Well, this basketball season MHSA (Montana High School Association, the governing body of high school sports in MT) instituted a new rule in basketball. The new rule is a "mercy" rule. It basically states that in the 2nd half, if a team has a 40+ point lead, the clock will not stop.
Well, yesterday was our first JV (and varsity) basketball game. Back to the mercy rule. I know how the rule works now. Let me just say that the final score was 73 points them, 12 points us.
Oh how I hope the season (and team gets better), otherwise it could be a long season.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
End of Volleyball
Well, last Saturday happened to be our last volleyball game. We didn't quite make it to the state tournament, however, we had the best finish in our school's history. (Prior to this year, we had never won a divisional game.) We compiled a very good record this year (18 wins, 7 losses, with 4 of those losses being tournament losses.) Hopefully next year the team will make it to state. As for who will coach that team, I don't know (Our current head coach is retiring from coaching so that she can spend time taking care of her 7 month old). Right now, I'm the next likely candidate for the head coaching position, but you never know.
Well, basketball practice officially starts in 1 week. I'm nervous and excited. It should be a fun season. At least I get a week of rest before the next season starts.
Well, basketball practice officially starts in 1 week. I'm nervous and excited. It should be a fun season. At least I get a week of rest before the next season starts.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Stuck at School
Today, November 4th, 2008 is .... Parent-Teacher Conferences. O.k., so who is the dummy that scheduled this on election day. I've been sitting at my desk for 90 minutes, and no parents have shown up yet. To top it all off, another dummy (our Athletic Director) scheduled a set of junior high girls basketball games tonight. Hmmm.... A conspiracy to prevent us from voting? Possibly.
Anyway, we (myself and glaciermom) went to vote during my prep period at 1:45 pm. Conspiracy or not, I voted (and I got that cool "I voted!" sticker.)
Anyway, we (myself and glaciermom) went to vote during my prep period at 1:45 pm. Conspiracy or not, I voted (and I got that cool "I voted!" sticker.)
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
More Volleyball, Less Sleep, More Stress
O.k., so I know many of you probably don't care or are not interested in my volleyball adventures. But, seeing as how Volleyball has taken up most of my time and energy, I feel I need to vent.
This week has been freakin' crazy. Starting last Friday (10/24), we traveled to our furthest away game (7 hours on the bus total.) Then on Saturday (10/25), we traveled another 4 hours on the bus (total time). On Monday (10/27) we had a home game. Yesterday (10/28), the JV and C squad had a game (only 1 hour on the bus total this time!). Thursday (10/30) we have another game (2 hours on the bus), and Saturday (11/1) we have our last game of the season (until district tournament.) Every game during this period is a conference game, except Thursday's. We only have 6 teams in district (7 including us), so 1/3 of our conference games have been played in 1 week. It's a THREE MONTH season! The girls are tired and are starting to get cranky.
To top it all off, I had a JV girl get mad at me, because I didn't play her the way she thought she needed to be played. Excuse me, I'm the coach. If you don't like it tough. I make decisions that I think will help the team play better and make decisions to help JV players grow and develop into better players. Winning is nice, but I also have to look at the development of all the JV players, most of which will eventually play varsity before they graduate high school.
I also had parents complaining yesterday. Of course, they won't talk and discuss this with me, just complain behind my back. To them, I say, the assistant coaching position was open for 3 months and no one applied. If you don't like my style or coaching philosophy, maybe you should have applied. (At least my head coach addresses these issues. I mean, that IS why she gets paid the big bucks.)
But the season is winding down, the Varsity players are playing, for the most part, like a State Contending Team.
And ... for the most part, all the girls on the team are pulling their weight, and respect my decisions, even if though don't agree with them.
This week has been freakin' crazy. Starting last Friday (10/24), we traveled to our furthest away game (7 hours on the bus total.) Then on Saturday (10/25), we traveled another 4 hours on the bus (total time). On Monday (10/27) we had a home game. Yesterday (10/28), the JV and C squad had a game (only 1 hour on the bus total this time!). Thursday (10/30) we have another game (2 hours on the bus), and Saturday (11/1) we have our last game of the season (until district tournament.) Every game during this period is a conference game, except Thursday's. We only have 6 teams in district (7 including us), so 1/3 of our conference games have been played in 1 week. It's a THREE MONTH season! The girls are tired and are starting to get cranky.
To top it all off, I had a JV girl get mad at me, because I didn't play her the way she thought she needed to be played. Excuse me, I'm the coach. If you don't like it tough. I make decisions that I think will help the team play better and make decisions to help JV players grow and develop into better players. Winning is nice, but I also have to look at the development of all the JV players, most of which will eventually play varsity before they graduate high school.
