Oh man...I'm gonna be ONE OF THEM!

[zebraman]

Originally Posted by Coltdoggs

I'm gonna be a COACH!

Coaching my 2nd grade daughters team this year!

Well...at least I'll have a good grasp of the rules!

Ha, I'm coaching my son's kindergarten team. My son prefers dinosaurs to basketball so concentration may be an issue. At first glance, I think the goal will be to get each kid to dribble once between the 10 or 20 steps they take.

[grunewar]

I've reffed and coached these games before - travel, foul, double dribble, held ball (AP throw-in), hey - no double teaming, hey - no back court pressure, repeat over, and over, and over.

Final score 8-7.

Where's my snack?

Good luck!

[Coltdoggs]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I've reffed and coached these games before - travel, foul, double dribble, held ball (AP throw-in), hey - no double teaming, hey - no back court pressure, repeat over, and over, and over.

Final score 8-7.

Where's my snack?

Good luck!

You forgot....

No, you are guarding #8...she's over there!

Hey, don't hit him on the arms...

You can dribble...go ahead...yes, you can dribble it...go ahead....

It's the 3rd quarter...we play one more and THEN we can go home....

Gonna be fun...I haven't coached since my 15 year old was in like 3rd grade....should be a good time....

[CoachP]

Originally Posted by Coltdoggs

...I haven't coached since my 15 year old was in like 3rd grade.

Hasn't your 15 year old used up his 3rd grade eligibility yet?

[Adam]

Don't forget to have them take their earrings out.

[JRutledge]

Just do not whack yourself. (Even though you might think you need to)

Peace

[RookieDude]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Just do not whack yourself. (Even though you might think you need to)

Peace

....yeah, you could go blind!

(Sorry, that was probably another inane, insipid and downright stupid response)

[Mark Padgett]

Our kids rec league starts at 3rd grade. When I train refs to work this level, I make sure they give the kids some leeway, but still make calls. That's how kids learn what they should and shouldn't do. For the first few weeks of the season, we have the refs say a sentence or two to the kid on why something was a violation or a foul but only when it wasn't obvious and to keep it to a minimum, or else the games would take forever.

My advice to you is to write on a piece of paper, "Are the kids having fun?" and tape it to the back of your hand. Look at it every minute or so. That's the point.

Kudos to you for doing this for your daughter and her friends.

[grunewar]

Absolutely concur.

I also found it useful to concentrate on a FEW small things and get them right during the yr. This is the proper way to shoot, this is how you play defense, this is an inbounds play, here are two offensive plays, this is a walk, here is where you stand for foul shots - now go have fun!!

Basic stuff. I see too much "over-teaching" at this young age and the kids don't understand, become confused, and DON't have fun!

Ah, memories.......