Did it for the first time, and I have to say it was one of the funner experiences I have had. My friend asked me to help him out coaching at our Boys & Girls club 7-9 yr olds, he coaches since his step son is on the team. Neither of us had any experience coaching basketball before. They asked him to make an expansion team since there were so many kids. We were the only team that wasn't able to draft kids for our team. The other teams basically gave us the kids they didn't want. We also ended up with 2 six yr olds(Only team in the league) since there siblings were on the team and it was more convenient for the parents. We started 0-4 with some heart breaking losses, but then rallied to go 5-1 the rest of the way finishing 5-5. We took on the best team in the league (who were undefeated) the game before our last. We took the lead by 1 point with 30 seconds left after trailing 7 pts half way into the 4th. We ended up giving the game away to give us that 1 loss(5-1), but it was a great game. Next yr we will be able to draft some players to our team (3rd pick). Having kids follow your game plan and seeing it executed, as well as watching first yr kids develop into better players by years end, the feeling is amazing. I highly recommend it everyone if you have the patience lol.
Anyway just wanted to share this with you guys.
Frankie's Express!!
Yeah, I use to coach at the Flames Neighborhood Basketball Association in Brooklyn. I definitely understand your excitement because my coaching experience became one of the best decisions I have ever made. I really hate the fact that I don't live in New York because if I was, I'd be in that gym every evening and every weekend.
Congratulations on your season though and getting things turned around! I'm a little old but if you guys don't do drug testing or keep track of birth certificates, I'd be more than willing to be your starting 5. I could give you about 50ppg (I'm a team player), 85rpg, 0.2apg (again, I'm very big on ball movement), 124spg and 355bpg. Say the word and we can get this thing done! lol.
Why oh why is a 7-9 year old league drafting kids
Congrats on doing a great job though!
Yes....I am currently a Middle school girls BB coach (7-8th grade). It is a lot of fun teaching youngsters the game and how to play it the right way. What is not fun, is going into games knowing your outmatched. Most of the girls I coach are first-timers on teams and I have to teach most of them the basic of the basics. The majority of the teams we play have rosters loaded with AAU ballers, so you can imagine the outcomes in some of the those games. The real pleasure I get is watching my girls blossom as the season progresses, and from time to time, keeping the game close despite being outmatched and even beating a really good team (like we did last year) by pressing them to death....Coaching is fun, but if you have a family, it can be a bit time consuming....
Congrats! That's really cool man!
Andrew wrote:Why oh why is a 7-9 year old league drafting kids
Can't be good for the self-esteem. Was wondering the same thing.
Andrew wrote:Why oh why is a 7-9 year old league drafting kids
Don't know the full details of how it works as I came on late. I am pretty sure that the kids don't know what round or pick they are drafted though. They go through like a pre draft clinic type thing and then they are told what team they are assigned to.
NardDogNation wrote:Yeah, I use to coach at the Flames Neighborhood Basketball Association in Brooklyn. I definitely understand your excitement because my coaching experience became one of the best decisions I have ever made. I really hate the fact that I don't live in New York because if I was, I'd be in that gym every evening and every weekend.Congratulations on your season though and getting things turned around! I'm a little old but if you guys don't do drug testing or keep track of birth certificates, I'd be more than willing to be your starting 5. I could give you about 50ppg (I'm a team player), 85rpg, 0.2apg (again, I'm very big on ball movement), 124spg and 355bpg. Say the word and we can get this thing done! lol.
Thanks, at the end of the yr we had coaches vs kids game. There was no mercy lol.
newyorknewyork wrote:Did it for the first time, and I have to say it was one of the funner experiences I have had. My friend asked me to help him out coaching at our Boys & Girls club 7-9 yr olds, he coaches since his step son is on the team. Neither of us had any experience coaching basketball before. They asked him to make an expansion team since there were so many kids. We were the only team that wasn't able to draft kids for our team. The other teams basically gave us the kids they didn't want. We also ended up with 2 six yr olds(Only team in the league) since there siblings were on the team and it was more convenient for the parents. We started 0-4 with some heart breaking losses, but then rallied to go 5-1 the rest of the way finishing 5-5. We took on the best team in the league (who were undefeated) the game before our last. We took the lead by 1 point with 30 seconds left after trailing 7 pts half way into the 4th. We ended up giving the game away to give us that 1 loss(5-1), but it was a great game. Next yr we will be able to draft some players to our team (3rd pick). Having kids follow your game plan and seeing it executed, as well as watching first yr kids develop into better players by years end, the feeling is amazing. I highly recommend it everyone if you have the patience lol. Anyway just wanted to share this with you guys.
Frankie's Express!!
my congrats to you. you are doing a good thing. good karma!
Head Coach Womens College Basketball for 9 years
Ast Varsty Coach for 3 years
Coached my sons travel team from 3rd grade to 7th grade
Good stuff! sounds like you had fun.
Kids made progress and had fun. Thats all that counted.
I used to coach young kids. It was a trip. My team looked a lot like yours!!
I had one kid who thought because he was black, had some jordans, that he was "Like Mike"! His parents were great and told me to bench him cuz he was delusional. He'd start fights with other kids on OUR team during the game if they did not pass him the ball when he wanted. He never scored and got real mad when I benched him. I wanted all kids to play equal!
I had a girl who was taller than anyone in the league but she was too scared to beat a boy! By the end of the season her self esteem was up there and she did great! My son was the pt guard because he understood "double dribble" rule before anyone else.
