AAU/Coaching discussions

[Coach Jumper]

The thing about a bench with 10 players who are seeking playing time is that, you as a coach should know what these players talents are and if they need to play now or next year. That is a difficult juggling act for some coaches and they seem to always have trouble with the players who want to play now. I think a coach has to let a player know what is expected of that player. If they are being developed for next year, it is better for the team and the player to let them know this is what you are doing as the coach.

OR... You can run your starters until you get a lead and when you do get a lead, sub Dean Smith style as long as the margin is good. . . . When I did this I would tell my girls, "I will let you sub 5in 5out until they get within "X"-points...(Depending on the foe at that particular game played)... If the foe cut into the lead closer than the spread I gave them, I went back to my rotation.

It worked wonders and it gave the girls plenty of floor time. Plus, they knew exactly where their mendoza line was.

 

[Nuyoika]

OR... You can run your starters until you get a lead and when you do get a lead, sub Dean Smith style as long as the margin is good. . . . When I did this I would tell my girls, "I will let you sub 5in 5out until they get within "X"-points...(Depending on the foe at that particular game played)... If the foe cut into the lead closer than the spread I gave them, I went back to my rotation.

It worked wonders and it gave the girls plenty of floor time. Plus, they knew exactly where their mendoza line was.

So you only had 2 complete rotations and never deviated? Or did the starters fluctuate so that you could have more than 2 rotations?

 

[Coach Jumper]

So you only had 2 complete rotations and never deviated? Or did the starters fluctuate so that you could have more than 2 rotations?

I carried 13 girls per team...Once we established a good lead-margin, we went to 5in5out. 5 went in, the 3 left would slide down toward the coach, the next 3 sitting down from the ones off the floor joined the 2 left.... Doing this almost never had the same crew in in the same game. It also kept them from looking for a particular friend or first-option and made them look for everybody instead of "one person"...This also taught them to be very flexible since sometimes all the height or all the BH's were on the bench.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjvIZMA3ojE

You can see it in this game... It was a Mother's Day 12U tourney Championship. (Normal starting five: 1,23,35,24,34)

(Yes, the other team did win four to get to the Championship game.)

Check out the ball movement, footwork on man-defense and notice that every girl scores.

 

[xanamanax]

OR... You can run your starters until you get a lead and when you do get a lead, sub Dean Smith style as long as the margin is good. . . . When I did this I would tell my girls, "I will let you sub 5in 5out until they get within "X"-points...(Depending on the foe at that particular game played)... If the foe cut into the lead closer than the spread I gave them, I went back to my rotation.

It worked wonders and it gave the girls plenty of floor time. Plus, they knew exactly where their mendoza line was.

Ahh, seeing a reference to the Mendoza Line always gives me a warm fuzzy.