C A P S T O N E P R E S E N TAT I O N

E M M A N G UYE N
• Topic : Basketball Skill Development
with the Junior Girls at REMSS

• Strand : Project Strand

• Inquiry Question : How can I use

all the basketball knowledge/skills I
have and use it to help others in my
community? And help them in a way
that’s impactful.
TIMELINE 2. Helping with the
coaching for the Junior
Girls at REMSS

1. Running Practices for 3. Skill Development

a U18 Club Basketball with some of the
Team Junior Girls Players
 • Help run practices (drills
and plays)
• First time coaching ever
• All-boys
• Only ended up coaching 2
U18 practices because school
BASKETBALL basketball started to
interfere
PRACTICES
• Learned a lot in terms of
COMMUNICATION and
LEADERSHIP (had a lot of
awkward conversations)
• An amazing
first experience
WHO HELPED ME
GET TO WHERE I
AM NOW?
• Edwin Aure
• He is the coordinator of all the Steve Nash U18
basketball teams
• Junior Girls Basketball Coach at REMSS
• This project wouldn't have gone so smoothly with
him
C OAC H I N G T H E J R G I R L S ' T E A M

• Helped with tryouts

• Ran a practice (new drills and taught a new offence)
• Watched their games and gave them feedback accordingly
STICKING WITH
MY ORIGINAL PLAN
• Skill development (dribbling and finishing)
• Decided this based on watching a couple of
their games
• 3 players ended up being willing to do this with me
• Players: Riley, Christiana, Sarah
• My plan -> take before and after clips and give them
a workout drill over the break and help them whenever
I can during practice
 • Sent out a workout plan (I'll
show on website)
• Covid became a problem
WINTER
• The break got extended
BREAK
• Had gym time

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CHRISTIANA'S BEFORE AND AFTER -
L AY U P S
CHRISTIANA'S
BEFORE AND
AFTER -
DRIBBLING
 RILEY'S
BEFORE AND
AFTER -
DRIBBLING
 THE WORK
THEY PUT IN
TO GET
WHERE THEY
ARE NOW
M Y I M PAC T O N T H E M
• Expanded the players' knowledge of the game
• Helped them find their passion for basketball
• They look up to me as a player so getting guidance from me meant a lot to them
• Ball-handling is better
 Built on communication and leadership skills

Made so many new relationships/friendships

HOW THIS
P RO JE CT Led me to realize how much I love the sport of basketball

AFFECTED ME
Coaching is something I'd consider doing in the future

Helped me grow as a player and person

FINAL WORDS
• This was such an amazing experience, I'm so thankful for everyone who made this
possible and I'm grateful for all the roadblocks I faced because it helped me at
the end of the day!
• Thank you Mr. Main for everything! I genuinely loved being in your class and I'm
going to miss it! It was the one class I looked forward to everyday :)