Coach.Shu

hate to see this.  

Good win!

Final
Lumberton 60
WOS 54
Great high school basketball game. Both teams left it out there

Hard fought game for both teams.  Lumberton has a tough squad, we got down too much early and when we finally tied it up we made too many mistakes in the end.  Good team as we expected, we need to rebound Friday against a tough Bridge City.  Second half of this district is going to be tough for everyone, well except for maybe HJ.
Sophomore Aniah Henderson 20 points 11 rebounds
Senior Marlandria Hebert 10 points 14 rebounds.

Leading scorers:
Asia Mitchell 14
Heaven Scott 8
Shabralyn Watson 8

Leading scorers:
Asia Mitchell 14
Heaven Scott 8
Shabralyn Watson 8

41-40 
good win for WOS.  

Jasper 42
Huntington 36
Huntington is one of the best defensive teams we have played.  This was our first win over them in 6-7 years. 
Asia Mitchell 21
shabralyn Watson 11
 

Jasper 42
Huntington 36
Huntington is one of the best defensive teams we have played.  This was our first win over them in 6-7 years. 
Asia Mitchell 21
shabralyn Watson 11
 

LaPorte -46
United - 48
Final

That’s a good win

Jasper 42
Huntington 36
Huntington is one of the best defensive teams we have played.  This was our first win over them in 6-7 years. 
Asia Mitchell 21
shabralyn Watson 11
 

20 4A
Center 44
Huntington 42
 
Carthage 61
Hudson 47

I think that summer basketball can be a blessing and a curse.  In this day and time IMO summer play or AAU is highly beneficial in the recruitment of players because colleges arent beating down doors of high schools looking for talent unless they have already evaluated the player during the viewing periods at a NCAA certified tournament.  But how a lot of AAU organizations do things is NOT beneficial.  A lot of people out here use summer basketball as a money grab or a way to chase clout by being able to say that they had such and such on their team.  Yes playing in front of scouts during the NCAA viewing periods is what you need to do, but those are only a couple of weekends in April May and few days in July.  Playing in 12 to 15 tournaments is excessive!  When you look at the number of games that these players are playing it is amazing!  They play anywhere between 30 to 40 games in a high school season then turn around and play up to 60 games during the summer thats 80 to 100 games played in less than a year with NO rest in between.  That is way to much and the results that it brings is injuries.  Then on top of all of these games you have certain media outlets telling you that you need to come to this "elite" camp so that you can be evaluated or ranked.  When you get there all it is is nothing but some "trainers" putting you through some drills then the players play up to 6 games in front of these basketball "gurus".  All this does is put even more miles on a players body.  
Players must be able to get adequate rest!!  And honestly that is not being promoted by a lot all they tell you is that you have to be at this event or that event.  Honestly speaking tho AAU does provide the best way for a player to get exposure, but they must know that not EVERY team gets that exposure.  Just because the tournament flyer says that college scouts will be there doesnt mean that these scouts will be at courts to watch you play.  I think that both players and parents must do their homework before embarking on the path of playing in the summer on an AAU team.  Dont just fall for the hype of nice looking uniforms and team shoes!  Parents must also MAKE sure that their players get adequate rest.  What worked for me is making sure mine had weeks where she was not allowed to pick up a ball or even be in the gym.  Especially after that last viewing period in July I didnt let her touch a ball till school starts, she wasnt allowed to do anything but to be a kid lol.  Remember that YOU have ALL of the control over your player not that AAU guy.  Adequate rest and maintenance is essential for a player to get through the grinds of basketball and is very important for injury prevention.

You should come out and watch some games!  There are more half court offense teams in this area then you may think!  Now some teams do lack overall athleticism to just "pressure, steal, layup" but there definitely are some half court offenses being played.  Now what you dont see, is a lot of man to man defense in the area, only a handful of teams play it.  As far as being able to create their own shot, there are so many in the area, here is just a small list of some of them:
Ashlon Jackson - HJ                                       
Delana Carter - Barbers Hill
Kaden Morris - Lumberton
Jayda Argumon - Woodville
Jordyn Beatty - Woodville
Asia Mitchell - Jasper
Princess Anderson - United
Cassie Chavez - Legacy
Mollee Priddy - PNG
Faith Fregia - Orangefield

here is another thought to get some discussion on the original topic.  Shooters vs scorers.  
Depends a little on the system they are in.   We are a pressure defense and dribble drive offensive team.  (if you can't dribble drive then your minutes are limited a little) We are trying to develop players that can drive, score, and shoot.     We have two players shooting about 30-35% from behind the line.  One has made 47 3's and the other has made 38 - (29 games) not sure how those numbers compare to the other "shooters" in the area but I know the opposing coach's yell "SHOOTER SHOOTER" every time one of them catches the ball... Lol 
 
