Kids rec question

[Welpe]

I use the same mechanics regardless of the level I work. I'm not good enough to try and mix and match.

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by Welpe

I use the same mechanics regardless of the level I work. I'm not good enough to try and mix and match.

Ditto.

Plus, while it might help a little, if you train the players what you'll be doing down the road they will already know.

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Welpe

I use the same mechanics regardless of the level I work. I'm not good enough to try and mix and match.

+1
I still don't get the sequence correctly every time as it is... trying to do different mechanics for 'kids' then I do for 'high school' would mess up my brain even more.

[Scratch85]

I can't blow my whistle without a hand going up or a held ball signal. It's such a habit that sometimes a heavy sigh makes me want to put my hand in the air.

It takes a real thinker to go between prescribed mechanics and a method that is more "little kid" friendly. It appears to me he has some bad habits and blamed it on the level he was calling.

I'm for using the appropriate mechanics in your area for all levels.

[tref]

Originally Posted by Scratch85

I can't blow my whistle without a hand going up or a held ball signal.

IKR! That why I had to stop doing 3 on 3s

Originally Posted by Scratch85

I'm for using the appropriate mechanics in your area for all levels.

Same here, but my biggest challenge through week 2 of the HS season has been not using 2 hands to report & stopping the clock for OOB

[SNIPERBBB]

I wonder if his original mechanics were just that bad and confused people that he had to come up with this approach.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Welpe

I use the same mechanics regardless of the level I work. I'm not good enough to try and mix and match.

All the same mechanics. Switching on fouls? Handling throwins? Not bumping timeouts? Always going to the reporting area, every time? Same in a high school varsity game as in a little kids recreation game, or a summer AAU game? And your recreation, and AAU, partners go along with this?

[26 Year Gap]

Dyslexia?

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

All the same mechanics. Switching on fouls? Handling throwins? Not bumping timeouts? Always going to the reporting area, every time? Same in a high school varsity game as in a little kids recreation game, or a summer AAU game? And your recreation, and AAU, partners go along with this?

Despite your desire to take my statement out of context, I was originally referring to my personal mechanics, not our crew mechanics.

I don't do varsity (real nor Catholic middle school) or summer AAU and we're highly encouraged to use proper mechanics in the youth league I work so to answer your question, yes.