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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 3609594, member: 5787"] Depends on what level you coach. I coach at my school, grade 5-8 but most experience with boys grade 5-6. No playoffs, no standings but we compete against other schools throughout Fairfield and Westchester county. At that age and level of ability, what’s important to me is grit, team work, fundamentals, game awareness and respect to players and refs. I love high energy players who work their butts off on the boards and with on-ball defense. I tell the kids I don’t care if you miss shots, just don’t take bad shots. Thankfully, where I coach, the record doesn’t matter. As long as the kids are supported, have fun and are good examples for our school. It does suck sometimes to coach against a few clueless coaches who treat their players and the refs like it’s a varsity high school game. That’s often a time I’ll share a chuckle with the ref. [/QUOTE]