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newrm
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Re:I coach girls - 2008/01/22 20:49 Couple of comments related to post play that might evoke some discussion. One, along the lines of many coaches not knowing how to coach posts, how about officials. I don't know about you but around where I coach the game is officiated mostly by short guys who have no idea what it is like to play in the post (I wonder if subconsciously a little resentment of the big guy too). Second, (I see this in football a lot) the biggest guys are often timid and shy because they feel awkward and out of place because they are so much bigger, and that attitude carries over on the court. Especially I see this in the younger leagues with girls all the time.

Also, I too am a guard, and I make sure to have a dynamic post ex-player on staff to teach the post play. I think there are just some things you have to have gone through to know what it is like. . . at least it really helps. When I started I thought I knew the post position, and I did, but through the eyes of a guard. The nuances that the post coaches have explained to me has been really helpful in my understanding of the position, and has helped me coach it better.

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Re:I coach girls - 2008/01/23 17:00 I don't think officials around here are any worse in the post than on the perimeter. I think officiating in the post can be more difficult because there is almost constant contact, but some officials are consistent and some aren't and that goes for everywhere on the court.

I think many small kids are just as timid and insecure as big kids. I don't think it necessarily has to do with size, but the way players are coached. If a big kid is told to go stand on the block and not to dribble, he is likely to be more tentative than if he is encouraged to move, cut, attack and shoot. Taller kids may be more awkward than shorter kids because they have yet to grow into their feet, but I know girls (16-years-old) who are 5'3 and can barely run straight. I think it has more to do with coordination development at a younger age than it it does height, and I think we use height as a cop out rather than teaching players better basketball and movement skills, which we expect of guards, because big kids can just stand under the basket and be reasonably effective, especially at the younger ages.

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