I am excited to introduce you to a progressive sports experience that is based on the development of a child's motor skills through sports. The focus of our progressive sports experience is built on age appropriate development for children starting in kindergarten and continuing through the eighth grade. While we will still be committed to ensuring every child has equal playing time and receive biblical instruction for life through relationships with coaches and team huddles, you will see a difference in our approach to coaching and games.
The PSE will provide four levels of growth beginning with kindergarten and first grade. KNowing that these children are single minded focus, coaches will narrow their teaching to dribbling, bounce passes, and understanding what offense and defense really does. Each team will play four players rather than five to create spacing and encourage team play. At the second and third grade level, you will continue to see cross court basketball, with man to man defense and offensive skills being taught. The fourth and fifth grade level will move to a full court game that will introduce zone defense and man to man press during certain time frames of the game. Children will be challenged to run the court, pass, set up offensive plays and defensive strategies. And the final level will be the sixth through eight grade. This level will allow man to man, zone defense, fast breaks, and involve an end of the season tournament.
As we have studied and Upward is introducing, we believe this will enable us to continue to instruct and nurture the children and families in the ways of God and accomplish teaching proper basketball fundamentals and development. Both will prepare children for further sport opportunity and Christ centered decision making.
Sign up now for our PSE ! Register at www.upwardhanover.org. This year we celebrate 10 years of Upward Basketball in Hanover!
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