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SAMPLE CARDBasketball 7-9 · 60-min Plan A · one of the cards in your $9 kit
Nobody
signs up
for this.
You showed
up anyway.
THE LATEST
Start With the Name-Call Gear Circle
Five minutes before practice, one kid is hopping on one foot trying to tie a cleat. Another is asking where their mouthguard went. A third has a glove but no water, and somebody’s little brother is already rolling three…
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Put the Next Group on the Fence Before the Rep Ends
Third inning of a Saturday tournament. We were running a quick between-games touch-up in foul territory because our infield looked half-awake in game one. One kid was fielding. One was throwing. Six were drifting. Two…
Don’t Let the First Sentence in the Car Do the Damage
The game ends, your kid yanks one sock halfway off, and before the seat belt even clicks you hear yourself say it: You’ve got to be ready when they put you in. Now the whole ride is about defense. Their defense. Yours.…
The Bag-Tag Exit Check That Stops Half the Forgotten Gear
It was 8:11, lights were off on one side of the field, and a kid was halfway to the parking lot in one cleat, carrying somebody else’s helmet, yelling back, “Coach, where’s my glove?” That’s not a talent problem. That’s…
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— Coach Kyto
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