Well Christmas break is almost upon those at Family of Faith Christian School. It isn't that I don't enjoy spending time with the kids, but I am ready for a break. Why? Well working a full-time job and then add 3 hours minimum of basketball every day for the last 3 1/2 months really begins to wear ones nerves and definately puts a strain on the home life. We had 4 games this evening and have another 2 remaining before we are free for 2 weeks and I can't wait.
I don't want it to sound like I am complaining because I really enjoy coaching. It is very rewarding and very fulfilling and yet very tiring. Who wouldn't be tired after "parenting" 15 junior high boys/girls. Some days it is very challenging to hold my tongue and keep from running their poor souls into an early grave. :) We started games at 4:30pm and didn't get done till 10:00pm tonight, phew! I am tired. My junior high girls played hard, but didn't play as a team nor did they focus quite like they should and ended up losing a tough game. On a side note, my girls are only 1-9 on the season. OUCH! :) There have definately been some peaks and valleys. On a high note...they had an 8 point lead in their third game of the season only to lose by 3 in the end. They won their only game of the season in our junior high pre-season tournament and then last Friday against our rivals, they hit a 3 pointer at the buzzer to tie the game and send it into overtime and again lose by 3 points. I will say this...my girls have played so hard and have learned so much this year. I am anxious and looking forward to their improvement next season.
My boys on the other hand have been quite competitive as well. The first 3 games of the season sure made it seem like it was going to be a long, long season. We were outscored in our first three games by a combined score of 154-34-that is definately ugly, but of course the teams we were playing were large 3-4A schools with a lot of talent. After only scoring 34 in our first 3 games, we scored 29 in our first win of the season. We then played our cross-town rivals in our junior high pre-season tournament and had a lead but ended up losing by 3 points. We then carried that momentum into the next game. We ended up winning that game on the same day the girls won their first game. Since then we have played our cross-town rivals two other times and have fallen short both times by a total of 9 points. We may be 0-3 against them this year, but have only been outscored by 12 points. I hope we get them in the conference tournament or the state tournament. Revenge would be sweet.
And that brings me to our performance tonight. I am very proud of our boys as we dismantled our opponent and won by a margin of 56-28. What a win. That is the most points we have scored all season and definately was a positive going into the Christmas break. That was the most rewarding win as a coach. Finally...all the hardwork paid off in a blowout win. I have had more than my share of heartbreaking losses and gut wrenching close games that a blowout in our favor was much appreciated. Our boys may be 3-7, but we very easily could be 6-4. I know that 2 of our next 5 after Christmas are against teams that are not very good and one of them is the team we got our first win off of. It would be very nice to finish the season on a winning note. Here's to 2009 and a lot of success on the hardwood.
Merry Christmas!
No comments:
Post a Comment