Monday funday

Conditioning, offensive sets, defensive positioning, shooting and triple-threat drills. And 2-on-2 with on-ball pressure on made shots. Job well done, Thunder!

Lineup: Skylar Kawakami, Michael, Jance, Sierra, Tenchi Robinson. Jance still not cleared to run yet, but he's close.
Next:!Tuesday, 430 pm - Practice at Makiki Park.
WE LUB THIS GAAAAAME!!

Wednesday Funday

Nice turnout today at Makiki Park despite a lot of busy schedules. DJ, Chris and I got here and early. Jason was already here so we got a head start on shooting drills. Chris wait raining threes in with a very compact and fundamentally sound shooting form. Whatever he's been doing during all this time at football training is working nice.

With Chris there, everybody steps up his game. Tenchi went after it fast and hard like I haven't seen. A lot of that because Chris loves to challenge him personally, all in good fun and great competition. Real recognize real!

One by one guy arrived and joined the shooting drill until we split off into 3-point challenge. We later got a lot of low-post drills and wing drills in with Coach Bino working on the other rim. Finished with a short scrimmage.

Everybody worked hard today. Younger guys learning the way

Lineup: Jason, Jance, DJ, Chris, Jonah, Michael, Skyler, Tenchi, Kali'a. Always enjoy the leadership and unselfishness of our experienced leaders. Proud of our growing Thunder.
WE LOVE THIS GAME!!

Friday Funday

Optional shooting workout on a Friday means an almost empty parking lot and court. Cloud cover and only a slight breeze. Perfect. Jance on his way to 200 shots.

Wednesday Funday

Optional shooting workout was solid. Jance, Gabriel, Jason got in 200+ shots each. The wind was intermittent, so we did more layup drills than usual and finished up with triple-threat, jab-step 1-on-1 work. Also got some post 1-on-1 work done. I remember when Kyle, Tani and Chris used to go to battle with these drills back in 2013.

WE LOVE THIS GAME!!

Sunday Funday

Props to Jance, Jonah and Josh R for getting a lot of shooting work in today. Solid 2 hours of fundamentals. The reps keep adding up, refining and refining along the way. Each of these Thunder are at an age when it can be a tough transition with shooting mechanics, but they keep working and working. Stephen Curry went through a very drastic makeover when he was in high school between his sophomore and junior years, and he never stopped getting reps in. Mahalo to our dads for bringing the guys to Makiki Park on a sunny afternoon. And Mahalo to Joel, Jonah's dad, for bringing manapua. That was ono.

Monday funday

Good work by 4 Thunder on a breezy, drizzly afternoon at Makiki Park. We got plenty of ballhandling work in, then a lot of 2-on-2, fullcourt work, especially against traps. Then basic triple threat drills against physical man defense. We always need to be ready for that when referees allow plenty of contact. Finished up with free throws. Sierra was first (17-for-20). Another good step forward for the Thunder who put the work in.

Lineup: Sierra Murobayashi, Jared Elwin, Ryan Higashionna, Walter Berthold.

Next: Tuesday - No practice. Optional shooting drills at Makiki Park. Call/text me if you want to shoot 551-1054.
Wednesday, 7:00 pm - H1 Thunder vs. OTB (PAA 15U), Kilauea gym. Stretching/warmups 6:00 pm.
Thursday, 5:00 pm - Practice at Makiki Park.
WE LUB THIS GAAAAME!!

Monday funday

## Monday funday ##
Strong workout on a hot afternoon at Makiki Park for Ryan and Walter. Each guy got 300 shots in: layups, mid-range, bank shots, spin moves, jab steps, drives, floaters, and 100 3-pointers. A lot of guys are busy, but when we've got low numbers at practice, it's an opportunity to get lots of solid reps in.

200 shots a day, 5 days a week for 3 months is 12,000 shots. 300 shots a day? That comes out to 18,000 shots. Nobody can stop you but you. 

Lineup: Ryan Higashionna, Walter Berthold.
Next: Tuesday, 5:00 pm - Practice at Makiki Park.
WE LUB THIS GAME!

Monday funday

Got some solid shooting and triple threat work in today despite a constant breeze. We were 5 strong along with Kapaa's friend, Christian Salas. We also got some halfcourt offensive work in, working out the kinks, before the guys went 3-on-3 for the final 15-20 minutes. We'll be back at it tomorrow. 

Lineup: Radyn Kaleikini, Kapaa Nishimura, Chase Santos, Ryan Higashionna, Walter Berthold, Christian Salas. 

Next: Tuesday, 5:00 pm - Practice at Makiki Park.
WE LUB THIS GAME!

Sunday funday

Felcris Jay Corpuz Ahadain and Josh M DE Jesus getting shooting and 1-on-1 in. Ryan Higashionna just got here. Fun, breezy afternoon at Makiki Park. Later, we got about 200 shots in for each of the Thunder, everything from layups to mid-range to long-range shooting. Nothing like reps for an hour while everybody else sleeps.

WE LUB THIS GAME!

Josh turns 14 today (Aug. 4).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOSH!

Monday funday

Gray clouds and light showers kept most of the guys away today. But it never poured. In fact, the clouds stayed put over Manoa Valley and never arrived at Makiki Park. It was muggy, mostly dry and Javan and Ryan went to work. We did shooting, ballhandling, on-ball defensive drills, UCLA cuts, fullcourt layups and more for 60 minutes straight. 

