Jamboree

There are good things about the jamboree, and some bad things. It's good to play in front of a crowd for the first time and have the game not count. Up to this point, we have scrimmaged in front of some parents and practiced by ourselves. When you play in front of a crowd, the players forget everything.

It's also nice to have the girls go through the pregame routine and shoot around. There are so many little things that happen before a game that aren't thought about.

I also like the fact that we, as coaches, can see what we need to do before the game. For example, I thought we had a tripod, but didn't. I pulled out the stat sheets, and realized they had last years players on them. I noticed we didn't have a scorebook. You get the picture.

The only real problem I have with the jamboree is that, if you're any good, you don't want to show what you got. So, we played a 1-2-2 and we may not ever do that again. We played combinations of players that we'll never play again.

As for Saturday, we lost by 2, but looked pretty good. Two of my starters looked really nervous while three looked good. One girl on the bench surprised me and one of my freshman really appears to be coming along. We had a chance to win at the end, but I had my second team out there and there aren't too many scorers in that group.

First game is tomorrow.