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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 4227126, member: 5787"] The season is over! My 5th/6th grade team was a challenge and while not totally surprised, the AAU kid on the team "quit" prior to our second to last game. According to his teammates, he said that there's no point playing with this roster...good riddance to him for now: he'll be whipped into shape when he'll join a very good 7th/8th grade team next year and have to earn his PT. Good chance he won't be back next year anyways: academic and behavioral issues adding with his angry parents...just not a good fit for our school. I'm letting time pass until I check in with him next week to find out the real story. On the bright side, while the skill set hasn't improved that much, the other kids' understanding of the game has gotten better. Smarter passing and better understanding of help defense. Still a problem: the kids still almost never move without the ball unless I run a basic set, hopefully that'll get better next year. On the even brighter side, my 7th grade boys team finished the season with a win, the first and only win of the year. What made it even better is that we played against a team that ends in 9th grade, so my 12- and 13-year olds were up against some 15-year olds. One of my shorter players is a scrappy and gifted soccer player and personally requested to guard their tallest player, who was probably around 6'2 with girth. Pestered him like a raptor, boxed him out like a boss and ripped away a few steals. Defensively, an amazing game: generated turnovers for transition offensive when we could and our halfcourt defense was really good: proud of how even the weaker players understand switching and various defensive stances depending on the situation. Offensively, the kids are getting better at reading space: still every freakin' team plays a 2-3, so sleepy teams leave the baseline open a lot, leaving me calling a lot of overload plays. Only a few of the kids can hit shots: one scored 16, another scored 14 and a few others scored a bucket. When all was said and done, we pulled ahead in the 4th and won by 11. Most importantly, this team is the most fun group I've had in a long time. Next year, they will all be 8th graders, so we should have a pretty good cohesive squad next year. At the very least, I know it'll be a fun, hard working group to coach: at this level, I'd much rather coach under-skilled but hard working teams over the opposite. Thanks for all your help this year! Faculty vs 8th grade game is Thursday! [/QUOTE]

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