Roster And Team Info
4th Grade Boys Roster
Jazik Miller – Spirit Lake (3rd) | 3 |
Roman Voss – Jackson County Central | 4 |
Naef Yusuf – Irving Elementary | 5 |
Wesley Walz – Spirit Lake | 10 |
Drew Piercy – Spencer | 21 |
Carter Schwab – Bishop Garrigan | 24 |
Lincoln Cowell – Hartly Melvin Sandborn | 30 |
Calan Peters – Okoboji | 33 |
Weston Rowe – Jackson County Central | 35 |
Bilal Yusuf – Irving Elementary | 55 |
Coaches
John Walz
Mike Cowell
4th Grade Girls Roster
Elle Delaney – Dakota Dunes | 1 |
Coryn Kimbell – Blessed Sacrament | 2 |
Trista Mazurek – Cherokee | 3 |
Jocelyn Walsh- Newell- Fonda | 15 |
Camryn Puhrmann – Newell – Fonda | 16 |
Mareni Brabec- Newell-Fonda | 20 |
Haley Gerdes- Newell- Fonda | 22 |
Samantha Kimbell – Blessed Sacrament | 30 |
Coaches
Alex Spielman
Nick Mazurek
Grade Goals
Lay ups: Athletes should jump off the left leg when shooting a right hand lay-up. They should shoot off their right leg when shooting a left hand lay-up.
Footwork: Learning triple threat positioning, pivoting on their left and right foot without traveling, jump stops, and to square to the basket as soon as they catch the ball in a triple threat position.
Shooting Form: Athletes will learn proper shooting form. (Stance, holding the ball, position of shooting hand, set point, upward force, releasing the ball, and follow through).
Ball handling: Athletes will learn proper dribbling mechanics for both right and left hands.
Athletic and movement skills: Athletes will learn how to run, jump and land, skip, stop, move laterally, squat, lunge and any other basic movements.
Passing: Athletes will learn the basic chest, bounce, and overhead passes.
Rebounding: Athletes will be introduced to rebounding. Athletes will work on the proper boxing out techniques.
Offense: We will teach our kids to “Read the Defense”. Our main goal at this age is to have athletes move & not stand still. Learn to pass the ball and play together with proper floor spacing. We will also stress ball reversals.
Basic cuts: Athletes will learn how to use basic cuts such as, back cut and V cuts.
Defense: Teach the basic stance, defensive slide, and basic off-ball principles. Our main goal at this age is to have athletes stop the ball; keep their body between the ball and basket. We will also learn proper help gaps.