Two more sleeps until I coach my first game of the 2008/09 Season. I can't wait to see what my team can do. I have been working hard on our game plan and goals for the first game. I may not be able to sleep Friday night and I will be bouncing off the walls at work....at Build A Bear Workshop, a good place to be when one is all excited.
I made a new bear today, to celebrate the success of getting my first pay cheque for coaching basketball. Yes, a very important occassion, worthy of a grand celebration.
I love coaching practices, but it's the adrenaline rush of coaching a game and all the strategizing and team building that I really love.
Well, it's off to sleep after a fabulous day. I spent most of the day with my friend Michelle and her very adorable daughter, who makes me giggle-a lot. Then at Build a Bear tonight I got my 1 year certificate and a very cute new bear to celebrate my 1 year anniversary at Build a Bear, better late than never as I have actually been there at least 1.5 years.
Well, that's it for another day.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Steve Nash Season is underway...
It is official, basketball has begun for the Delbrook Steve Nash Youth League in North Van. On Saturday I held my first of what will be 2 Referee Clinics this season and I am excited. Though they were an extremely quiet group, I believe this will be another successful season. 18 Rookies attended my Referee program and many of the Senior Referees were there to "help".
The time went quickly, atleast for me. The attendees may have some different to say on the subject. Interestingly, less girls showed up this year. Usually it's almost evenly divided, but this year it's mostly guys. I am very excited to get to the practical training component and developing my new referees, as well as challenging the Juniors and the Seniors.
I'm sure it is going to be another season full of eventful moments, good laughs (those hilarious gr 4/5's) and a frustrating moment or two with the gr 8/9 girls. All in all, I am excited about a new season full of possibility. I am done recruiting for this year.....but by November I will be keeping an eye out for next years Superstar Potentials.
Our first games are this weekend, but we stagger the start of each age group, so it's only the 8/9's I have to worry about-and even then, I coach a gr 8/9 girls team, so I will be there.
Yes, it has been a busy week. The Ref Clinic was on Saturday, on Monday I received my Team Roster for my 8/9 Girls and we had our first practice on Tuesday. I really enjoy working with the Referees, but coaching is where my heart really is. I love coaching. I have 11 girls on my team and as usual, mostly guards, which means I have to get at it and quickly turn a few of those guards and undecided's into Post Players. We covered most of the basics in practice and I taught a new hi-level drill that they will be using to warm up with.
The team has a lot of potential, but they need to pick up their work habits a little if they want to survive high school try-outs. I am really looking forward to coaching the team and seeing how we do. Of course we have a tough act to follow, my team last year went undefeated....not that i expect the same results, it's mostly a different team and I don't want to put that much pressure on them.
But I do expect them to work hard and do their absolute best. I have expectations that are just as high for myself, or even higher.
Thus I have ordered some new books to read....1-4 Motion Offense and Kim Mulkey's Book (the Baylor Women's Coach) . Just a little light reading as the season begins.
It was such a treat to be able to watch Baylor play up here against SFU and even better, a couple of moments to chat with Coach Kim. I sat in the stands with the Baylor Crowd and I don't for a second feel bad about that. I wasn't being disloyal to my own "hometown" team, I was celebrating the competition for coming all this way on a long weekend to play. lol. It really was a fabulous way to really "kick off" the start of the Steve Nash Youth Basketball Season.
I also went back to SFU the following day to see LSU. Interestingly, while LSU (Baton Rouge) was up here playing against SFU, UBC and TWU, Hurricane Gustav was battering the city of Baton Rouge. Sitting there watching the game and seeing a constant blur of Purple and Gold made it almost a little difficult to concentrate. I was thinking about New Orleans and checking CNN on my phone often for updates on the storm, worried about my friends who had chosen to stay in New Orleans to help after the storm.
And with that, I am off to finish reading my "Geno" book, for the 2nd time-looking for a little inspiration from my all-time favorite College Coach. I want to finish the book before my other 3 books arrive next week. Atleast I have a lot of reading to keep me entertained on the buses as I travel around the city for Basketball.
Basketball....the season has begun....yayyyy!
