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Church Basketball Banquet

Basketball Banquet - March 15, 12:15pm, Gym
This year's OBC Basketball Banquet will take place on Sunday, March 15 at 12:15pm (immediately following worship) in the Gym. All players are invited to sit together in worship at 11:00am. At the banquet, we will recognize each team and watch a slideshow of highlights from the season. Menu: Pizza, Salad, Dessert and Drinks. Coaches, players, and children under 5 are free. All other guests pay $5. Please register using this online form. You may choose to pay online or to pay at the door. 

OBC Baptist Howle and Vining Biddy Team 2015

Griffin, Allen, Chloe, Shelby, Becker, Braden, Keller, Ansley, Grace, Reed, Jim

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Coaching Tips #OBCBiddy

From The Season Blob:

The SINGLE most important skill to learn as a coach is…

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•  January 26, 2015
 
•  Baseball

This may not surprise you, but I’ve found that the youth sports leagues around the country that spend time and energy training their volunteer coaches almost entirely focus on how to run drills, manage practices, etc.

And sadly, many leagues don’t even do that.

What may surprise you is that I don’t believe the drills and practice schedules are the most important part of becoming an effective coach.

The absolute most crucial skill that ALL coaches need training in, and that is usually entirely overlooked, is HOW to deliver information to each and every player on the team, with the goal of maximizing a player’s physical development, emotional well-being, and level of fun.

This issue transcends coaching of all levels. In fact, leading up to College Football National Championship there were literally thousands of articles written about the match-up, the players, the new playoff system, and dozens of other topics surrounding the game.

However, the article that stands out as most important is this one.

And while it saddens me that a coaching staff who chooses NOT to yell a its players as a valid method of teaching and motivating is “newsworthy,” I am thrilled to see positive coaching creeping its way into the most “yelly” of sports.

I would also encourage you to read a blog I wrote last year about my experience in college with a coach who was a negative yeller. You can find it here.

I regularly address how to become a more positive coach while still accomplishing your other goals like being competitive and winning, and will continue to do so here at GameChanger, but in the meantime another great resource I would encourage you to check out is the Positive Coaching Alliance. The PCA is a national non-profit organization dedicated entirely to coaching coaches in the methods of positive “Double-Goal” coaching and they do truly incredible and important work at all levels of the game.

And, as the football season really starts to wind down that can only mean one thing…pitchers and catchers report really soon!

See you on the diamond,
Dan

Dan Spring was drafted in 2003 by the Detroit Tigers, and has spent the last 10 years providing instruction for over 17,000 youth baseball players. He currently runs the Spring Training Baseball Academy in Palos Verdes, California and runs the Eye Black Academy, a youth baseball instruction site.

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#OBCbiddy Fundamentals

1st Grade Basketball: Fundamental Checklist

Posted on February 8, 2014 by mmolloy

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Coaching 1st grade basketball can be challenging. The majority of books focus on teaching older, more skilled players. Here is a checklist of drills that most player in the 1st grade are capable of learning.

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1st Grade Fundamental Checklist

Effort and Enjoyment

• Can have FUN!
• Can develop age-appropriate skills
• Can be a good teammate
• Can be LOUD and enthusiastic

Dribbling

• Stationary Dribble (strong hand) with head down
• Jogging Dribble (strong hand) with head down
• Lay-up Dribble  (strong hand) with head down
• Dribble with head down in half court game
• Dribble WITH violations (traveling double dribble) in half court game

Lay-ups

• Know the aiming point: Top Corner of the Square
• “BLOCK SHOT” Lay-up s / Block Lay-ups with no footwork
• Dribble lay-up SHOT (no correct footwork)
• “Mini” Mikan Lay-up Drill

Shooting

• Knows the shooting fundamentals: BEEF – balance, elbow, eyes, follow through
• Hold the ball correctly: line up the seams with shooting hand, non-shooting hand cover the side seams
• Imaginary shooting: Good “imaginary” shooting without the ball
• Right block shot, Left block shot (occasionally makes shots)
• left baseline, center, right baseline (occasionally makes shots)

Passing

• Know “TIPS TO TARGET” & “THUMBS DOWN”
• Stationary chest pass: Able to make a decent chest pass
• Stationary bounce pass: Able to make a decent bounce pass, better at selecting the proper point to have the ball bounce (3/4ths the distance).
• Game chest pass: Unable to regularly make a chest pass in half game. The pass most commonly used pass is a lob pass that is thrown in the general direction of a teammate.
• Game bounce pass: Rarely attempted in a game situation.

Catching

• Able to have hands up in receiving position.
• Stationary chest pass: Begins to catch a chest pass fairly consistently
• Stationary bounce pass: Able to catch a bounce pass consistently
• Game pass: Seldom able to catch a pass in a game situation.

Defense

• Able to get into a fair defensive stance.

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