Tournament Time

Hey everyone,

I guess I want to just ramble about the tournament.  What we learned, the mistakes, the lessons, the things we did great. Everything.  I just want to get it down somewhere, to log it.

I'm going to break it down in to offensive and defensive categories:

Defense:

The Mark: This is THE part of the defense that holds the team together. The mark's job is the block one half of the field
I think our team this weekend was OKAY at playing the mark.  I felt like we could have stopped more break throws than we did.  However, for the first tournament with the whole squad, I think our marks were at least active and engaged.  We might have to teach the mark in a different way.

Down-field D:
We let a lot of deep shots with our down field defense.  What I saw on the field was slow reaction times, slow positioning, and almost lazy response to cuts.... That won't cut it. Down field defenders need to be aggressive and positioned correctly, so that we can generate turns not just wait for them.

SPEED:
I think our team also needs to get up to speed on conditioning in general.  #1 We need track practices.....That will definitely help our endurance and power.  One of the most important aspects is quickness and agility in cutting.  This comes from sprints Sprints and MORE SPRINTS.

During the springs part of the season, or even in the winter, we will begin to have mandatory track practices.
OH NO you say?? It's for the good of the team!

Modularity:
I guess you don't hear this in sports often...  I want our team to have an arsenal of different types of defenses not stuck and forced to use one, obvious man coverage deal.  I have linked defenses before in previous blogs.  I feel like our team this week was very predictable and did not surprise or make other teams think about or question the defense we used. BLAH.  Boring I know.  My goal for the rest of the season is to fix this situation.