4th Grade-Week 5

Another positive week in the record books!  They boys worked hard, and it showed in their lone game this weekend.  We reviewed quite a bit in practice this week.  We added some wrinkles to the offense, and I challenged the boys to be more creative when running said offense.  They are starting to mix up their screens, cuts, and where they are cutting.  Once they get a full grasp of the offense they will have a blast running it.  We also worked on some fundamentals such as passing, shooting and cutting in practice.  This week’s practice will be very similar. 

Our lone game was against the familiar 5^th Grade Comp team coached my Coach Jeanette and Director Ken Gee.  Both our comp and tournament teams were able to play in this game, and I was happy with everyone’s production.  Josh ran the point guard position exactly how I wanted him to; he was able to get them into their offense and played solid defense.  Julian came up big playing the 5 late in the game and he LOVED it.  Nathan and Spencer played a very good full court defense!  Vince may have had the ESPN play of the game with a wrap around reverse.  When I asked him how he did it, he responded “I have no idea...”  Awesome!  Sava’s shot looked smooth while he was adjusting to the new offense.  Ryan did a great job using his body on several occasions. Noah and Garrett really battled the much bigger 5^th grade bodies.  Zeki got a taste of what it will be like playing against tournament teams at the one, and he did it well.  The 5^th grade team continues to improve and has pushed us to keep advancing.  A big thank you to the 5^th Grade Comp team.

In the end we won the game by 3, but I feel we learned many lessons from that game.  We learned we need to be more disciplined in our offense and our defense.  We learned that when we get a team down, we need to keep them there and that passing is ALWAYS faster than dribbling.  Overall, it was a great weekend!

Coach Bob Mack