SG Basketball: Defensive Strides

 

Once the game started, I immediately noticed something different about our defense, it was the first time we’d looked THAT fast and THAT disruptive. For this type of defense to work, 你需要所有的五个人同时参与进来, and that’s what we had. Camryn and Melissa were uber-aggressive on the wings, Hayley was a rock in the middle, Maddie 防守板上出现了真空——我告诉你，蜘蛛侠的手! – and Player Of The Game Valerie Lin was an animal at the top, 偏转和挑战任何敢进入她领地的篮球或球员. 瓦尔还投进了她人生中的第一个三分球，所以这一天很平静——这是林疯狂的一天!

 

Back to the defense, 我认为我们是如此的活跃，以至于我们创造了超过15次抢断，一旦我们被控住了，我们只让对方得分不超过20分. 再加上板凳上的贡献和支持——这是我本赛季听到和看到的最好的——你会认为我们赢了这场比赛.

 

But we didn’t. We lost 38-23. 有一个原因，而且只有一个原因，Salesien在1-3-1的全场陷阱上卖光了. Not only did we not make them pay for it, we turned the ball over time and time again, 这让我们无法开始进攻，让他们轻松得分. 这都怪教练组没有做好准备, and 2) not adjusting well enough once we saw it. Poor performance by us coaches? Yes. Opportunity to learn and be better next time? Definitely. That’s why losses and mistakes are ultimately the best thing for a team; they make you analyze, learn, and improve. I look forward to the next time we play them. We will be much better prepared.

 

Which brings us to the Playcall Of The Night. Was it an inbounds play? A press-break? Nope. There is only one call it could be, i.e. Halle Khanna 以某种方式操纵教练组，让他们停下来吃超棒的生日麦卷饼. Yep, you’re an adult now, Halle. 😊

 

Coaches Van Dyke & Wolfe