Basketball Camp

In the beginning of January, the Southlands basketball team had its first basketball camp in the mountains. This is the first time Coach Will, my mentor, had planned for the whole team to go into the mountains where we would be playing and practicing basketball while coming together closer as a team. We went to a camp site near Lake Arrowhead to experience how it felt working out in the high altitude.

During our stay at the camp site, we practiced everyday for 3 to 4 times so we could become better basketball players for our upcoming season. We did many drills to improve our offensive and defensive skills. We developed our shooting with a shooting clinic and while always going back to the fundamentals in all of our drills. We also had many scrimmages where we would practice our offensive and defensive strategies and always going back to watch film of ourselves so that we are able to figure out what we can do better as a player and as a team.

We also did team bonding activities and activities done at camp such as walking on wooden planks together as a unit so that we could learn how to work together as a team. We watched a movie about basketball one night and did archery. Overall, the experience of going to camp was good experience while being a great to enjoy playing basketball as a team.

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. How can a coach best maximize his team's chances of winning a league championship?

2. What key factors help a coach win a league championship?

3. What is most important when trying to win a league championship? Why?

4. What kind of mindset should a coach have when in this position? Why?

5. What message should be relayed to players when in this kind of mindset? Why?

6. How should a coach handle problems that may occur while trying to achieve this goal?

7. What kind of mindset should a coach have with his players so both can achieve the same goal?

8. When does a coach know he has all the tools to win a league championship?

9. If a coach has all he needs, what are the next steps to achieve a league championship?

10. Where should a coach put winning a league championship in priority? Why?

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 Hours

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

At Southlands Christian School with the basketball team.

2.   Who is your contact?

The head coach of the varsity basketball team, Will Robbins.

3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?  

10 Hours.

4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.

The ten hours I did for mentorship included me watching what Coach Will does when he gets ready for practice and seeing all the things he does to help the team get better. We discuss all the things he tries to do to have the team get ready for games and we sometimes discuss what we could have done better in previous games.

5.   Email your house teacher the name of your contact and their phone number confirming who they should call to verify it.  

Done.

Blog 10: Senior Project: The Holiday

Content:

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you over the break with your senior project?

I attended all the practices that the Southlands team, the school I play for, had during the break. We did much conditioning and had many run throughs for the plan we have for our season opener that starts soon. This allowed me to gain hours for my Independent Component. I also collected more research for my research notebook about my topic.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

The most important thing I learned was during a practice over the winter break. We were in a 3 man shell drill and Coach Will had pointed out that a person playing defense cannot be hopping while guarding their man. This is important because they can be caught on a screen and lose their man. What a defender should be doing is moving their feet a while being able to fight through screens so that they are able to guard their man well.

3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?

I would talk to a high school basketball coach whose goal is to win a league championship. My EQ pertains to a coach who focuses on winning a league championship or also trying to win CIF which can help me answer my EQ.