Great Falls Basketball2010-2011 Coaches

MeetingMonday, 7:30PM – 9:00PM

October 25, 2010Forestville Elementary School

Fred WeberCommissioner

Great Falls BasketballWelcome and Introductions

Agenda

GF Hoops Overview Fred WeberWebsite Demo Greg PotteigerTraining Program Christie ShumadineReferee Program Neal AbravanelLeadership by Example Phil SimonidesGyms & VBD Test Fred WeberBreakouts 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 JohnsonGrade 3 - Arun MuralidharGrade 4 - Julie DunlapGrade 5 - Sara Viener/Barbara KelleyGrade 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 Collier8th Grade - Debbie Volpicelli*9th Grade - TBD10th 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 christie@gfhoops.com 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 ClaudeThe 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. Neal@gfhoops.com

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