaela Dickens 4, 5
Kim Shearin 3
Leslie Tudor 4
Cath. Garner 1,2.
Emily Alston 2, 3
Brooke Roberson 3 or 2.

Congratulations Girls, lets have a great year!

Things you need to focus on improving as individuals:

1- Making lay ups. The most basic way to score. Make yourself good at it. Work on it on your own.

2- Making foul shots. Almost the same list as above. Work hard on it. Maybe 50 shots a day with the # of makes going up everyday. As a team we should be making 60% of them in games, that means some of you need to make 75% to pull up the team average.

3- Dribbling: Dribbling fast: Dribbling while seeing the court in front of you.

4- Passing: make the easy pass, the ones you are the most capable of making but make sure you make it a near perfect everytime even in warm ups and drills as you can.

5- Defense: know where to be and do your job. Take pride in playing defense and playing it hard. Defense equals 5% knowledge, 95% effort, hustle and focus.

Thing you might have noticed.

1- We practice hard.
2- We practice as fast as we can.
3- Every drill we can make into a competition becomes a competition. Lots of times the competition is with me and the reward is a pass not to run. Lets try our best to do good. What is the most common trait between Michael Jordan and Tyler Hansbrough? Roy Williams and Dean Smith say it is they were so competitive. They wanted to win every drill and every possession.
(Yes, we have copied much from their practices) There is something to be learned from loving to compete. It does not mean you don't love your teammates or hate your opponents. On the court competion is fun. If you win don't brag, if you lose congratulate your opponent and go practice on getting better and give it your best next time.
4- Every second on the court is valuable. We only get about 70 min of practice time per practice, we need to make the most of them.


Thought: Hustle, Determination and Focus make up for many disadvantages in a basketball game. John Wooden former UCLA Head Coach and the winner of 11 college National Championships.

Coach May