A freshman that has asked me to work with him every day after practice since August has been getting some varsity minutes and has played well during the limited minutes he was getting. He earned his first career start tonight for our varsity team and scored 20 points and grabbed 7 boards while leading us to a win. Talk about a great feeling as a coach seeing a player you pour into and know has put in the work go out and perform.

The Junior High program I coach for has 3 teams for 8th & 7th grade. For 8th grade there is a clear "A" "B" "C" team. Our C team has not won a game this season and that has not deterred any of the group of 9 players. On Tuesday we had a game and the attitude of the team felt different. We started the game from the jump going on an 8-0 run within the first few minutes of the game. We had our ups and downs throughout the game but something happened I never thought would happen... We won the game. When the buzzer sounded the players were smiling ear to ear. The best part of the game was 6 of the 9 players scored. We played great defense resulting in a lot of steals and rebounded the ball well. Half court offense was a struggle but did enough to win the game. Main point to remember when coaching those teams that may not be your most skilled group they still care. The feeling of that win is going to carry them high into their next game on Thursday. Continue to break the rock and developing all players.

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