10/26/2026
Just wanted to update parents in a couple things.
We will be ending the Saturday 3 on 3 and 5 on 5 scrimmages as the weekends are now being used by school and recreation teams.
We will be playing games against school and recreation teams. Marc or myself will contact you about the opportunities.
Want to say thank you to the older group for the past couple weeks for their Sunday participation. Had great turnout in preparation for school tryouts. Many made the teams, some did not. Happens every year.
I say this every year- Congratulations to those who made it, congratulations to those who did not.
For those who did, the Pressure is on them to produce and perform. I said it the past two weeks for Sunday run. They are past being cute, playing for fun. Once you make the 7th, 8th, 9th grade team, you are under a microscope. The PRESSURE is real and on purpose, your child has to perform or they sit. Now things change as puberty happens. Who starts in 7th grade is no concern to a high school coach. Who starts as sophomore on JV or is on varsity does. 8th grade stater, 9th grade starter is no concern to the varsity coach either. Players change monthly for 7-9th grade. Understand that as players and parents.
What doesn’t change is your child’s work ethic, your child’s commitment. You can’t bu****it me on that. I know what commitment looks like and what gas lighting looks like.
I got your back if you are mid treated at a school. I will tell you, ya your kid got screwed or not your kid should have gotten cut. I can help you thru the process of fighting it or dropping it or changing schools.
A player a while back, not mine for many reasons, was a good high school player. Played varsity as a sophomore, started as a junior. During the season as a starter, asked his head coach if he could skip a Friday district game because he had family in town for Christmas. Coach asked me for my advice, I told him to cut the kid and give him every Friday off, always was a goofy kid and family. He did not and the kid played. So don’t think everything hasn’t been asked or seen about commitment.
Now work it just who outworks the other. You can’t hide work, it shows. Early work shows as junior and senior year happens.
Now for those who get cut. We train Monday thru Thursday at 8:00. During the season, one day may have 8 kids, one day may have 2. Changes based on games n whatever. Marc and I will teach n train you more than any kid on any 7/8/9th grade team. Those kids are learning a scheme and chemistry. They are not working skill or fundamentals. Those coaches are there to win. Biggest, fastest, toughest team wins, not the most fundamental. In high school that is not the case. The team with basketball players win, not the athletic team.
With Marc and I you are learning with makes scheme and chemistry look good. The tools of the trade. Poor tools, poor scheme and chemistry. Good tools, four scheme and chemistry.
If you make the team or miss the team, we train at 8:00. Your 7/8/9th grade years define who you will be. Your kids practices for 1:45-2 hours after school. We train at 8:00.
Commitment or not.
Lastly Marc has the scrimmage on Huddle, he will post, so you can grab clips to review with your child.
I told them last night, they need to be viewing their games. You should be recording their games. I go over game clips with 10-15 parents / players on a regular basis. Marc n I are available for that.