Our gym is available a lot during the off season for our girls and the past 3 years we have had great turnout in numbers of girls that access it.   There has been a direct correlation between this group putting in work in the off-season and having team success in the season.

here is another thought to get some discussion on the original topic.  Shooters vs scorers.  
Depends a little on the system they are in.   We are a pressure defense and dribble drive offensive team.  (if you can't dribble drive then your minutes are limited a little) We are trying to develop players that can drive, score, and shoot.     We have two players shooting about 30-35% from behind the line.  One has made 47 3's and the other has made 38 - (29 games) not sure how those numbers compare to the other "shooters" in the area but I know the opposing coach's yell "SHOOTER SHOOTER" every time one of them catches the ball... Lol 
 
Our gym is available a lot during the off season for our girls and the past 3 years we have had great turnout in numbers of girls that access it.   There has been a direct correlation between this group putting in work in the off-season and having team success in the season.

here is another thought to get some discussion on the original topic.  Shooters vs scorers.  
Depends a little on the system they are in.   We are a pressure defense and dribble drive offensive team.  (if you can't dribble drive then your minutes are limited a little) We are trying to develop players that can drive, score, and shoot.     We have two players shooting about 30-35% from behind the line.  One has made 47 3's and the other has made 38 - (29 games) not sure how those numbers compare to the other "shooters" in the area but I know the opposing coach's yell "SHOOTER SHOOTER" every time one of them catches the ball... Lol 
 
Our gym is available a lot during the off season for our girls and the past 3 years we have had great turnout in numbers of girls that access it.   There has been a direct correlation between this group putting in work in the off-season and having team success in the season.

here is another thought to get some discussion on the original topic.  Shooters vs scorers.  
Depends a little on the system they are in.   We are a pressure defense and dribble drive offensive team.  (if you can't dribble drive then your minutes are limited a little) We are trying to develop players that can drive, score, and shoot.     We have two players shooting about 30-35% from behind the line.  One has made 47 3's and the other has made 38 - (29 games) not sure how those numbers compare to the other "shooters" in the area but I know the opposing coach's yell "SHOOTER SHOOTER" every time one of them catches the ball... Lol 
 
Our gym is available a lot during the off season for our girls and the past 3 years we have had great turnout in numbers of girls that access it.   There has been a direct correlation between this group putting in work in the off-season and having team success in the season.

10-4.  And btw.. I can think of very few situations where girls can't access the gym during the summer.  I know that a lot of schools have volleyball nets up but that doesn't effect shooting or ball handling work.  They probably won't have access like being described at MM but it's there. 
And yeah.. I personally get tired of looking on this forum and can't even see scores posted.  Not that I have a vested interest but I usually like to keep up with all sports to an extent. 

He states the point he was making was that their gym was accessible to their athletes, not that they have the model for us to copy.
 
I think this has turned into a great discussion on how to improve setx girls basketball in general.   

This is sooooo true.   Something I have been trying to get our girls to do more of is watch the game!  

No that's right.  Yates High is 13th, Yates Communication Magnet School is 22nd. 😎

I don't think that its not being taught - every coach I know teaches shooting.  it is more about girls in this area don't get in the gym during the off season and work to become great shooters.   During the season is not the time for this - it has to be done in the off season.    The problem is much deeper than how coaches are teaching or not teaching.       I think it has much more to do with what is emphasized by the school, the media, the parents, lil dribbles programs etc.    I would bet everyone of the girls mentioned above has put in some serious time in the off-season shooting.    

I don't think that its not being taught - every coach I know teaches shooting.  it is more about girls in this area don't get in the gym during the off season and work to become great shooters.   During the season is not the time for this - it has to be done in the off season.    The problem is much deeper than how coaches are teaching or not teaching.       I think it has much more to do with what is emphasized by the school, the media, the parents, lil dribbles programs etc.    I would bet everyone of the girls mentioned above has put in some serious time in the off-season shooting.