Great Falls Basketball2011-2012 Coaches

Meeting

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

7:30PM – 9:00PM

Forestville Elementary School

Fred WeberCommissioner

Great Falls BasketballWelcome and Introductions

Agenda

GF Hoops Overview Fred Weber

Website Summary Greg Potteiger

Training Program Larry Zmuda

Referee Program Neal Abravanel

Leadership by Example Phil Simonides

Gyms & VBD Test Debbie Volpicelli

Breakouts with GGC’s All

GFHoops League Timeline8/23 => 10/5 Registrations Period10/9 Late Registrations Close & Wait List Begins10/1-10/19 Select Tryouts10/5 Referee Training Begins10/17 Board Review & Selection of House Coaches10/24-10/30 House Skill Evaluations (“Tryouts”)11/1 GGC-Only Mtg (Mandatory)11/2 House Coaches, GGC’s, Mtg (Mandatory) <= YOU ARE HERE!

House Practice Slots Assigned11/4-11/16 House Drafts/Teams Formed11/18-20 House Jerseys & Water Bottles DistributedWk of 11/28 House Practices StartDec 3,4 House Regular Season BeginsDec 10,11 House GamesDec 17,18 House GamesJan 7,8 House Games Resume (post Holiday)Mar 2012 House Post Season Ends

“Thank You!!” to Our Volunteers 13 Board Members 15 Grade Group Coordinators (GGC’s) 121 Coaches

13 Coaching Multiple Teams

New Board Members

Directors Leaving Fran Scofield Salmi Rezvani

New Directors John McGavin Liz Fitton Peter Van Volkenburg Malia Kishore * Debbie Volpicelli * Larry Zmuda*

* Assuming New Board Position

Great Falls Basketball 2011 – 2012Fred Weber CommissionerDick Warrick Director of SelectJohn McGavin Director of Girls House Grades 3-11Peter Van Volkenburg Director of Boys House Grades 7-12Liz Fitton Director of Boys House Grade 3-6Neal Abravanel Director of RefereesMichelle Claude Deputy Director of RefereesGreg Potteiger Director of Information & SchedulingDebbie Volpicelli* Director of FacilitiesMalia Kishore* Director of EquipmentChristie Shumadine TreasurerLarry Zmuda* Director of Player and Coach TrainingPhil Simonides Director of Coaches

* Assuming new positions

Program LogisticsA Snapshot 1139 Players (1045 House/94 Select) 1643 Parents 144 Teams (134 House/10 Select) 118 Referees 800 House Games 2255 Referee Assignments 1285 Uniforms 6 Gyms

Program Enhancements Website – 2nd Year in Roll-out Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA)

Select Program - Grades 5 & 6 Boys and Girls House Program – PCA “Lite” Implementation

Year Round Basketball Strategy Summer Clinics Friday Night Lights

Equipment Changes/Upgrades Water Bottles – New This Year

Greg Potteiger

DirectorInformation & Scheduling

Website Overview

All League information (Schedules, Rules etc.) Should be parents “First Stop” for information.

Coaches: responsible for updating / maintaining certain information: Game Scores / Outcomes Game Summaries / Coach’s Blog (optional) End of year player evaluations

Coach’s will receive: usernames and passwords “Help” sheet before season start

John McGavin

Director of Girls HouseGrades 3 - 11

Girls House Director and GGC’sDirector – John McGavin

Grade 3 Erin HawleyGrade 4 Lisa RymszaGrade 5 Peter KurzenhauserGrade 6 Kari LevrickGrade 7 Deanne McGranahanGrade 8 Terri NussbaumGrade 9/10/11 Deborah Georgetti-Piro

Liz Fitton

Director of Boys HouseGrades 3 - 6

Director Boys (Grades 2–6) & GGC’sDirector – Liz Fitton

Grade 3 Cori Johnson

Grade 4 Karen Pallotta

Grade 5 Julie Dunlap

Grade 6 Marion Devlin

Peter Van Volkenburg

Director of Boys HouseGrades 7 - 12

Director Boys (Grades 7-12) & GGC’s

Director – Peter Van Volkenburg

Grade 7 Nancy Collins

Grade 8 Beccie Collier

Grade 9 Debbie Volpicelli

Grade 10 Julie Casso

Grade 11/12 Beccie Collier

Debbie Volpicelli

Director of Facilities

Gym StatusCapacity is Tight (AGAIN!)

