Team Heat - Yuma

Not a bad finish. We won the 3rd place game 68-61. We finished 4-1. Pretty good for small town Yuma.

The journey for the National Championship has come to an end. Lost in the semis 79-66. Play the 3rd place game tomorrow.

Won game 3 82-70 and won our pool. In the final four tomorrow. Guys playing hard and together.

Great Game 2 against Australia. 61-44 won

A few 17u boys watching the NBA Summer League games.

First win of the day for Team Heat 17u. 60-39 against Oceanside Elite Dynasty. Go get em boys!

17u Champions! /gilaridge/yc/representingyuma

Had to post this. 8 years ago. All but two have graduated. Derrick and Jamison still playing and playing well.

Runner ups- Tucson tournament 05-20-2018

Never ask a child to do something you wont demonstrate at practice such as taking a charge, blocking out, dive on the floor for a loose ball, for example. Coaches always expect children to perform this but won’t even demonstrate it themselves. Showing them goes a long way for them to mature and understand what you want and need from them.

Some coaches believe in no time off. I don’t agree. I think all athletes should take a small break from their dominant sport for a sanity check. To each is own with coaches demanding their athletes to only focus on one specific sport and only do that sport all the time. I can say this, no matter how much love you have for the game, you can and will get burned out if you don’t take a break.