TREY BARNES RECAPTURES FREE THROW LADDER

Boys Basketball Practice – Monday, December 9

Trey Barnes became the first player to sit on top the Free Throw Ladder for the 2nd time.  Trey was our initial leader but was knocked off in his first attempt to defend the top position.  He has since worked his way up the entire ladder and recaptured the top spot with a 4-3 victory over Caleb Farmer.  Trey made his final free throw to prevent a sudden death overtime.  Trey’s opponent will be Mitch Moore.  Mitch will be making his first attempt at winning the coveted top position.  Nate Johnson established a new team high for the free throw competition hitting 9 of 10 shots.

Practice today concentrated on final preprations for tomorrow’s game against Garr Christian.  Inbounds plays and a 40 minute scrimmage were the highlights.   Several of our players have never competed in an official basketball game.  We expect all the players to be nervous but we also expect them to play with all their hearts.  Coach Scott told the players not to be afraid to make a mistake.  Mistakes happen in sports as well as in life.  It’s what you do after the mistake that counts.   If you get down on yourself and dwell on the negative, failure often follows.  If you keep on playing and learn from your mistake,  success will come. 

 Uniforms were handed out after practive ended.  The uniforms are pretty cool, dark green with white lettering and white trim.  Arborbrook is written in a semi circle over the number.  The Game starts at 4:15 for anyone that can make it.

REVIEW

Boys Basketball Practice – Wed, Dec 5

Most of the team was practicing for the Christmas Program, so we had only 5 players at practice today.  We concentrated on dribbling, shooting, and ball handling. 

Practice began with stretching  and then 2 sets of the Blue Devil Drill.  A short shot shooting drill was  followed by 30 free throws.  We gave the players a chance to establish a new personal best in the Tar Heel Drill.  Alan Fox and Nate Johnson were both successful and now have new personal bests.  We did not hold a team huddle since most of the team was missing.

The players have consistantly requested approval to shoot 3 point shots.  The coaches believe this is not only a difficult shot but also very low percentage.  We held a 3 point shooting contest where each player was required to shoot thirty 3 pointers from different areas on the court.  Most of the players made 3 shots or less, Caleb Robinson lead the way with 7 which is only 23%.  This was a designed exercise to show how difficult this shot really is.

We moved on to the 2 ball dribble (dribbling a ball with each hand) and the between the legs dribble.  The players love Knock Out and Coach Scott always participates.  The highlight of practice is when one of the players can beat Coach Scott.  2 on 2 competition came after Knock Out and practice ended whith a defensive slide Falcon.

ARBORBROOK FALCONS – WE CONTROL OUR REPUTATION

Boys Basketball Practice – Monday, Dec 3

We welcomed a new player to out team today, 9th grader Nate Johnson.  Practice began as usual with our stretching exercises and a review of rebounding.  We moved into the “IT” Dribble contest and proceeded with 3 on 3 team competitons for rebounding.

With our first game only one week away, we installed 2 inbound plays.  One play is designed to get the ball inbounds while the other play is designed to score.  The Tip In Drill  followed and the players showed great improvement over the first time the drill was introduced. 

The Free Throw Ladder lead us into the team huddle.  Caleb Farmer now sits on top the ladder.  Caleb is our 5th different player to hold the top position.  The team huddle centered around the question; “What will people think when they hear the name, Arborbrook Falcons?”  Our name represents not only the basketball team, but also the school, our parents, and God.  We can control our reputation by our actions, our attitudes, and our words.  We may not score the most points, but our goal is to make God proud of us.  If God is proud of us, then we have represented the school and our parents well.

We spent the last part of practice working on our first organised offensive play.  We had planned on introducing 2 plays but the players did not grasp the first play.  We have work to do in this area.  We completed the practice with wall sits / laps.  The players set a new record of 5:06:03.