Toggle sidebar

It looks like we received an early verbal from TX 5*

D

Dr. H Lecter

Heisman
Apr 5, 2007
15,232
30,136
66
I was looking around the internets at some skills videos on players and this one is from Denton TX shooting guard has a parent promoting, dare I say already giving, a verbal to Coach Cal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCqqc9VJALY


Hopefully Cal will still be around to coach him.
 
U

Ugoff

Heisman
May 7, 2009
16,403
21,489
0
Originally posted by DrH. Lecter:
I was looking around the internets at some skills videos on players and this one is from Denton TX shooting guard has a parent promoting, dare I say already giving, a verbal to Coach Cal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCqqc9VJALY


Hopefully Cal will still be around to coach him.
Click to expand...
I hope I'm still around to watch him.
 
Blueaz

Blueaz

Heisman
Jul 7, 2009
28,062
30,212
113
I just don't know...I think it will burn us, to have him. He walks lazy.
 
C

calscats8105

Freshman
Jan 16, 2012
334
74
0
It's recommended for 5-8 ur olds to play on 8 ft rims with a 27.5 ball, and 9-10 yr olds to play on 9 ft rims with a 28.5 ball. This helps promotes and teaches kids to shoot with proper form instead of heaving the ball towards the rim. We play our rec. leagues like this, but we play on 10 ft goals on weekends during travel ball.
Posted from Rivals Mobile
 
O

opinpi

Senior
Feb 8, 2013
559
968
43
He won't be eligible....heard he took a box of Twinkies and some Lego's from an agent.
 
D

Dr. H Lecter

Heisman
Apr 5, 2007
15,232
30,136
66
Originally posted by calscats8105:
It's recommended for 5-8 ur olds to play on 8 ft rims with a 27.5 ball, and 9-10 yr olds to play on 9 ft rims with a 28.5 ball. This helps promotes and teaches kids to shoot with proper form instead of heaving the ball towards the rim. We play our rec. leagues like this, but we play on 10 ft goals on weekends during travel ball.
Posted from Rivals Mobile
Click to expand...
I disagree. I am not sure of any 7-8 yo league in Louisville that plays less than 10 foot goals. Even the 5-6 ages play on 8.5 ft goals. 9 foot for a 9yo is a joke.
 
C

calscats8105

Freshman
Jan 16, 2012
334
74
0
You're disagreeing with Cal, Pitino, K, Knight and many other coaches who say to do this. I agree that if a kid can shoot with proper form on a 10 ft goal then they need to, but not all kids can. It's about development.
Posted from Rivals Mobile
 
D

Dr. H Lecter

Heisman
Apr 5, 2007
15,232
30,136
66
Originally posted by calscats8105:
You're disagreeing with Cal, Pitino, K, Knight and many other coaches who say to do this. I agree that if a kid can shoot with proper form on a 10 ft goal then they need to, but not all kids can. It's about development.
Posted from Rivals Mobile
Click to expand...
Link?

Absolutely no one is listening to them.
 
D

Dr. H Lecter

Heisman
Apr 5, 2007
15,232
30,136
66
Originally posted by BigBlueFanGA:
Heres a link to YMCA Lousville youth leagues. It matches pretty much everything I've been finding on Google. You may want to just concede Lecter.
Click to expand...
With all due respect...The YMCA? That is where you send your 4yo to go stand on the dots. This is Kentucky. Kids above the age of 5 do not play at the YMCA other than soccer.

You mentioned Google. Try CSAA (Catholic Schools Leagues) 3rd 4th coincides with 9-10. (Most leagues are on even year pairings not 8-9. There are several other leagues in town which are run by various civic groups. Try J-Town or Fern Creek. Those are probably the largest in the area. At 7-8 they are 10' goals.

Further there is a reason for this. Most facilities do not have adjustable goals. Leagues use High School floor for the most part and JCPS does not make a practice of having adjustable goals. PLUS the break away rims have issues with the weight of the drop-in goals. After a few misses that hit the front of the rim the goal will do its job.

I dont feel the need to concede on this because I am VERY familiar with the issue.

On edit: I did not feel it necessary to mention youth leagues at Hoops or Mid American because both of those typically cater to AAU type preformed teams etc.... and they would go out of business using the Y's rules. They play pretty much KHSAA rules from 1st grade up with some tweaks.

