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December 12 and 13th - Focus Tournament!

January 9th and 10th - Tournament TBA

Casino Night Fundraiser!

Pressure Basketball is holding it’s 3rd Casino Night, December 5, 2009 @ 18419 Avalon Read more

Tournament Re-Cap Hardcore Hoops!

Looks like we did it again!

Seven in a row leads to another championship!

The young guns came out with intensity and defense. We were able to win both of our games on Saturday with pressure defense. I’m sure at times our opponents thought we might have had 6 guys on the floor, these young guys were everywhere.

Everyone knows our philosophy, if you don’t play defense you don’t play.

This is our youngest group and their slowly seeing and starting to understand the Pressure way. Both of the teams we played on Saturday were pretty good and could have easily made it to the championship game on Sunday, but they played a young Pressure team who are getting better every time out.

Sunday’s first game proved to be a little warm up for the guys who played a younger team that was just over matched with the score reflecting just that. However, the championship game was a little more competitive and spirited. Basic Basketball came into the game undefeated as well and had no intentions of losing. Pressure was applied from the out set and Basic Basketball could never get started.

The MVP award went to Jaye Dickenson who did a nice job of grabbing rebounds and jumping into passing lanes which lead to easy transition baskets. An easy win got a little choppy as the guys built an early lead. It was nice to see them push through things.

When you continue to play the game the correctly and maintain your composure the end result will speak for itself.

Good job guys see you at practice on Saturday.

Coach Brice

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Hello Pressure Family,

Thanks for your support this past weekend. We had a rough go of it at the Hardcore Hoops Classic we ended up splitting our two games on Saturday. With us being down with only a few seconds remaining, team Homecourt made a critical mistake, the fouled Kyle. Trailing by 1 Kyle walks to the line and calmly sinks both of his shots, game over good guys win.

Sunday brought a new day with new challenges. Playing without Kyle and Lance put us at a huge disadvantage; equate that to the Lakers not playing without Kobe and Lamar. Young Will did his best he came out firing scoring our first 9 points. Oh but again we all know what we say. You must be able to stop the other team. ( DEFENSE) It was non-existent. On the bright side we showed that when we’re patient and run our offense we can score and get easy shots. Defensively we had a few lapses, (missed rotations, boxing out, and getting back on defense. All of these things are correctable and I’m sure we will be addressing these things in practice. (If you don’t play defense you don’t play!)  Playing with the boys for the first time Shortie (Shavon) did a pretty good job, she’s going to be real good.

Well everyone until next time, see you at practice,

Coach Marshall

Tournament This Weekend Lynwood HS!

Tournament 11/21- 11/22 Lynwood HS

5th Grade Boys

SATURDAY - 9am and 11am @ Lynwood High School Read more

Tournament Re-cap… November!

Little Guys supply lots of PRESSURE!

What a difference a month makes, from winning one to winning it all. On Saturday the guys pressured Newport Lightening into several mistakes which made for an easy 48-28 win. In our second game Pressure pushed the host team OC Swoosh around for another easy win 56-22. We’re still far away from playing the type of defense that the coaches would like to see, but baby steps are being made.

The championship game started out a little slow but Dominic got a couple of steals which led to some easy baskets for little Shank. These little guys are fun to watch, they all play with smiles on their faces like there playing video games. Dominic played really well the entire weekend and could have easily captured the MVP award.

Getting the trophy was Journey Shank who hit from outside and inside using both hands on lay-ups, he and Dominic use both their hands like there already in high school, these kids are pretty impressive in that area. Once the entire team figure out it’s more enjoyable to play hard nose defense then we’ll be something special.

There were some nice contributions from Kole who hit some big shots from the elbow, Rudy played really well on Saturday driving to the basket while Eric and Jay controlled the boards. Our most improved player would have to be Narren, who’s doing so much more than he was just a short month ago I think he’s going to be really good player sooner than he knows.

Can we say CHAMPIONSHIP!!  (See Video Below Compliments of Gary Goodwin!)

 

Pressure Girl’s… Not enough Pressure!

Shorthanded the girls of Pressure put up fight but just ran out of gas. Playing with only six players and three of them new they were limited in the things they could do. According to Coach Aaron he saw some positives as well as negatives. The newcomers to the program has all of us excited, finally Laura has some help on the boards. Jamella and Celsee are extremely aggressive with Nicole being the finesse player. Channeling that aggression in the right direction will be a challenge and a plus. Shavon better known as (Shortie) had an outstanding game offensively in Saturday’s first game scoring a team high 23 points. Now she going to have to do it on both ends, I’m not sure if everyone is aware but she’s only in the 6th grade, she and Erica are playing against girls that are sophomores and juniors, and contributing. Erica has been doing it for so long against the boys and now the girls we take it for granted…Good for them!

Then there’s dependable Markie who working on her game daily, where would we be without her. She’s determined to be the best, do it everyday in practice and people will notice. Go left young lady go LEFT. Just as Ashley was showing some aggression she hyper extended her knee. Get right back up and keep playing you were figuring it out.

Can’t wait to see all of the high school girls in February, good luck play hard. You never know, who’s watching.

Coach Brice