Great Falls Basketball2010-2011 Coaches
Meeting
Monday, 7:30PM – 9:00PM
October 25, 2010
Forestville Elementary School
Fred WeberCommissioner
Great Falls BasketballWelcome and Introductions
Agenda
GF Hoops Overview Fred Weber
Website Demo Greg Potteiger
Training Program Christie Shumadine
Referee Program Neal Abravanel
Leadership by Example Phil Simonides
Gyms & VBD Test Fred Weber
Breakouts with GGC’s All
New Board Members
Directors Leaving Ed Hott Billy White Jennie Bishoff Brenda Bosch Suzy Serger
* Re-elected
Nominations Dick Warrick – new posn Michelle Claude Greg Potteiger Larry Zmuda Debbie Volpicelli Salmi Rezvani Fran Scofield – new posn Neal Abravanel* Phil Simonides*
Great Falls Basketball 2010 – 2011Fred Weber CommissionerDick Warrick Director of SelectMalia Kishore Director of Girls House Grades 2-10Debbie Volpicelli Director of Boys House Grades 7-12Larry Zmuda Director of Boys House Grade 2-6Neal Abravanel* Director of RefereesMichelle Claude Director of RefereesGreg Potteiger Director of Information & SchedulingFran Scofield Director of FacilitiesDave Hamilton Director of EquipmentChristie Shumadine Director of Player and Coach Training,
TreasurerSalmi Rezvani Director of BOD OperationsPhil Simonides* Director of Coaches
Subcommittees - Task Forces
Player & Coach Training and Development (Christie)
Website (Greg) Select Program (Dick) House Program (Malia) Referee Program (Neal)
Outputs: Some Changes
Select Program New Website Program Expansion (K – 12) Year Round Basketball Opportunities Equipment Changes/Upgrades
Players Jerseys (Team Names) Basketballs Coaches Shirts
Program LogisticsA Snapshot 1163 Players (1055 House/108 Select) 1643 Parents 122 Teams (111 House/11 Select) 114 Referees 800 House Games 2255 Referee Assignments 1285 Uniforms 7 Gyms
“Thank You!!” to Our Volunteers 13 Board Members 18 Grade Group Coordinators (GGC’s) 122 Coaches
14 Coaching Multiple Teams
Greg Potteiger
DirectorInformation & Scheduling
Website Overview
All League information (Schedules, Rules etc.) Should be parents “First Stop” for information.
Coaches: responsible for updating / maintaining certain information: Game Scores / Outcomes Game Summaries / Coach’s Blog (optional) End of year player evaluations
Demo Coach’s will receive:
usernames and passwords “Help” sheet before season start
Malia Kishore
Director of Girls HouseGrades 2 - 10
Girls Director and GGC’s
Director – Malia Kishore
Grade 2- Lisa MediciGrade 3- Lisa RymszaGrade 4- Dana BoydGrade 5- Barbara YoungGrade 6- Heather JacobsGrade 7- Terri NussbaumGrade 8- Shari BrittGrade 9/10- Salmi Rezvani*
Larry Zmuda
Director of Boys HouseGrades 2 - 6
Director Boys (Grades 2–6) & GGC’sDirector – Larry Zmuda
Grade 2 - Cori Johnson
Grade 3 - Arun Muralidhar
Grade 4 - Julie Dunlap
Grade 5 - Sara Viener/Barbara Kelley
Grade 6 - Nancy Collins/Rebekah Bardwell
Debbie Volpicelli
Director of Boys HouseGrades 7 - 12
Director Boys (Grades 8-12) & GGC’sDirector – Debbie Volpicelli
7th Grade - Beccie Collier
8th Grade - Debbie Volpicelli*
9th Grade - TBD
10th Grade - Nancy Murray*
11/12 Grade - TBD
Fran Scofield
Director of Facilities
Gym StatusCapacity is Tight (AGAIN!)
Just received winter gym allocations. We don’t have:
Lake Anne ES - due to renovation. YMCA Teen Center – still working on it.
Just enough to fit everyone.
Key Dates Nov 3 (Wed) House League Player Allocation "Tryout" SessionsNov 4 (Thur) House League Player Allocation "Tryout" SessionsNov 5 (Fri) House League Player Allocation "Tryout" SessionsNov 6 (Sat) House League Player Allocation "Tryout" SessionsNov 7 (Sun) House League Player Allocation "Tryout" Sessions
Nov 9 (Tues) Training for House League CoachesNov 18 (Thur) Training for House League Coaches
Nov 21 (Sun) House League game schedules published to web site
Nov 15 (Mon)through
Nov 22 (Mon) House League Player Allocation/Drafts
Gyms
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
County Gym ContactsWeekends & Weeknights
Coaches:
Call 703-324-5515
Leave message: After Hours On-Call Monitor
Who will respond promptly.
Christie Shumadine
Treasurer
Director of
Player and Coach Training
Basketball Year-Round
Summer Programs Weekly skills, drills & scrimmages by age group Sunday shooting clinics Two camps in August 215 kids participated in these camps; some in more than one!
Fall Programs Weekday shooting clinics and skills clinics
PLAN GOING FORWARD IS TO CONTINUE THESE OFFERINGS IN SPRING AND SUMMER!!
SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS
Player & Coach Training Agenda of Topics
Player Training and Development Fundamentals Safety
Coach Training Programs oneononebasketball.com
Player Training
Coaches: Primary Source of Training and Development
One on One Basketball, Inc. 1st Grade – 10 weeks skills and drills training 2nd Grade – 11 weeks (90 minute sessions)
7 Weeks Skills Training; 4 Weeks Full Court Games 3rd thru 10th Grade
One on One - assists all teams for one entire practice. Coaches to identify areas of need in advance. One on One then provides team specific sessions.
