Athletics 1st Day (5=1)

Intro Staff – 5=1 #ONEUNITSTRONG (Motto)

Handout: Physicals, player info sheets, policies, acknowledgement of rules

Quote: “If you accept 2nd place when 1st place is available, you will tend to accept 2nd for the
rest of your life”

1. Lock-In (Life Skill)

2. Communication (Anything and Everything)

a.) Let us know what is going on

b.) Absent from practice (Text or Call)

c.) We are not mind readers (on the court and off the court)

d.) If in doubt, TALK to us

e.) Communication builds Teams – We talk and clap all practice

-We huddle up and talk during practice and games

3. We believe in discipline (Actions and Appearance)

a) Yes sir / No sir

b) Hair

c) No hats in gym

d) No sleeves (Arm or leg), wild socks, headbands etc

e) WILL KEEP GYM and WEIGHT ROOM CLEAN (Balls)

 f) NO CUSSING

4. Classroom behavior (you will run). *I have already spoke with

the teachers and will talk with them weekly

5. Weekly Emails

a) Tardies: to practice — (10-2), (wall), (Bleacher Jumps)

b) Class room behavior (We will always side with teacher)

c) Grades (75) and Zeros

6. 10 in 2, Wall Sits, ect (every action will be punished)

1. Pay Days (Fridays) Repeated behavior problems (My call)

7. Locker room—police it or punished (Reminders)

8. Injuries (Dress Out Anyway - Be there fir your team mates)

9. Quitting – Think carefully (done for the year)

10. Unexcused missed practice / unexcused missed game

11. Practice

a) If you miss school I need to know (text or call a coach)

b) Don’t miss – Holiday Schedule (before planning holiday vacations

– get w/coach
 c) Leadership (we need some leaders to emerge) (be a talker)
(communicate)

12. Goals – TEAM (be thinking of goals for us) (What do you want
for this season?)

a.) VISION – We have to have a VISION – Our goals determine our

direction

13. CC After School (you will only run one meet) – We use this for
lifting weights and getting in shape

14. Lockers tomorrow (bring your own lock)

a) Locker room situation

15. Shirt, shoes, shorts (tomorrow) – practice stuff later

16. Game day Attire (Home: Shirt and tie) (Away: Warm-up Varsity
only)

17. Practice Stuff (Leagues- CH- Hudson) *If you do not have
league stuff, let me know.

18. Parent Meeting Info (coming later)

19. Fall Calendar/Schedule

20. Pass out all UIL forms (due FRIDAY)

a.) Can not participate until you have forms and physicals turned in
*Get sizes etc (Shoe, Shirt, Pant)

*All paperwork due ASAP, no later than Friday

*If we don’t enjoy this journey and become closer then we have failed. My hopw
for this season is we will from lifelong bonds with each other. We just use
basketball to form these bonds. It is the #1 priority for this season. But, I
have never known a team that enjoyed a season if they did not believe they had
given it absolutely all they had.

*Basketball is a privilege and not a right. It is important we all understand that.

*Our identity will be in our DEFENSE and TOUGHNESS. We will work harder
and be tougher than any other team. Practices will be the toughest thing you
have ever done in your life. There is nothing more important to me than
practice. Practices will be harder than games. You have probably heard before,
you practice how you play. It is the one of the truest statements in basketball.
There may be times you think of quitting, but if you are tough and hold on, you
will have aquirred one of the most important skills in life. When you go through
something tough together, you always come out better for it.

*You will have 7 mins to get on the court. The horn will go off and you will start
warm-ups yourself, someone will need to lead. I will show you once and then it is
your responsibility. We will be loud in everything we do.

*Our Culture will be different than last year. It is important you guys know
that. It is always different with a new coach. I will be different than I was
this summer. We are a lot mor laid back during the summer. For us to be as
good as we want to be, there are time you will not like us. We have to push you.

*We clap in practice during every drill. We talk to each other in every drill. If
we don’t clap and encourage then we run. We will do a lot of things that will get
you out of your comfort zone.

*Shootouts and leagues – Do we want to play Fall games?

*Warm-Up suits – fundraise?

We are in the process of updating the locker room

We also have new uniforms this season.

Im excited to get started guys. We have been looking forward to working with
you guys all summer.