[chrisjvandyke]

Well, we (4th grade boys) just had our first practice last night of installing the R&R. The players really got into East West passing, and then dribble-ats. We then drilled for a bit (front cuts, rear cuts, dribble ats) and then ran the deflection shell drill game with our kids.

My assistant and I have decided to hold off on layer 2 (for now) and review Layer 1 and 3, and then work in layer 4 our next practice. I feel that if I got into layer 2 our heads would spin. Does anyone think we are wrong in doing so?

We have had 4 practices so far. The first 3 we really drilled fundamentals (and have worked on shell drill each time). The fourth practice we spent a great deal installing layers 1 and 3, fundamentals and then shell game.

We have 3 practice left before our first game.. Each practice is 1.5 hours. What I am struggling with is maintaining a schedule where we still get fundamental work in (player development), defensive work in, and installing the offense.

Does anyone have any practice plans or ideas that they are willing to share?

We currently have access to the 8 youth practices and the 90 minute offensive practice, but I am seeing if someone has a plan in place so I am not re-inventing the wheel for each practice.

Again we are 4th grade boys of mixed abilities and really need to be able to develop these guys as basketball players as well as be able to work our X and O’s

Thanks