I also had parents complaining yesterday. Of course, they won't talk and discuss this with me, just complain behind my back. To them, I say, the assistant coaching position was open for 3 months and no one applied. If you don't like my style or coaching philosophy, maybe you should have applied. (At least my head coach addresses these issues. I mean, that IS why she gets paid the big bucks.)
But the season is winding down, the Varsity players are playing, for the most part, like a State Contending Team.
And ... for the most part, all the girls on the team are pulling their weight, and respect my decisions, even if though don't agree with them.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sports are running my life!!!
O.k., a stress (free?) rant.
Well, last Friday, JV broke their two game losing streak with a pretty convincing win. We play later today (in about an hour and a half) against the team that gave us our first loss. We also play this Thursday against a team that is not very good. Hopefully we will win.
But I have to rant a little about our district. We were placed in a district that requires more traveling from us than other teams. Our first road trip was 158 miles away, 316 miles round trip. All this for just 1 varsity match. Our second road trip wasn't nearly as far, just 64 miles away (128 miles round trip.) Our third road trip, was 128 miles away (256 round trip). At least that day we had C-squad, JV, and Varsity matches. The next day we had our 4th road trip, 84 miles away (168 round trip.) We do have one more l more long trip to do at the end of October, along with several smaller road trips in between. Our long trip that we still have to do is the longest of them all, about 170 miles away (340 miles round trip.)
Well, today I signed up to be the Assistant Boys High School Basketball coach. Unless someone else applies (no one has applied since the position opened up in April), I should have the job. So, when volleyball season ends, I will start basketball season. It lasts from the end of November to the beginning of March. Although I haven't played B-ball since high school, I have talked with our head coach, and he thinks I will do fine. I pretty much will have the same responsibilities that I do right now as an assistant volleyball coach.
Other than that, lets hope that the Twins beat the ChiSox tonight. Go Twins!
Well, last Friday, JV broke their two game losing streak with a pretty convincing win. We play later today (in about an hour and a half) against the team that gave us our first loss. We also play this Thursday against a team that is not very good. Hopefully we will win.
But I have to rant a little about our district. We were placed in a district that requires more traveling from us than other teams. Our first road trip was 158 miles away, 316 miles round trip. All this for just 1 varsity match. Our second road trip wasn't nearly as far, just 64 miles away (128 miles round trip.) Our third road trip, was 128 miles away (256 round trip). At least that day we had C-squad, JV, and Varsity matches. The next day we had our 4th road trip, 84 miles away (168 round trip.) We do have one more l more long trip to do at the end of October, along with several smaller road trips in between. Our long trip that we still have to do is the longest of them all, about 170 miles away (340 miles round trip.)
Well, today I signed up to be the Assistant Boys High School Basketball coach. Unless someone else applies (no one has applied since the position opened up in April), I should have the job. So, when volleyball season ends, I will start basketball season. It lasts from the end of November to the beginning of March. Although I haven't played B-ball since high school, I have talked with our head coach, and he thinks I will do fine. I pretty much will have the same responsibilities that I do right now as an assistant volleyball coach.
Other than that, lets hope that the Twins beat the ChiSox tonight. Go Twins!
Friday, September 26, 2008
Losing is no fun.
So I know I've kind of been nonexistent on the blog front. Well, coaching high school volleyball takes much more time than junior high volleyball. And now, any free time is either spent playing with glaciertoddler; sleeping; or surprise, surprise, working on volleyball rotations, statistics, talking to players and parents; dealing with administration (board meetings, co-op meetings, conferences with the superintendent), etc.
Anyway, my Junior Varsity squad has now lost 2 in row (after a 3 win start). The worst part is, I think my team should have won both of the last two matches. We played really well last Saturday, but lost in 5 close games. Yesterday, we lost in 3 close games. We should have won. I know we have 1 or 2 rotations where we do not serve receive well, and that just shoots us in the foot. Oh well, I'll see how we do tonight, and then maybe this weekend look at shaking things up.
Anyway, my Junior Varsity squad has now lost 2 in row (after a 3 win start). The worst part is, I think my team should have won both of the last two matches. We played really well last Saturday, but lost in 5 close games. Yesterday, we lost in 3 close games. We should have won. I know we have 1 or 2 rotations where we do not serve receive well, and that just shoots us in the foot. Oh well, I'll see how we do tonight, and then maybe this weekend look at shaking things up.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
For the Geek in all of us
If you've read grrrbear's August 27th Post, then you can ignore the rest of this post. For those of you that don't venture to his site, enjoy!
Well the Large Hadron Collider is scheduled to go on-line in 1 week. I've found a pretty fun and entertaining "rap" about it on YouTube.
Well the Large Hadron Collider is scheduled to go on-line in 1 week. I've found a pretty fun and entertaining "rap" about it on YouTube.
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