Post by johntimber on May 22, 2018 3:20:04 GMT -5
Hello,
I am about to embark on my first season as a middle school basketball coach. I've coached Rec/Travel/AAU in the past, but this is my first opportunity at trying a school team. As such, I am not overly familiar with the player pool. I know a few of the kids, but not many.
My question has to do with identifying players during the tryouts. Since I don't know many kids, and know even fewer first AND last names, I am going to need a process of identifying the kids so that I can eventually put notes to players for the actual selection.
Does anyone have any alternatives to, or suggestions for better implementation of, putting numbers on players? Generally, in the past I've run into multiple issues with the "sticker with a number on it" process:
- The set up can take a long time, especially if you pin the numbers instead of sticking them
- If a sticker is used, they often fall off
- The number is usually put on the front and rarely facing a coach when a player does a strong drive to the hoop, or the like
Anyways, does anyone have a process that they use that they can share? Or is safety-pinning numbers to kids the only way?
Please help
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
References:
www.breakthroughbasketball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=1744
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Thank you
I am about to embark on my first season as a middle school basketball coach. I've coached Rec/Travel/AAU in the past, but this is my first opportunity at trying a school team. As such, I am not overly familiar with the player pool. I know a few of the kids, but not many.
My question has to do with identifying players during the tryouts. Since I don't know many kids, and know even fewer first AND last names, I am going to need a process of identifying the kids so that I can eventually put notes to players for the actual selection.
Does anyone have any alternatives to, or suggestions for better implementation of, putting numbers on players? Generally, in the past I've run into multiple issues with the "sticker with a number on it" process:
- The set up can take a long time, especially if you pin the numbers instead of sticking them
- If a sticker is used, they often fall off
- The number is usually put on the front and rarely facing a coach when a player does a strong drive to the hoop, or the like
Anyways, does anyone have a process that they use that they can share? Or is safety-pinning numbers to kids the only way?
Please help
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
References:
www.breakthroughbasketball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=1744
Video content company
Thank you