New players need the most work

Just finishing up work. I covered the girls playoff game between Kaimuki and Kapolei (Kaimuki won). Just heard from Coach Roy, had a small turnout for practice today. For Wednesday's practice, we need to work on our pressbreakers, presses, halfcourt offense, inbounds plays. Reps, reps, reps. You guys have to remember, we need to work together as a team at practice and get all our timing and precision down. I know everybody wants to scrimmage, but that's the last thing we need.

So focus on all the basics at practice tomorrow (I have to work again). NO SCRIMMAGING. Going 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 or even 5-on-5 to work on our offense and defense is fine, but not a full-on scrimmage for an extended time. Save the legs for conditioning and focus with Coach Roy and our team leaders like Kyle, Tanielu and Chris on the things that we need to execute come game time on Saturday.

Our new guys, like Malosi, Javan and Felcris, have so much to learn. We can't waste time scrimmaging when there's a lot of learning to be done first. I know it sucks sometimes, but repetition is KEY to success at this early part of the year. Trust me. The teams that only scrimmage at practice are the ones who buckle under pressure the most. Getting our newest guys up to speed is huge, especially for guys who have hardly been to any practices so far, if any.

So be patient, keep working together and focus on the big picture and the big prize.

WE LUB THIS GAME!