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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 4814755, member: 5787"] I'm now in my tenth? year of middle school coaching at a small international middle school where a small minority of my players play basketball outside of school or watch any basketball, so obviously I have a very different context than you. That being said, I don't have games until January, so my 50 minute practices, 2x a week are I'd say 50% skill building (including defense), 30% BBIQ (shell drill; motion-ish type movement either 5-out of 4-out; 4-on-3 halfcourt "scrimmages" where the 3 defenders work on help defense and aren't allowed to guard a specific player) and then 20% open scrimmage. I also talk about non-negotiables: be a good teammate; be prepared; put in a strong effort at all times. I love this, because one of my most "skilled" players is a stare-at-the-ground overdribbler with the worst conditioning on the team and can't play a lick of defense. Softer than Armando Bacot. I've already told him "just to let you know, I'll probably start you, but the way you are playing, I doubt you can handle two or three minutes on the court at a time". My best non-basketball players are usually the high-IQ soccer players (most of our kids are excellent soccer players) who know how to cut, find open space, and move without the ball without any plays drawn up. They make our motion offense sing. With the way my roster is set up, I'll probably have two of my four knowledgable basketball players on at all times, and then two high-IQ soccer players and then sprinkle in some of the duds (I've got three out of 13) who will only earn playing time if they at least fake that they are trying on defense. [/QUOTE]

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