I did it two years. First was like yours and they were "Mutts". The next year we came in second in the league finishing to a hand picked very ambitious squad. We got killed in the championship down by 20 pts until I went "Seven seconds or less", basically I told the kids I'd sub them out every minute but we go crazy. We could not press until the last two minutes but we picked them up at the half court line. I never taught them to trap (really can't teach team defense a that age) but had my son just follow the ball and "gang up" on who ever had it. We lost by only 4 and our kids were so happy you'd have thought we won the game! They stood up the team with the good uni's, shorts and sneakers!!! Their coach was like "what are they celebrating?" and I snapped back, " my kids felt like they did something today and are happy!!"
My son passion was never basketball but ice hockey. At 13 he was a top 100 player in the country, by 14 choices had to be made and moving up north to a prep school to play seemed extreme to him. He told me "its what I love to do but its not who I am". WE had a lot of fun together traveling and he played into his first two years of college. He's graduating this spring.
I have been coaching CYO Basketball since my oldest who is now 20 yrs old. I have 4 kids. My youngest just turned 10 and I have been coaching him for 3 years now. The first year was tough. Won 1 game. The 2nd year we only lost 1 game. This is only in-house CYO. This year we went CYO Travel with my 4th grade team. We went undefeated. We were beating teams by 20+ points per game and only giving up single digit points. I love coaching kids basketball. You can really mold them into playing the right way. No ISOs for my team and we play man with no switching and we show on PnR. We also run a 2-3 zone to mix it up and run a 2-2-1 press. On offense we run a lot of PnR and some curls off screen. It is really fun to see kids run these plays. I am thinking of putting in the triangle next year
newyorknewyork, continue doing this. The gratitude you will get from players is priceless. Kids I coached with my older kids who are 17 and 20 now still calling me coach.
Andrew wrote:Why oh why is a 7-9 year old league drafting kids
You should see our Little League Baseball teams. We have Instructional, Minors and Majors. You tryout to get drafted. Basically a big combine type event done in 2-3 days. My son was drafted as an 8 year old to play in the minors. Minors age group is suppose to be 9-12 with special exceptions for 8 year olds that can play. Majors are strictly for 9-12 only and if you get drafted in the Majors then that team owns your rights until you age out. He was drafted last year as a 9 year old in the majors so the team owns his rights for 4 years. Now that is crazy. If I don't like the team or coach, I would need to appeal and talk to my sons player rep.
EDIT: Major league teams can also call up kids from the minors if they have space for the playoffs.
Andrew wrote:Congrats on doing a great job though!
Physical Education principle #1. Don't insert kids into game play before they learned the skills. There's no way a typical 7 to even 9 year old should be in such a competitive environment.
And for those of you saying "Umm no, I know this kid who is great." Yeah, that kid is not a dime and a dozen and even he/she needs a ton of work.
It isn't wrong to let kids at that age compete or play in competitive leagues. Heck, healthy competition is good for kids so they can learn sportsmanship at a young age. Competition also motivates kids to get better, so from those aspects it can be a plus.
I don't coach basketball but I teach another sport so I can relate. It's fun to see the kids learn the basics and improve.
Allanfan20 wrote:Andrew wrote:Congrats on doing a great job though!
Physical Education principle #1. Don't insert kids into game play before they learned the skills. There's no way a typical 7 to even 9 year old should be in such a competitive environment.
And for those of you saying "Umm no, I know this kid who is great." Yeah, that kid is not a dime and a dozen and even he/she needs a ton of work.
Are you talking about youth bball or NBA one and done scenerios? :)
newyorknewyork wrote:Did it for the first time, and I have to say it was one of the funner experiences I have had.
Im hooked also. My son is a terrible basketball player. He loves soccer first, baseball second and he plays basketball because its something to do in the winter and his buddies play. He plays hard and likes it. Doesnt really care about scoring or anything, he just likes to get out there and hustle.
I got an email saying they couldnt start the season because they needed coaches, so I immediatly emailed the league and said I would run my son's team.
It was great. Im totally hooked. The kids played great and they all got better. We had a winning record but most of all the games were fun for all. My biggest accomplishment was I had 2-3 kids who couldnt reach the rim when they shot, but I had those kids playing defense, setting pics, chasing loose balls and they were in the thick of it and I think of the least skilled kids had the most fun and really improved.
Its a blast. Im hooked. Im coaching his baseball team this spring also now.
Andrew: Most leagues hold some kind of draft if for no reason than to balance the teams. There are great gaps in skill, size and athleticism at this age (mine were ages 9-11).
Great stories guys....
I helped coach kids 8-10 and 11-13 in a nyc housing league.
I learned that kids want to learn and are receptive to instructions when given the right type of guidance. Alot if the coaches here were only concerne with winning and letting the best kids shine. The kids that couldn't play they shook their heads at lost causes. That's why I volunteered to coach when they needed me. I mostly coached my son's brothers team. He was doing it from 8-10.
You teach a kid to do something they will do it if they are having fun. If they are having trouble and you can get the better kids to lead without discouraging, then you will have a blast. Kids get so happy when they all are clicking. They look for each other and they keep trying when try notice what you are telling them works.
What breaks my heart is seeing coaches screaming at kids and belittling them because they messed up. Sometimes you can do alot if damage to a kid that extends of the court. The whole point is nurturing kids imho.
