Families and Players: Welcome to week 4 of the summer session. I am going to call myself officially organized with regard to the schedule. After discussions with a few players we have decided that maintaining our own early evening WEIGHT ROOM TIMES combined with OPEN GYMS would be the best instead of going to open lifts. Please see the bullet below and schedule for updates. The change was made so that I can attend and be the leader of the strength and conditioning sessions to make sure the lifts are done correctly and I can always adjust on the fly and keep it fresh and move with players directly into open gyms. If players can't make the sessions then the weight room will be available 8-10am, 3-5pm and my lift cards will be available. We are introducing a new app this Friday for players. They will use this as a check in and management tool of their conditioning and strength training. Athlete performance will have it ready Friday. I will see all incoming Frosh tomorrow night at 7:30-9 for their first lift. We have added a new piece to the Monday lifts: Skills. Following the strength and conditioning sessions on MONDAYS players will go through ball-handling skills next to the weight room. These skills sessions will be intense cardio ballhandling, stance, and controlled core 30-40 minute workouts. Students will improve footwork, footspeed, hand eye coordination, and touch. On Wednesdays and Sundays we will combine strength and conditioning with OPEN GYMS. Wednesday nights open gym is 8:30-10pm: come and play, shoot, work on skills. Alumni will come and compete in the summer with the boys. We are moving all Friday open gyms to Sunday mornings. All but one open gym is at 9am-11am followed by WR from 11-12. Please see calendar for changes. We made this change due to having too many tourneys on Fridays and we want 3 workouts still. Come in and get shots, skills, or play and then hit the weights or just come and lift and shoot, but come in. My expectation is that if you want to be a changer of a program you have to be a part of the solution: my solution to increasing the program is to increase opportunities in strength and conditioning, skills training, and playing together. Please see the schedule located at our Saber Hoops website or via the google drive link in this email. http://saberhoops.weebly.com/off-season-training.html https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AjnBs190XnsOOpKk0PdhkEzSOAPzWNznW6Iv4TTRNmE/edit#gid=698415455 MWF: WEIGHT ROOM and OPEN GYM WORKOUT Please see schedule but for the most part: MONDAYS: WR 7:30-8:30 WR SKILLS: 8:30-9:15 WEDNESDAYS: WR 7:30-8:30 OPEN GYM: 8:30-10pm ALL LEVELS SUNDAYS: OPEN GYM: 9-11am WR: Anytime 9-12pm LEAGUE PLAY: M: Incoming frosh have league at South Milwaukee. See attachment. Generally from 530-630 game times. T: League at Brookfield Central (JV 530/620) (V 7:10 / 8pm) TH: League at Wisconsin Lutheran College (JV 530/630) (V 730/830) Tournaments please see schedule---some weekends. LAST WEEK: Our Varsity Gold went 1-1 at the Brookfield Central league losing to Greenfield and defeating Nathan Hale. Team Varsity BLACK went 1-1 at South Division on Tuesday and 0-2 against two quality teams at WLC: West Allis Central and Brookfield East. The Incoming Frosh had a good showing at Arrowhead round robin beating the host team, losing to Sussex, and beating Mukwonago Friday night. Many of the incoming freshman have helped us out at the JV level as well. Keep working hard. They are starting to understand the the concept of the culture we are putting together. THIS WEEK: We have a very busy week. We had games last night at South Milwaukee for the first week of Summer League-Frosh went 1-1, taking one on the chin vs the Rival OC. Next week we strike back! Tuesday BC league for JV and Var Gold, Wednesday first lift of summer with new program at HS and Open Gym, WLC League for JV and VAR BLACK, then two tourneys Friday at Monona Grove and Saturday at South Division in the morning for Var Gold followed by Sunday Open Gym and Conditioning. SUMMER CAMPS: I am looking for 6 volunteers per week from the JV and Varsity teams?
