Great training session

Congratulations girls on a great session.

Lots of ball skills and some set play rehearsal.

Game 1L 11-23

Outstanding effort girls.

I’m very excited about our season ahead.

You all took beautifully to out set plays and structures.

Terrific rebounding Trish 

Outstanding dribbling Viv 

Great hustle Kirra

Excellent D Ruby

Amazing dribbling Shanali

An exciting time ahead.

We were all very puffed after a fast paced game!

Well Done Girls

The first few rounds

The first few rounds are known as grading. 
Teams play three / four rounds and then in consultation with the association may move up or down a division.

The association usually only release game times one or two weeks in advance.
Once I have a full season schedule released I will publish it.

At present I only have that we play Wed 24th April 4.20m.

We will train Friday of Week One of Term  3.45- 4.30pm

Dear Parents, 

Welcome to the Winter Season 2019. This year I will be coaching/managing the Girton Opals U 12 Div 2 Side. I look forward to working with the girls this season on their basketball and keeping you all well informed of what we are achieving and aiming for. 

INSURANCE

Please ensure you have paid you basketball insurance before Round 1.  Your child can not take the court until the fee is paid. It can be done online or at the stadium.  Any enquiries regarding this may be directed to our basketball administrator Deirdre Tunzi deirdretunzi@girton.vic.edu.au

Girton Opals have been entered into the competition and you should have received a link to register.
I have included this below - Team code is 2707796
https://membership.sportstg.com/regoform.cgi?aID=5642&fID=54786&teamcode=2707796&Temp=&formID=54786&pKey=a33355b998376ae3c71c9da79a8624bf

GAME TIMES/ SCORING/VOTING

All parents are expected to score and nominate 3 players for Best and Fairest votes. If you are unable to score and vote at your scheduled game, please make a swap with another parent. I will send a scoring roster reminder out each week. If you are uncomfortable or unsure giving votes please liaise with me after each game. I will publish a roster of scoring each week.

TRAINING

Training is Friday evenings unless notified (3.45-4.30pm.) Please inform me ASAP if your child will not attend training or a game. Students will this season, have sessions with the Bendigo Spirit/Braves players. This is a valuable resource and I will be encouraging the girls to ask plenty of questions and seek tips and tricks. There will be some sessions where I will work with individual players on skills and focus goals and also some opportunity for me to work with the girls as a team on some of the fundamentals.

MY COACHING PHILOSOPHY

At this age the girls should enjoy what they are doing.  We will focus on basic basketball fundamentals that will help their development as they get older.

This includes; dribbling, shooting, passing and some basic defense and offense.

I will always encourage and use mistakes as teaching tools for development. I will shout praise and whisper improvements. Players will share equal court time as much as possible in game situations.

Winning is part of the U 12 structure and a ladder is kept but for me winning is a by-product of our focus on development and skills. If we succeed we will certainly celebrate it but it is not a weekly goal.

INDIVIDUAL FOCUS

Having read my approach to the season I would appreciate a few words from you in an email on what focus you would like for your child individually.  Whilst our team focus is important, there will be times in games and at training that I will look to encourage players to work on their individual goals. Please take the time to discuss this with your daughter and let me know ASAP.

BLOG

I have a site dedicated to the OPALS. I will include this address in all my correspondence so you can check it out regularly. I will use it for pictures and some information regarding achievements and developments. If you would not like your daughter’s photo posted, please let me know ASAP.

https://girtonopals.blogspot.com/  Try it out now- It is live. I encourage you to save it to your home screen of your computer or handheld device.

THE TEAM

Finally I encourage you to speak with me personally if you need information or clarification at any time. I look forward to a season of development but most of all a season of enjoyment and learning.

Our first game is Wednesday 24^th April at 4.30pm.

JS Girton Opals U12G  Division 2  Coach/Manager: Paul Flanagan	Singlet  #
Ruby Flanagan	7
Vivienne Steel	14
Avni Rao	52
Kira Collins	25
Trisha Mohapatra	15
Shanali Wickramasinghe	9

Regards

Paul

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