There's Simply NO Substitute for Practice and Hard Work!

The Best Do Ordinary Things Better Than Everyone Else:

It's really about doing the little thing over time 10%, 5% , or even 1% better than everyone else. Its the little things that separate the best from the rest. Practicing those basic fundamentals over and over has brought our program a step up after 2 years. 5 % of an athletes life is made up of the actual game day performance, 95% is made up of the time spent preparing and waiting to perform. Im a huge believer in "Its how you prepare for game day that makes you perform so well, not your actual performance on that game day".

Training Camp by Jon Gordan is a fable about excellence. Are your athletes willing to pay the price with countless hours of hard work on the court and off the court? I think my kids are willing to pay the price, but I do not think they are self motivated and self disciplined. With out being pushed they would not be working out once a week on their skills, lifting twice a week to prevent injury and playing in their sunday league on their own. I wish they understood that your suppose to spend thousands of hours in the weight room, training in the off season, conditioning during the week, studying film, going over plays and so on. I emphasize the importance of quality they put into the short periods of work they give me during the week.

Whats your Game Day Principle? Mine is to prepare. This fall we have been preparing with a treadmill work out I got from Alan Stein and Individual Skill work. I asked each kid to complete the treadmill run with in a month and work out once a week on their skill set with sheet attached to the left to compliment their sunday league.

Starting next week we are on to the next treadmill work out and will start open gyms with our Freshman, JV and Varsity kids.

Season is around the corner and I am excited as ever.

Feed The Positive Dog

"The Energy Bus" by JON GORDON has me incorporating new positive techniques into my coaching. In the past I revolved my coaching on constructive criticism, even though I have NOT totally let that go, I am learning to "FEED THE POSITIVE DOG". Everyone has positive and negative energy in them, in order to bring out the positive we need to keep feeding it with positive things, positive energy, words of encouragement. If we don't keep feeding the positive dog, the negative one is going to take over. I try to start things positive, then discuss the not so positive things and finish with more positive. When one of my kids is on the foul line shooting free throws I tell the rest of the team to "feed the positive dog". My kids answer with "Come on Chase, you got it", "Alright Griffin get one here", they respond with positive statements to boost the shooters confidence and it works! Every morning we have a choice, are we going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker. I am learning that positive thinking gives me more energy.

Leading at a "Higher Level", what ever level that is for each one of us personally means you need to be open to new ideas and willing to learn as much as you can. "Everything is Learnable". No one creates success alone. This is very true for me at EMERSON HS. Last season we won our State Sectional and NJIC League Title, and all the support that came with the program made all the difference. We are all teachers and students no matter what our title is. It is important to learn that positive people, positive communication, positive interactions, and positive team cultures produce positive results.

I asked my Emerson kids in this pre-season on a scale from 1-5 how much do they enjoy being on the team. I ask them to take into consideration everything that goes on: the lifting, the scouting reports, the film sessions, the running, the yelling, playing all year long etc. I walked away not too pleased with the numbers I received. I want these kids to enjoy this team, my coaching staff and MYSELF more. My goal is to have them enjoy being on the team by being more positive towards each of them.

Fall Basketball Try Outs

The Bergen County Y, Home of the GameTime Hoops Basketball Program will be holding try outs for the Fall on Sunday Sept. 11th.

Fall Ball consists of one game per week and one practice per week.

Practices and Try outs are held at the

The Bergen County Y

605 Pascack Road

Township of Washington NJ 07676

Games are either at the Bergen Y or with in 20 minutes of the Y

Fees are $225 - $275

SEPTEMBER 11th TRY OUTS

3rd/4th grade 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Boys Court 1

Girls Court 2

5th/6th grade 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Boys Court 1

Girls Court 2

7th/8th grade 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Boys Court 1

Girls Court 2

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS 3:00pm to 4:00pm

For Further information please contact Jenny Jurjevic

jjurjevic@yjcc.org

201-666-6610

Injuries.....

In my two "complete" seasons coaching at Emerson I have had four serious injuries: 3 ACLs (two of them on the same players) and a foot fracture. People began to say that I was working the girls too hard, they were simply playing TOO MUCH! I just could not get myself to believe it. They are high school girls, we would practice 6 days a week and they would practically never run. I am not a coach to throw kids on the line unless I am really mad.

May 2010 I went to a Nike Championship Basketball Clinic (which I recommend for every coach, once a year to attend) in Verona NY. One of the several speakers that weekend was ALAN STEIN. In my own words, Alan Stein is a strength and conditioning trainer with basketball tailored work outs to prevent injury and get athletes to perform better. He started his exercises with no shoes, working the bottom of the feet. He showed coaches several stretches with out having the players sitting down. Before he even picked up a weight, we were shown how to improve quickness and reaction with tennis balls working hand eye coordination all at the same time. I WAS SOLD!