The time went quickly, atleast for me. The attendees may have some different to say on the subject. Interestingly, less girls showed up this year. Usually it's almost evenly divided, but this year it's mostly guys. I am very excited to get to the practical training component and developing my new referees, as well as challenging the Juniors and the Seniors.
I'm sure it is going to be another season full of eventful moments, good laughs (those hilarious gr 4/5's) and a frustrating moment or two with the gr 8/9 girls. All in all, I am excited about a new season full of possibility. I am done recruiting for this year.....but by November I will be keeping an eye out for next years Superstar Potentials.
Our first games are this weekend, but we stagger the start of each age group, so it's only the 8/9's I have to worry about-and even then, I coach a gr 8/9 girls team, so I will be there.
Yes, it has been a busy week. The Ref Clinic was on Saturday, on Monday I received my Team Roster for my 8/9 Girls and we had our first practice on Tuesday. I really enjoy working with the Referees, but coaching is where my heart really is. I love coaching. I have 11 girls on my team and as usual, mostly guards, which means I have to get at it and quickly turn a few of those guards and undecided's into Post Players. We covered most of the basics in practice and I taught a new hi-level drill that they will be using to warm up with.
The team has a lot of potential, but they need to pick up their work habits a little if they want to survive high school try-outs. I am really looking forward to coaching the team and seeing how we do. Of course we have a tough act to follow, my team last year went undefeated....not that i expect the same results, it's mostly a different team and I don't want to put that much pressure on them.
But I do expect them to work hard and do their absolute best. I have expectations that are just as high for myself, or even higher.
Thus I have ordered some new books to read....1-4 Motion Offense and Kim Mulkey's Book (the Baylor Women's Coach) . Just a little light reading as the season begins.
It was such a treat to be able to watch Baylor play up here against SFU and even better, a couple of moments to chat with Coach Kim. I sat in the stands with the Baylor Crowd and I don't for a second feel bad about that. I wasn't being disloyal to my own "hometown" team, I was celebrating the competition for coming all this way on a long weekend to play. lol. It really was a fabulous way to really "kick off" the start of the Steve Nash Youth Basketball Season.
I also went back to SFU the following day to see LSU. Interestingly, while LSU (Baton Rouge) was up here playing against SFU, UBC and TWU, Hurricane Gustav was battering the city of Baton Rouge. Sitting there watching the game and seeing a constant blur of Purple and Gold made it almost a little difficult to concentrate. I was thinking about New Orleans and checking CNN on my phone often for updates on the storm, worried about my friends who had chosen to stay in New Orleans to help after the storm.
And with that, I am off to finish reading my "Geno" book, for the 2nd time-looking for a little inspiration from my all-time favorite College Coach. I want to finish the book before my other 3 books arrive next week. Atleast I have a lot of reading to keep me entertained on the buses as I travel around the city for Basketball.
Basketball....the season has begun....yayyyy!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Bball Season, Again!
It is September and I anxiously await the start of basketball season. After New Orleans I kept myself busy and entertained by volunteering at Theatre Under the Stars all summer. Volunteering in the Theatre is a lot like being around basketball people. Focused, fun, loud and a little crazy. I miss all my Theatre Friends, but I am glad that BBall season is just around the corner....atleast for the Steve Nash Youth League.
Saturday is the Referee Training Clinic I put on for all my Referees in the League. As Referee Coordinator, I like to work on recruiting Referees, as well as taking on Players from the League. I look forward to training a new group of Referees, as well as the return of last years Referees.
As a coach in the Steve Nash League, I have a tough job ahead of me. Last year my team went undefeated, which caused a little controversy. But that's ok, I know that there are games the team would have lost if they had had a weaker coach and I take pride in that. I look forward to a new season of challenges. That's all for the moment....
Saturday is the Referee Training Clinic I put on for all my Referees in the League. As Referee Coordinator, I like to work on recruiting Referees, as well as taking on Players from the League. I look forward to training a new group of Referees, as well as the return of last years Referees.
As a coach in the Steve Nash League, I have a tough job ahead of me. Last year my team went undefeated, which caused a little controversy. But that's ok, I know that there are games the team would have lost if they had had a weaker coach and I take pride in that. I look forward to a new season of challenges. That's all for the moment....
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