Good work by two of our most distant Thunder! I was supposed to pick up Felcris Jay Corpuz Ahadain, but I crashed out in the afternoon and was too late to get him to practice. Sorry, Felcris.
Lineup: Ryan Higashionna (Ewa), Javan Montiho (Pearl City). 

Next: Tuesday, 10:00 am - Optional hill run.
Tuesday, 5:00 pm - Practice at Makiki Park.
WE LUB THIS GAME!!

Wednesday funday

Started out as an optional shooting workout, but we ended up with 8 Thunder working hard on basic fundamentals. Low post offense. Wing offense. I spent too much time on the road picking up guys from Kalihi and Kaimuki so we only had an hour, but it was a good, solid hour. 

Lineup: Javan Montiho, Radyn Kaleikini, Josh M DE Jesus, Chris Afe,Chase Santos, Kali'a Mielke, Felcris Jay Corpuz Ahadain, Kapaa Nishimura.
Kanehe Nishimura made it there later and got a few shots in.

Next: Thursday, 5:00 pm - Practice at Makiki Park.
Friday, 10:00 am - Optional hill run, Carlos Long St. (Palolo).
Saturday, 10:00 am - Practice at Makiki Park.
Sunday, 2:00 pm - FT Challenge, McCully gym/outside court.
WE LUB THIS GAME!

Tuesday funday

Good workout this afternoon before I went to work. Lots of ballhandling, passing, triple-threat, jumpers, layups in about 75 minutes.
Solid work by Javan Montiho, Walter Berthold and Thomas Baptiste. It's a grind sometimes, but the players who push themselves, who are self-motivated and not content will always get better. No substitute for working hard every day. None.

Next: Wednesday/Thursday - no practice. I have to work in the afternoons. If anybody wants to get some shooting reps in after 8:00 pm, that's when I'm free.
Friday, 5:00 pm - Practice at Makiki Park.
Saturday, 10:00 am - Thunder vs. OpenCourt (OBL 13U), Koko Head gym. Big challenge for us with so many guys busy on this day, but we will have more than enough to compete.

WE LUB THIS GAME!

Sunday Funday

Pau work. Shooting practice at McCully today was fun. Coach Roy & family camping, I was busy in the morning, so it was a limited group today: Javan and Kaiser. We got 1+ hour of work done. These guys don't mess around. Hard workers, no fooling around. WE LUB THIS GAME!

Monday's fab 5

Solid workout with tonight's Fab Five: Ryan Higashionna, Jared Elwin, Jerry Killion, Felcris Jay Corpuz and Micah Tong. Good work ethic, guys. There will improvement day by day as we get our timing down as a team. Passing. Screening. Man to man defense. It all takes time and work. You guys are putting in the most important investment: heart. Good job!

Sunday Funday (updated)

Note: Next practice is Monday, 6:00 pm, Kalakaua Gym. 

Good workout today at McCully Gym. A lot of shooting drills on V-Ray, Monday/Tuesday (wing and corner), fastbreak spot-up threes. Micah Visoria, Micah Tong, Kyle Moraga, Javan Montiho, Ryan Higashionna. Solid crew, solid work. Just relaxing now, got a lot of work done on the laptop. Pickup games took over. Heading to Makiki by 4:00 pm if anybody wants to get some shooting done.

Update Monday, 3:45 pm Forgot yesterday that today (Monday) would be a holiday. The gym will be closed, but we'll practice on the outside courts (Kalakaua). 

Wednesday work ethic

Good workout today with Tanielu, Chris, Jackson. Jackson is one of their friends from Kalakaua Middle School. Earlier, Ronny and Dennis played some pickup ball with them. Ronny plays some solid defense, quick and boxes out. Dennis can rebound and shoot the 3, and also goes to his left hand on the drive really well. Would be nice if they joined the Thunder, but we'll see.

Next workout is Saturday 10 am at Kalakaua since I work Thursday and Friday. If you guys want to work out on Thur/Fri, give Coach Roy and Kyle a call. That would be excellent. Sunday is definite, 11 am at McCully gym, 3 pm at Makiki Park. I LUB THIS GAME!

Working hard on a Tuesday

Good workout today with Kyle, Jimark and Josh at Kalakaua outside courts. Taught the brothers the basics on some offensive plays. Did a lot of triple-threat footwork drills from the wings. Just working hard and working smart day by day. The season opener is 1 month and 2 days away. I LUB THIS GAME.

Tuesday good, more on Wednesday

Good workout on Tuesday with Sierra, Kekai and Chase. Chase had to go early, but Kekai and Sierra got a LOT of triple-threat/jab step pull-up jumper work in. Nice job!

Back at the court today (Wednesday), 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday practice 4:30 pm

Walter is 10 and he is already more fundamentally sound than a lot of older kids who play this game. Good workout today, Walter!

Practice Tuesday 4:30 pm. See you there. I LUB DIS GAME.

Thank God it's Monday!

Monday 4:30 pm. Let's get to work!

Sunday's workout was solid. Kyle, Tanielu, Chris, Sierra, Walter and two new guys, Jaymark and Joshua. They're brothers and they attend Kalakaua Middle School with Tanielu and Chris. We worked on low post, high post, wing. Basics. Did some shooting drills, some 8-ball and 4-out work (cut to the low post).

Good news on the 13U front: HBA is maybe interested in playing an intermediate-level game with us. That would be cool. I like the school and their athletic department. They have a nice gym!