John Given
John Given
believe carried game
I believe the Pinewood game carried over into the Salinas game.
afraid both learned outside presence
We have some outside presence with them. Both have learned not to be afraid to shoot. It's a development thing.
couple eight players points six win
We need a couple more players to give us six to eight points a game. If we can get to 40 points, we'll win a lot of games.
adjusting feeling frustrated system
My feeling is she was a little frustrated at times with her scoring. But Jess was still adjusting to the system and feeling her way around.
aggressive couple rotation
We made a couple of rotation changes. But the big thing is we are a lot more aggressive offensively.
bad force games hold lose shots won
We need to force some bad shots and hold them to one shot. We haven't won too many games when we lose the rebounding battle.
best compete girls hope perfect playing
We will have to play the perfect game. We're playing our best basketball. All you can hope for is your girls compete for 32 minutes.
grind score wins
It's back to the old style. We're going to have to grind out wins with our defense. We're just not going to score a lot of points.
confidence giving
We're doing the little things that are giving us opportunities to score. Now we are getting some turnovers. When your confidence grows, it snowballs.
girls good older playing point seniors team three together
The big thing is they have seniors and a good point guard. Those girls have been playing together for three years. They're an older team in our league.
based control defense effort good
Defense has always been our forte. Even with our good teams, our program's based on defense. We can control our effort on defense.
average begin deserve playoffs teams
I think there are too many average teams in the playoffs to begin with. But if we can't go .500 in league, we don't deserve to go to the playoffs.
fear good losses record strike team
Our record won't strike fear into people. But some of our losses have been to some pretty good teams. We're the kind of team that most don't want to see.
ability coaches eight points remarks scores
At the end of the year, her coaches made remarks to me about her ability to be a gamer. When she scores eight to 10 points a game, they often won. Jess is a scorer.