Basketball results -- Week 2

Well, we did manage to get ourselves in the win column this morning, but we just didn't seem to be into the games this morning.

Our first game was against the Moravia Mohawks. You could tell from the beginning that we were the better team athletically. Moravia was not very big, and they struggled to get too many shots up on the rim. This was a game that we should have won by 25 or more points. We did a lot of things that make a coach want to pull his hair out. We didn't take care of the basketball well, and we made some dumb turnovers at bad times. We did manage to win the game 20-7, but it could have been much worse. We need to learn to take care of the ball, and to finish shots around the rim.

The second game, against Chariton, was U-G-L-Y!!!! We started out well, and held a 1 point lead after the first quarter, but after that we fell apart. Chariton really put it to us. They shot the ball until they made it. We failed to even try to rebound the basketball. We never got back on defense, and they would simply fast break us to death. I think that my boys were completely intimidated by them. Too many times I heard the kids talk about how big they were, and that they were all 4th graders. When we have that kind of attitude going in, it makes it even tougher to instill any confidence in the kids. The final score was 48-9, and frankly it could have been worse.

We know what we need to work on at this point, and we will get through it. All I want to see from the kids is improvement from this point on. Until next weekend...........Go Blue!!!!