Hey Tic Tacs,
I just wanted to take a few seconds on my lunch break to tell you what a fabulous job you all did at Sunday’s game. I know it was harder because we were missing a few people, so you had to keep up your endurance, which you all did really well.
The fact that you’ve all been improving steadily in practice really showed in the game. I saw some boxing out, I a lot of great shots taken. I saw some driving to the hoop, balls getting into the key, and even a give and go! Your passes are looking sharper, and your dribbling is improving. And defensively, your rebounding is improving tremendously.
EVERYONE contributed with some Tic Tac Points. I haven’t got the grand total, but I think we beat our previous tic tac record of 197 points.
This week’s Tic Tac Point Winner was Kelly W. with 49, if I remember right, and Danielle was a not-too-distant second place.
Sarah Shields made some terrific drives, and both she and Kelly W. had some great ball handling — spinning around their aggressive defenders with ease.
Alyssa scored her first of what I’m sure will be many baskets this season. She was consistently in the right place for rebounds, and when you have a nice shot, like she’s developing, and you’re in the right place, you’re going to make some baskets. And she did.
Katherine came through with some great Crazy Monkey defense, shutting down that baseline drive quite well!
Jenn Coffey was a phenomenal rebounder for us, coming up with grab after grab!
Danielle took some great shots, did some of her famous blocking, and also grabbed some nice rebounds.
And who amI forgetting…? Oh no. I’m not forgetting her. SAVANNAH! You were truly QUEEN of the PAINT! I have to say, you have come sooo far since our first game that it’s like night and day. You should be very proud of your progress! Keep it up!
And again, all of us should be proud of our progress so far. We just keep getting better. It’s the tic tac way, really.
Listen. I have to go, because my lunch hour is ending, but I wanted to leave you with one thought — our next game is when they start allowing the full court press during the last four minutes of play. All we have to do to break that is pass pass pass. Which we already do well. I won’t personally be having us do a full-court press, most likely. At least not until after a practice or two. We’ll just stick to our same solid D. That D of ours can win some games. We’re really getting that down to a science.
OK That’s it. See you all on Sunday! Check the schedule for a time (I don’t have time to check right now!)
Coach Jim
