Congrats to the 16U for another win in the Aiea League. Mind you, that was a very young, inexperienced team (Hoops 4 Christ II) we played, and though we won by 23, it doesn't feel complete. But there's no disputing this: you guys hustled and played hard. Those are the most basic common denominators to success.
Things to work on this weekend (and beyond):
• Pressbreaker. It didn't happen at all while we were being pressed in the second half, and the turnovers resulted. Two defenders try to trap you? Slow down, back up if necessary and do the math. One of your teammates is wide open.
• Halfcourt man offense execution. Needs more work. We're getting there.
• Boxing out? Almost nonexistent from a team standpoint. We will work on this much more.
Pluses?
• Good fullcourt pressure. Not great (yet), but definitely good. Too many hand checks, and we could/should have made more traps at midcourt on tired dribblers.
• Nice passing on many possessions against their zone and man defenses. Isaiah and Mike, you guys connected on the entry passes beautifully to start the game. Great job of recognizing the mismatch.
• Mick and Alleck connected on a perfect backdoor (Princeton) cut and bounce pass. We need this all the time when defenses start overplaying the lanes. Make them pay!
• Solid free-throw shooting, including Chase and Mick.
• Rebounding. Second team did fairly well, particularly Kaelen. But again, a lot of guys did not box out.
Schedule
Saturday, 11 a.m. Practice
Sunday, 2 p.m. 17U game, Palolo gym. Be there by 1 p.m.
Sunday, 4 p.m. 15U/16U/17U, shooting and ballhandling workout, and pizza party, Makiki Park.
Monday, 4:30 p.m. Practice
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