From CSAA to the ones I mentioned above PLUS probably even Upwards which is a religious based league that fits in between the Y and the above...I believe they even play 10' at 8yo. Maybe an Upward Parent can confirm their rules...but I can say that the more "competative rec" players are on 10' with either the Jr 27.5 ball or 28.5 ball at 8yo at 10'.

Do I think it would be better to use 9' for an 8yo? Different issue. IF you have adjustable goals and not those horrible drop in goal....then I would go 9' and 28.5 ball. Lacking that as is the real world....10' with a 27.5 ball is totally fine.
This post was edited on 3/11 8:31 AM by DrH. Lecter
 
C

calscats8105

Freshman
Jan 16, 2012
334
74
0
I have no link. Work with a recreation dept. and when we go to conferences they have shown videos that those coaches say this. As for Cal he talked about it at his summer camps to the kids. I fully support it for rec. leagues and such, but if you play weekend travel ball you better be able to play on a 10 ft. rim.
Posted from Rivals Mobile
 
C

CatDaddy4daWin

All-Conference
Dec 11, 2013
6,147
1,580
0
what is going on here? lol, dramatic music, slo mo videos. He looks like a ball hog to me. Missing a lot of open guys
 
D

Dr. H Lecter

Heisman
Apr 5, 2007
15,232
30,136
66
Originally posted by calscats8105:
I have no link. Work with a recreation dept. and when we go to conferences they have shown videos that those coaches say this. As for Cal he talked about it at his summer camps to the kids. I fully support it for rec. leagues and such, but if you play weekend travel ball you better be able to play on a 10 ft. rim.

Posted from Rivals Mobile
Click to expand...
I hear you. And if you or I were D1 coaches who make millions of dollars a year and play in state of the art facilities....I'd say the same thing. It is, in a vacuum, better that a 8yo shoot at a 9' rim with a womens or Jr sized ball.

But the REALITY of the situation is that rec ball and school league ball are played in public facilities that do not have goals that lower. So that is why that video shows games played with a drop-in goal. Coach Cal would change his mind if he knew the way leagues have to go to accommodate a 9' or lower rim. Those goals are less than ideal, change the floor condition because now the out of bounds line is much farther back once you've added a goal in a goal. IMO they also are dangerous.

I'd been to little kids (5-6) games where they had a parent standing there with a broom handle to pop the drop in goal back into place because the 10' break away rim kept breaking away.

So if Cal and the other coaches in your videos would donate millions of dollars to retrofit all of the goals out there in public facilities so that they can adjust mechanically down to 9' or so....then their "wish list" of rules could be implemented. But with the real world dynamics of actual court setups at most gyms......you will be forced to see 7 and 8 yo boys who are shooting a 27.5 at a 10' goal.
 
B

Ben101er

Heisman
Apr 21, 2004
25,299
59,400
103
I heard he went to the doctor and was told he could possibly grow another 3 feet.
 
D

Dr. H Lecter

Heisman
Apr 5, 2007
15,232
30,136
66
Originally posted by Ben101er:
I heard he went to the doctor and was told he could possibly grow another 3 feet.
Click to expand...
I had seen a small child in India that was born with 6 arms. But a boy with 5 feet? Where would he go to buy shoes?
 
W

Wall2Boogie

Heisman
Jan 28, 2010
26,239
21,732
0
kc ross miller says hello and see ya at school. He will still be at some college 4 more years
 
C

calscats8105

Freshman
Jan 16, 2012
334
74
0
I absolutely despise the buddy goals. They are dangerous and more trouble than what they're worth. We are lucky enough here that the 3 gyms we play our youth reg leagues in that the goals are adjustable.
Posted from Rivals Mobile
 
D

Dr. H Lecter

Heisman
Apr 5, 2007
15,232
30,136
66
Originally posted by calscats8105:
I absolutely despise the buddy goals. They are dangerous and more trouble than what they're worth. We are lucky enough here that the 3 gyms we play our youth reg leagues in that the goals are adjustable.

Posted from Rivals Mobile
Click to expand...
I agree with you 100%. You are fortunate having the adjustable goals. Those typically are quite a bit more expensive up front. And you better not lose the handle that "screws" the thing up and down. I've even seen some of the "big box" facilities that can raise or lower the goal height with the push of a button. If every facility had those then I would agree that you'd find the 8yo and younger groups playing on 9'.

As for 9-10 (3rd 4th) I would disagree with the lower goal height. 28.5 and 10' is totally fine there.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom