Great Falls Basketball 20072008 Coaches Meeting

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Great Falls Basketball2007-2008 Coaches Meeting

• Thursday
• October 25, 2007

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Agenda
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Logistics

• 1218 players (1116 House, 102 Select)
• 2436 parents
• 145 teams (134 House, 11 Select)
• 138 referees
• 700 House games
• 2300 referee game assignments
• 1490 uniforms
• 7 gyms

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Thank You to Our Volunteers

• 15 Board Members
• 15 Grade Group Coordinators (GGCs)
• 145 Coaches

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Board Members

• Billy White Commissioner
• Lisa Walsh Deputy Commissioner, Training,
  Referees
• Kathy Stowell Girls House
• Tory Salzer Boys House
• Neal Abravanel Referees
• Parker Brugge Facilities
• Ed Hott Information Scheduling
• Joanna Ehat Information Scheduling, Referees

• Jim Gallagher Select
• Beth Eckert Select
• Chris Schindler Equipment
• Rob Dean Treasurer
• Jim Mraz Capital Improvements
• Joe Adams At-Large
• Phil Simonides At-Large

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TrainingCoaches

• Mandatory attendance at 90 minute session on Oct
  23 or Nov 7 session
• Each night has one session for 2nd 5th grade
  and one session for 6th 10th grade
• One on One Basketball, Inc.
• New and veteran coaches
• Will offer practical suggestions on what skills
  your players should be working on and how to
  structure a practice for your age group.

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TrainingPlayers

• One on One Basketball, Inc.
• 1st grade
• 7 weeks training
• 3 weeks scrimmage
• 2nd grade
• 7 weeks training / practice / scrimmage
• 4 weeks official full court games
• 3rd thru 10th grade
• One on One will visit all teams to work with
  coaches and their teams for one entire practice.
• Coaches will identify areas of need for their
  teams.
• One on One will implement drills and plays based
  upon the teams needs.

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Coaches Manual

• Code of Conduct
• House Coaching Checklist
• Master 2007-2008 Calendar
• House League Rules of Play
• Tryout and Player Allocation/Selection Procedure

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Logistics

• Tryouts
• Attendance
• Lead Coach
• Consistency
• Score each skill

• Draft
• Goal is balanced teams
• Information sharing
• No substitutes in your age group
• No pre-assigning of assistant coaches

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CoachesThe Key to the Success of Our Program

• Model positive behavior
• Teach the children the game of basketball
• Spread around the playtime
• Manage parents
• Respect referees
• Youth coaches
• Have Fun!

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Behavior Incidents Last Year

• Numbers
• Spoke to 5 coaches
• 1 coach was suspended for a game
• Spoke to 10 parents
• 4 parents (3 moms) were suspended for a game
• 1 player was suspended for a game

• Themes
• Parents thought refs werent calling games
  closely enough and it was too physical
• Parents thought their child was being called too
  frequently for fouling

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Parent Messages

• Our goal is to model positive behavior for the
  kids. This is about more than basketball to us.
  It's about teaching good sportsmanship.
• Zero tolerance for verbally abusing the refs.
  They are an important part of our program. If
  you're upset with the reffing, contact your coach
  or Neal Abravanel...don't yell at the refs.
• Yelling at refs raises the tension in the gyms
  and impacts the players very negatively. Their
  play tends to get more physical and emotional and
  it makes the situation worse.
• Frequently, our refs are kids. You would not want
  your child yelled at.

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Coach Messages

• Same points as indicated for parents plus the
  following.
• You went to the Coaches meeting and know what we
  expect. This can not happen from a coach.
• You are the role model to these players. You need
  to focus on positively coaching the kids, not
  arguing calls.
• Most parents spoken to acknowledged that they
  handled the situation poorly and were apologetic.
  We had mixed results with the coaches.

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Referee Program2 Directors

• Neal Abravanel
• recruits referees
• trains referees
• manages referee performance
• reviews game feedback from gym coordinators,
  coaches, and others
• provides feedback to referees

• Joanna Ehat
• assigns referees to games
• keeps work records and computes pay due each
  referee

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Referee Program100 Referees
Several of the 5 referees are college students
available only around holidays.
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Referee ProgramExperience Affects Assignments
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Referee Program

• Increasing minimum age of referees from 6th grade
  to 7th grade
• Greater emphasis on training
• Younger referees
• Cardinal classroom session
• Cardinal floor training session
• Pre-season scrimmages
• Older referees
• Cardinal certification program

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Referee Program

• Pre-game introductions
• When a coach or player has a question, concern or
  problem, they should only address the head
  referee at the table during a time out, between
  quarters or after the game.
• Unless they have congratulatory comments and/or
  handshakes for each referee after the game, they
  should refrain from interacting with the floor
  referees.
• If you have concerns, you can contact Neal after
  the game to discuss further.
• Or email GFHoopsFeedback_at_googlegroups.com

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Referee ProgramRule Change

• Will have an officials timeout midway through
  the 4th quarter
• Allows substitutions without a team having to
  burn a timeout  

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Gyms

• Last year
• Kids broke window at Great Falls Elementary with
  thrown ball
• Kids broke hallway clock at Great Falls
  Elementary with a ball
• Parent brought her dog into the gym
• Parents brought coffee into the gym
• Kids brought non-water drinks into the gym

• We need to behave in gyms so we don't lose them
• Police your group
• At first practice, talk to parents and kids about
  the gyms
• No food or drinks
• No bouncing balls in hall

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VBD test

• Parker Brugge

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Nick Cafferky 3 on 3 Tournament

• An important member of our basketball community,
  Nick Cafferky, suffered a serious injury this
  summer while on vacation.
• Nick broke his neck and remains paralyzed from
  the chest down.
• An injury like this places an enormous financial
  burden on the family above and beyond what
  insurance will cover.
• To help Nick and his family through this
  difficult time, Great Falls Basketball is hosting
  an exciting 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament on
  Saturday, November 10th.
• All money collected goes to the 'Nick Cafferky
  Medical Fund'. This fund is a 501(c)(3) so
  donations are tax deductible.
• Entry fees for players.
• Individual donations.
• Corporate sponsorships and corporate match
  donations.

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Girls Director and GGCs

• Director Kathy Stowell
• 2nd Grade Jennifer Heebink
• 3rd Grade Malia Kishore
• 4th Grade Brenda Bosch
• 5th Grade Shari Britt
• 6th / 7th Grade Kerry Dore
• 8th / 9th/ 10th Grade Jane Shuler

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Boys Director and GGCs

• Director Tory Salzer
• 2nd Grade Monica Sevila
• 3rd Grade Suzy Serger
• 4th Grade Leslie Anderson
• 5th Grade - Marty Funkhouser
• 6th Grade Suzy Serger
• 7th Grade Tory Salzer
• 8th Grade Sonja Rifken
• 9th / 10th Grade Nancy Keefe and Kathy DAmico

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Wrap Up

• Breakouts with GGCs
• Determine practice slots
• Determine team names
• Collegial Atmosphere of Cooperation
• Equipment Pickup
• Shirt
• Ball
• Whistle
• Clipboard