New registration deadline: July 1st. July 11-15th 3rd and 4th grades July 18-22nd 5th and 6th grades July 23rd: Father/Son Camp July 25-29th: Full Day 7th and 8 grade camp See link: http://www.franklin.k12.wi.us/athletics-activities-sp-26021/timothy-matheus/government-articles/summer-camps.html PODOLL'S POINTS First, the summer season is about helping build a connection to the program. One of my students left this summer saying she was only qualified to work at fast food places. I said to her, "What qualifies you for your job is your qualifications. If you are unsatisfied with what you are qualified for, then you have to put quality into your work and develop better qualifications." I mention this because this summer is about developing your qualifications. We have opportunities for your athletes to put in quality work so that they are qualified in the fall. Second, I am enjoying working with all the students this summer and meeting new parents and seeing ones from the past year. I am the high school coach, but in the summer I am the agent for the FYBBA, however, we are all Sabers. The incoming freshman get to see the toughness and dedication of the program. The JV team gets to build off their success and role right into summer continuing the process. Both Gold and Black teams growing together as we replace 8 seniors and learning the culture and concepts and basketball terminology and my quirks. We have continuity of play on the floor, now, we need to build continuity off the floor. For all the new families coming in I have linked our expectations for players and protocol for addressing situations when they have questions or concerns. If you have questions or concerns please come to myself or one of my staff members. We should be your first line, and I am really open, approachable, and willing to listen. Last, I would like to inform you three focus points this summer by our coaches: IMPACT PLAYERS LIVES, PREPARE OUR TEAM, and BUILDING BELIEF IN OUR SYSTEM. We may not be their parent, but we as coaches are in a position to be positive and important people to your kids. We will be people of integrity and hope your athletes seek out guidance from us now and forever after they leave the program. We have beliefs in toughness, hard work, truth, loyalty, and responsibility. We will always treat your players with respect and help them feel important equally to all other teammates. No role is too little. When you are a part of the program you are a complete part. That coach-player relationship is crucial in building those traits listed. Communicating with the players as a group, one-on-one, and keeping a door open to concerns helps us learn to trust each other and be a unified program and community. Thanks everyone! Have a great week!!!
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Families and Players: We are into week three of the Spring / Summer schedule. We are getting more organized with players schedules. It has been a challenge to coordinate everyone's busy schedules and the end of the year school sports schedules. However, I want everyone to also keep this perspective:
My assistant coach, Marcus Reed, stated to me that simplicity is best. In simple terms here is what we have as a summer schedule: MWF: Weight Room and Open Gym Workout Please see schedule. However: I will be in weight room from 4-5, followed by open gyms most days from 5-630 at the school. Open Gyms will be like the weight workouts. We have a shooting card and skills card for you to check off or you can come in and just play? Will be available for everyone. We would hope that we see you 1 time a week and put in the work. If you are not in a fall sport then we want to see you everyday! M: Incoming frosh have league at South Milwaukee. See attachment. Generally from 530-630 game times. T: League at Brookfield Central (JV 530/620) (V 7:10 / 8pm) TH: League at Wisconsin Lutheran College (JV 530/630) (V 730/830) Tournaments please see schedule---some weekends. LAST WEEK: Our Varsity Gold had a competitive week. They went 1-1 at the Brookfield Central league coming back from 16 down against Greendale, who is huge, and brought the entire squad, and won. We played Greendale on Sunday and had the lead for the entire game but a small stretch at the end put them up for good. We had great efforts by our guys on Sunday. I tweeted about scoreboard watching vs effort and improvement watching. As a coach we do both but care more about the latter. Team Varsity BLACK went 2-0 at South Division. Faisal, Caleb, Jose, and Adam Dohr put on a show hitting 15 3's to beat South Div in OT. Lost to them the week before in OT. Thanks to last minute help from 5 of our incoming Frosh, our JV team went 1-1 last week. They had an eye opener vs Sussex losing by a couple feet, but responded with great defensive effort to be a solid Hale program. Great job teams. Our Seniors graduated and said goodbye. If anyone was able to get some good pictures send them to us. I have a last minute idea to remind them that they are a Saber Hooper for life. Complete schedule: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AjnBs190XnsOOpKk0PdhkEzSOAPzWNznW6Iv4TTRNmE