Training for Coaches
One on One Basketball, Inc Mandatory attendance at 90 minute session on
either Nov 9 or Nov 18 session Each night:
One session for 2nd – 5th grade One session for 6th – 10th grade
Offering Age Group Appropriate: Skill Level Assessment Methods Drills – individual and team How to Structure Practices and Practice Plans Q & A Sessions
Key Dates Mark Your Calendars
Coaching Clinics Group A: Grades 2-5 Group B: Grades 6-10 11/9 Loc TBA 6:00PM–7:30PM Group A
7:30PM-9:00PM Group B 11/18 Loc TBA 6:00PM–7:30PM Group B
7:30PM-9:00PM Group A Coaching Blitz
If you want additional help in December, send a note to [email protected] and we’ll set you up with a trainer at your practice session
In January at your practice location – Mandatory
Coaches ManualFind it on the GFHoops Website
Code of Conduct House Coaching Checklist Master 2010-2011 Calendar House League Rules of Play Tryouts and Player Allocation/Selection
Procedure Everything you need is on the website
Skill Evaluations and Team DraftLogistics Skill Evaluations
Read the process document before tryouts
Five Skill Areas: Ball Handling Shooting Defense Passing Rebounding
Recording secretary – to collect data
Consistency
Draft Goal: Balanced Teams Information Sharing No substitutes in your
age group No pre-assignment of
asst coaches if they have a child in the group
Equipment Changes/Upgrades Players Jerseys
No more NBA/WNBA Jerseys Basketballs
Improved quality Coaches Shirts
Improved Quality Will NOT be provided each year
Fill out order form on your seat Turn in to your GGC Tonight.
You may order more than 1 (1st one is on GFHoops)
Neal Abravanel&
Michelle Claude
The Referee Program
Referee Program2 Directors
Neal Abravanel and
Michelle Claude Recruits Referees Trains Referees Manages Referee
Performance Reviews game feedback
from gym coordinators, coaches, and others
Provides feedback to referees
“Rule of the Week” email
Mike Cafferky Assigns Refs to Games
Keeps Work Records Computes Pay
Sean Keating and Kathryn Hemlock On-court ref trainers in
grade 3 games.
Referee Program100+ Referees
Experience 2008 2009 2010
1 12 41 36
2 28 18 22
3 19 13 18
4 13 17 15
5+ 30 20 11
Total 102 118 114
Referee Program
We lost quite a few experienced refs this past year through graduation. Adult vs kid refs.
Training for refs commenced at the beginning of October and continues through Thanksgiving.
Top Coaches Complaints: Lack of calls made for contact fouls, rules knowledge, “swallowing” the whistle.
Top Ref Complaints: Coaches “helping” the ref make calls, uncontrolled parents, rules knowledge
Feedback: Always welcome but make it “teachable” If you have concerns, you can contact Neal after the
game to discuss further. [email protected]
Referee ProgramRule Reminders
Two or more players CANNOT defend the ball or player unless they are driving to the basket in boys grade 5 and below. Refs are being instructed to call this.
No such thing as “over the back” or “reach in”. There MUST be contact in order to have a foul called.
Understand the GFHoops local rules and create a substitution flow chart for your game, particularly if you have an 8 player team
Phil Simonides
Director of Coaches
CoachesYou Are The Key to Our Success!
Model Positive Behavior – both winning & losing
Teach Children the Game Spread The Playing Time Manage Your Parents* Respect Referees Youth Coaches Have Fun!
Coaches Issues From Prior YearsDON’TS Flagrant Fouls. Running up the score Too many “coaches” yelling
during game Harsh coaching Improper substitutions Abusive behavior from
coaches to refs Coaches taunting each other
DOs: 5 pass rule, no press, no 3
pointers, change player positions
At most two assistants Be positive AND instructive Have a playtime game plan Control your
players/yourself – no trash talking and unsportsmanlike conduct
Behavior Incidents Last Year Issues
Spoke to several coaches after games
Behavior of assistant coaches deplorable in some instances
Parents and coaches battling on some issues
Harsh coaching styles addressed
Themes Parents thought refs
weren’t calling games closely enough and it was too physical
Parents thought their child was being called too frequently for fouling
Coaches/parents calling fouls out too often
Refs got intimidated – embarrassing to GF Hoops
Parent Messages Goal: Model Positive Behavior for the kids.
This is more than basketball. It's about teaching good sportsmanship.
Zero Tolerance: for verbally abusing the refs. They are an important part of our program. Contact your coach or Neal Abravanel...don't yell at the refs. Yelling 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. Remember: Our refs are kids.
Think - about the impact of yelling at children in a public forum
Coach Messages Same points as parents -- plus the following: You went to the Coaches meeting and know what
we expect. You acknowledged Code of Conduct when you registered.
Zero Tolerance -- This cannot happen from a coach. You are the role model.
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.
VBD Test – Fran ScofieldVolunteer Building Directors
Coaches go to: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/rec/team_sports/volbld_dir.htm
Create an account Watch the video Take the test on-line. Certificates - sent via e-mail. (Certification good for 2 years)
Coaches – you are the face of the organization Protect and enhance the GF Hoops reputation The facilities we share must be treated with care and respect. Leave GYMS in EQUAL to or BETTER shape than when you
arrived.
Wrap Up Q and A Breakouts with GGC’s
Determine Team Names Get Practice Slots