Just received winter temp gym permits. We don’t have:

Lake Anne ES – still under renovation. YMCA Teen Center – still working on it.

Just enough to fit everyone.

Key Dates Nov 4 (Fri)

throughNov 16 (Wed) House League Player Allocation/Drafts

Nov 18-20 House Jerseys Distributed

Nov 9 (Wed) Training for House League CoachesNov 18 (Fri) Training for House League Coaches

Nov 21 (Sun) House League game schedules on web site

Wk of 11/28 House Practices Start

Dec 3,4 House Regular Season Begins

Dec 10,11 House Games

Dec 17,18 House Games

Jan 7,8 House Games Resume (post Holiday)

Gyms

We need to behave in gyms so we don't lose them

Police up after yourselves! First Practice: talk to parents and players

about the gyms No food or drinks other than WATER. No bouncing balls in hall No players left unsupervised No players left behind “waiting” for their ride!

County Gym ContactsWeekends & Weeknights

Coaches:

=> Call: 703-324-5515

Leave message: => After Hours On-Call Monitor => Will respond promptly.

Larry Zmuda

Director of

Player and Coach Training

Player & Coach Training Agenda of Topics

Player Training and Development Fundamentals Safety

Coach Training Programs oneononebasketball.com

Player Training

Coaches: Primary Source of Training and Development

One on One Basketball, Inc. 1st Grade – 10 weeks skills and drills training 2nd Grade – 12 weeks (90 minute sessions)

8 Weeks Skills Training; 4 Weeks Full Court Games 3rd thru 10th Grade

One on One - assists all teams for one entire practice. Coaches to identify areas of need in advance. One on One then provides team specific sessions.

Training for Coaches

One on One Basketball, Inc. Mandatory attendance at 90 minute session on

either Nov 9 or Nov 18 session Each night:

One session for 2nd – 5th grade One session for 6th – 10th grade

Offering Age Group Appropriate: Skill Level Assessment Methods Drills – individual and team How to Structure Practices and Practice Plans Q & A Sessions

Key Dates Mark Your Calendars

Coaching Clinics Group A: Grades 2-5 Group B: Grades 6-10 11/9 Loc TBA 6:00PM–7:30PM Group A

7:30PM-9:00PM Group B 11/18 Loc TBA 6:00PM–7:30PM Group B

7:30PM-9:00PM Group A Coaching Blitz

If you want additional help in December, send a note to larry@gfhoops.com and we will set you up with a trainer at your practice session

In January at your practice location – Mandatory

Coaches ManualFind it on the GFHoops Website

Code of Conduct House Coaching Checklist Master 2011-2012 Calendar House League Rules of Play Tryouts and Player Allocation/Selection

Procedure

Skill Evaluations and Team DraftsLogistics Skill Evaluations

Read the process document before tryouts

Five Skill Areas: Ball Handling Shooting Defense Passing Rebounding

Recording secretary – to collect data

Consistency

Draft Goal: Balanced Teams Information Sharing No substitutes in your

age group No pre-assignment of

Asst coaches if they have a child in the group

Equipment Changes/Upgrades Players Jerseys

Last Season: no more NBA/WNBA Jerseys Basketballs

Improved quality Coaches Jerseys

Improved Quality Will NOT be provided each year

Fill out order form on your seat Turn in to your GGC Tonight.

You may order more than 1 (1st one is on GFHoops)

Basketball Year-Round

Summer Programs Weekly skills, drills & scrimmages by age group Sunday shooting clinics Two camps in August 215 kids participated in these camps; some in more than one!

Fall Programs Weekday shooting clinics and skills clinics

PLAN GOING FORWARD IS TO CONTINUE THESE OFFERINGS IN SPRING AND SUMMER!!

SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS

Neal Abravanel&

Michelle Claude

The Referee Program

Referee Program2 Directors

Neal Abravanel and

Michelle Claude Recruits Referees Trains Referees Manages Referee

Performance Reviews game feedback

from gym coordinators, coaches, and others

Provides feedback to referees

Mike Cafferky Assigns Refs to Games

Keeps Work Records Computes Pay

Contacts:

Neal@gfhoops.com

Michelle@gfhoops.com

Referee Program100+ Referees

Experience 2009 2010 2011

1 41 36 51

2 18 22 10

3 13 18 10

4 17 15 24

5+ 20 11 23

Total 118 114 118

Referee Program

Largest class of 1st year refs in many years. Very popular program with GF Families. 1st job for most.

Training for refs commenced at the beginning of October and continues through Thanksgiving and beyond. “Classroom” and “on-court training”

Top Coaches Complaints: Lack of calls made for contact fouls, rules knowledge, “swallowing” the whistle.

Top Ref Complaints: Coaches “helping” the ref make calls, uncontrolled parents, rules knowledge

Take the “ref exam” and test your rules knowledge! Feedback (good or bad) is highly encouraged! But

please give us feedback that is “teachable”.

Referee ProgramRule Reminders

Two or more players CANNOT defend the ball or player unless they are driving to the basket in boys grade 5 and below. Refs are being instructed to call this.

Please never confront on court ref with “comments” or questions. The desk ref is there to help during stoppages of play only.

Understand the GFHoops local rules and create a substitution flow chart for your game, particularly if you have an 8 player team

Phil Simonides

Director of Coaches

CoachesYou Are The Key to Our Success!

Model Positive Behavior –Winning & Losing Teach Children the Game Spread The Playing Time Manage Your Parents* Respect Referees Youth Coaches Have Fun!

Coaches Issues From Prior YearsDON’TS Flagrant Fouls. Running up the score Too many “coaches” yelling

during game Harsh coaching Improper substitutions Abusive behavior from

coaches to refs Coaches taunting each other Gaming the system

DOs: 5 pass rule, no press, no 3

pointers, change player positions

At most two assistants Be positive AND instructive Have a playtime game plan Control your

players/yourself – no trash talking and unsportsmanlike conduct

Behavior Incidents Last Year Issues

Spoke to several coaches after games

Behavior of assistant coaches deplorable in some instances

Parents and coaches battling on some issues

Harsh coaching styles addressed

Themes Parents thought refs

weren’t calling games closely enough and it was too physical

Parents thought their child was being called too frequently for fouling

Coaches/parents calling fouls out too often

Refs got intimidated – embarrassing to GF Hoops

Parent Messages Goal: Model Positive Behavior for the kids.

This is more than basketball. It's about teaching good sportsmanship.

Zero Tolerance: for verbally abusing the refs. They are an important part of our program. Contact your coach or Neal Abravanel...don't yell at the refs. Yelling raises the tension in the gyms and impacts the players

very negatively. Their play tends to get more physical and emotional and it

makes the situation worse. Remember: Our refs are kids.

Think - about the impact of yelling at children in a public forum

Coach Messages Same points as parents -- plus the following: You went to the Coaches meeting and know what

we expect. You acknowledged Code of Conduct when you registered.

You are the role model. You need to focus on positively coaching the kids, not

arguing calls. Most parents spoken to acknowledged that they

handled the situation poorly and were apologetic. We had mixed results with the coaches.

VBD Test – Debbie VolpicelliVolunteer Building Directors

Coaches go to: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/rec/team_sports/volbld_dir.htm

Create an account Watch the video Take the test on-line. Certificates - sent via e-mail. (Certification good for 2 years)

Coaches – you are the face of the organization Protect and enhance the GF Hoops reputation The facilities we share must be treated with care and respect. Leave GYMS in EQUAL to or BETTER shape than when you

arrived.

Wrap Up Q and A Breakouts with GGC’s

Determine Team Names Get Practice Slots