or at the Saber Hoops Website: http://saberhoops.weebly.com/off-season-training.html MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO INCOMING FROSH CALENDAR: Graduation night is June 8th--No Workouts. We will still have them June 6th but at 5:30-715. Workouts will be an introduction to the our language, defensive concepts, drills, and feel prepared for Friday June 10th. Enjoy the gym in a formal and informal setting without a basketball: CROSS STAGE AND DANCE! Summer Camps: New deadline: July 1st. July 11-15th 3rd and 4th grades July 18-22nd 5th and 6th grades July 23rd: Father/Son Camp July 25-29th: Full Day 7th and 8 grade camp +++++See Attachment++++ GOLF OUTING FOR ATHLETICS. Please Register!!! http://www.franklin.k12.wi.us/athletics-activities-sp-26021/golf-outing.html PODOLL'S POINTS On Sunday I had a great conversation with kids from Pewaukee HS during half time of one of the games. I enjoyed listening to them talk about collaboration, collective responsibility, and character. They hold each other accountable and they work out EVERYDAY after school. Many play AAU, some are in other sports, but they all find a way to get together because they said, "We want to win it all, and be the best our community ever has had." Beyond the Pewaukee kids conversation, I saw something on the floor at Brook Central that has stood out and made an impression in a positive way, one that is a teachable moment and was Sunday for our team. A Brook Central player with Varsity experience grabbed another player during our game, while up by 15+, and said to the other player after making a poor decision defensively and attitude wise said, "We don't do that in this program. Know and understand what we do here." The other kid looked at him like he was crazy, but accepted it and responded in a positive way in behavior and action. It was a wake up call. I used it on Sunday to help the boys understand that we do things a certain way too. Guys that are in year two, need to address others, to hold accountable, on and off the floor, but the biggest key is to accept it not as criticism, but to become one strong fist, to be victorious everyday in all things small and big! Now, last week I asked you all to poke around at the Kaukauna website and now this week I mention the Pewaukee and Brookfield players. I am leading you down a path that suggests we want to make your boys the best they can be adn know how to do it on their own and with our help. We want to create victories everyday in their lives! If we lack the skills to communicate, collaborate, and cultivate a culture then we will lose more than just on the scoreboard. Franklin has had 2 plaques in 40 years in Boys Basketball. If you want something you've never had as a community, school, or player before, you have to be willing to do something you've never done before. Culture creation started last year, but lets not lose the process we started, lets build on it: Trust the Proceess, The Game Honors Toughness 5 C's: Community, Communication, Continuity, Character, and Consitency Now comes... BRAVE: Be Relentless Achieving Victory Everyday! Have a great end to the school year!!! See you all soon! Families and Players: We are into week two of the Spring / Summer schedule. What a great weekend of weather for everyone. Earlier today I sent out a message with regard to the games today. I did double book a spring league and summer league and I did so because of the amount of passion and commitment you all showed to the program this past year. I wanted to accommodate for all those in spring sports and end of the year events. We will make it work. We are on the rise and for every bump or bruise, it comes at the price of creating success. If you know anyone else that should be on the list, or can forward to them, I encourage all to participate. LAST WEEK: Our Varsity Gold had a good run but lost both games in OT and down the stretch. After being down by more than 10 in both games, Varsity Gold came back and took control of games until the last minute. Marcus Lee twisted his ankle in the first game and everyone rallied to fight. Caleb Selensky threw up a shot for the ages behind his back for three that was a serious highlight. As a new group it was exciting to see all the hard work in the weight room pay off. The BALLIN' CLUB was excited to have listeners last week. We have had a ton of good feedback. We are excited to create new and fun fund raising activities. Stay tuned for the next meeting date and news. THE NEXT TWO WEEKS! Complete schedule: https://drive.google.com/open?d=1AjnBs190XnsOOpKk0PdhkEzSOAPzWNznW6Iv4TTRNmE
South Division Continues: Team Black Good Minutes for teams--Play Juneau and South Division May 31st. Games are 430/530 Two weeks left Brookfield Central Summer League Starts: Please refer to website to see times: 530/620 for JV every week ----710/800pm http://saberhoops.weebly.com/springsummer-2016.html MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO INCOMING FROSH CALENDAR: Graduation night is June 8th--No Workouts. We will still have them June 6th. Workouts will be an introduction to the our language, defensive concepts, drills, and feel prepared for Friday June 10th. Enjoy the gym in a formal and informal setting without a basketball: CROSS STAGE AND DANCE! Summer Camps: July 11-15th 3rd and 4th grades July 18-22nd 5th and 6th grades July 23rd: Father/Son Camp July 25-29th: Full Day 7th and 8 grade camp +++++See Flyer++++ GOLF OUTING FOR ATHLETICS. Please Register!!! http://www.franklin.k12.wi.us/athletics-activities-sp-26021/golf-outing.html PODOLL'S POINTS This past weekend I looked around at other successful programs across the state that have been historically successful in football or baseball. It took a couple years if not a few, four, or five, but now, the foundation has been set. We put a foundation down last year about expectations of the player, the student, the community, parent, and coaches. We will continue to do so. One parent did make a comment that my schedule may be too ambitious. I agree, it is very ambitious. I have high expectations. We believe it to not be ambitious but OPPORTUNISTIC. The state title team, Kaukauna, has plenty of opportunities. Look at their website and expectations. Creating a similar environment, culture, and adventurous OPPORTUNITIES should lead to the same success to carry the community to great heights. http://www.kaukaunaboyshoopsclub.com/summer-basketball Have a great end to the school year!!! See you all soon! |