Alan informed us on the common injuries for basketball players: feet, hamis, quads, lower back, and ACL. This information lit up brain cells in my head, in other words it hit close to home. My first year coaching my best player had a stress fracture in her foot and one of my starters had torn her ACL in a preseason game. My second year I had another ACL injury and a lower back injury. For the hour of his lecture my eyes were glued to his demonstrations and my pen never left the note pad. Since the lecture I have tried several of his work outs on myself and this fall I have designed a program for my squad. I have purchased one of his DVD's and download a PDF in season strength training program. I follow ALAN on twitter and facebook. YOUTUBE has a lot of his exercises and his website www.strongerteam.com has been a great reference.

 

Fall Ball with Game Time is a basketball program designed to keep players playing.

 

TRYOUTS

3/4 grade boys – Tuesday Sept. 8 @ 6:00PM

5/6 grade boys – Tuesday, Sept. 8 @ 7:00 PM

7/8 grade boys - Tuesday, Sept. 8 @ 8:00 PM

3/4 grade girls – Thursday Sept. 10 @ 6:00PM

5/6 grade girls – Thursday, Sept. 10 @ 7:00 PM

7/8 grade girls – Thursday, Sept. 10 @ 8:00 PM

 

·        Cost:  $325 per player, 10 players per team

·        Team formation: Teams are completely or partially formed two days after tryouts.  Practices start immediately.  New players are added to complete rosters as needed.

·        Game Locations:  All games will be played within a 30 minute radius of the Bergen YJCC at a local league.

·        Practices: To be determined by coaches and gym time. All practices will be held at the Bergen Y.

·        Coaches:  Experienced semi-pro and collegiate players, high school and AAU coaches.

For more information call: Jenny Jurjevic●Athletic Director●Bergen YJCC●Township of Washington, NJ 07676●(201) 666-6610 ext. 235●(201) 664-7518 - fax ●jjurjevic@yjcc.org. 

Women’s Basketball Summer League

Bergen County, New Jersey

Session (1) June 9th - June 30th
Session (2) July 7th - July 28th

Days: Tuesday and Thursday

Times: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Team Fee $700

Free Agent $100

Signups:

* First come, first serve. Signup at YJCC Front Desk or MAIL registration and fee. Signup is complete when team registration form, $700 is turned into the YJCC front desk. Please keep your receipt for your records.

Start date(s):

Session (1) June 9^{th, 2009}

Session (2) July 7^th, 2009

For more information call

Jenny Jurjevic
Athletic Director
Bergen YJCC
605 Pascack Rd.
Township of Washington, NJ 07676
(201) 666-6610 ext. 235
(201) 664-7518 - fax
jjurjevic@yjcc.org. 

Please make checks payable to: Bergen YJCC, 605 Pascack Rd.
Township of Washington, NJ 07676

Forms:

Team Registration Form:  Must be complete with captain name(s) and contact information, roster information, at our Front Desk.

 

12U going on 13U....

The 2008 Gametime Cougars are returning with 70% of their roster to compete in the 13U division. THEY ARE ALL GROWN and playing with the big dogs now. The 13U team has taken the month off to focus on the Division II state tournament. This is the first time GAMETIME has ever competed in the tournament. GOOD LUCK!!

GameTime Cougar Schedule (9/13-9/19)

MONDAY 4/13/09 - 11u/12u Practice 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Location - BERGEN YJCC

MONDAY 4/13/09 - 16U "WALK THROUGH" 530 PM - 7:00 PM

WEDNESDAY 4/15/09 12U SCRIMMAGE (TENTATIVE) 

TUESDAY - THURSDAY BERGEN YJCC CLOSED (PASSOVER)

THURSDAY 4/16/09  16U SCRIMMAGE @ Lethworth School, Rockland County NY 

FRIDAY 4/17 THROUGH 4/19 - 12U, 14U, 16U ROCKLAND ROCKETS TOURNAMENTS

GAMES TIMES AND LOCATIONS TBD

www.rocklandrockets.com

if you have any question please feel free to email:

Coach Jenny Jurjevic

jjurjevic@yjcc.org

GameTime University - Girls Basketball

The 2nd graders Gametime Cougar team practiced every tuesday and competed in an in house league @ the Bergen YJCC. Their season is summed up by this photo when they were asked to "act tough"... These boys are TOUGH!