Edina 9th Grade Girls Basketball: 12-10-2007 Weekly Update #3

Weekly Update

Every week to two weeks, we will post our weekly update that will provide information on what we are working on, the upcoming schedule of events, and where each girl will be playing. Although this is outlined in advance, we appreciate your understanding that circumstances will sometimes require us to be flexible and deviate from our original assignments and schedule.

Current Focus

This week we will continue to work on offensive and defensive schemes. Defensively, we continue to improve—we are jumping to ball more (on deny and help position) but still not enough. We need to do a better job of getting our hand in the passing lane in deny position and pressuring the ball (at the moment, our opponent easily moves the ball on the perimeter). Our “vision” is better but we still lose the ball at times. We will review our 1-2-2 full court defense (fist) and work to get in proper position on our zone press break (overlaod). When we are in proper position on the press break and focus on beating pressure with the pass, we do some really good things. We continue to spend more time working on developing fundamental skills than learning plays as that will help our players to compete at a higher level. That being said, we will review our offense and continue to emphasize the importance of running an offense.

Each week we focus on developing shooting (including layups), ball handling and passing skills. Players will participate in the free-throw ladder. We always work on transition, emphasizing the fast break. We will reinforce boxing out and defensive position. And we will use daily game situations (controlled 5 on 5) to reinforce all skills and schemes taught. We have seen steady improvement thanks to the hard work and coachability of our players.

Current Roster

We expect to make some changes to the current roster (A, Shared, B designations) later this week.

A Team	Shared 2A-1B	Share 1A-2B	B Team
Sarah E. (G)	Cori (G)	Andrea (G)	Sasha (G)
	Paige (G)	Kirstin (G)	Haley (F)
	Emily (G)	Karen (F)	Katherine (F)
	Sarah R. (G)	Kelsey (F)
	Brooke (G)	Olivia (F)
	Tess (F)
	Julia (F)
	Rebecca (F)

Injuries

The roster is subject to change at anytime. Practices, games, injuries and illness will affect the distribution of players.

Weekly Schedule

(Subject to Change/Adjustments—Thanks for your understanding)

Date	Event	Time	Location	Notes
12-10	Home game vs. Benilde	3:45—A	SVMS	Green Uniforms
12-11	Practice	2:45-5:00	VVMS
12-12	Away Game @ Minnetonka	4:00—A 5:00—B	Minnetonka M.S. West	White Uniforms
12-13	NO PRACTICE			A well-deserved break
12-14	Home Game vs. Shakopee	4:00—A 5:00—B	VVMS	Green Uniforms Pictures too
12-15	HOT SHOTS	7:30-Noon	VVMS	Bring something to drink. Buck will provide bagels