January 20, 2015

Playing with the Big Boys (and Girls): How Koko, Beans and Flash, some color-coordinated socks and coaching are changing the face of grade-school basketball in Springfield, Illinois.

posted by yerfatma to basketball at 10:58 AM - 1 comment

In my limited experience with youth baseball (and many moons ago, softball), I found that 10-year-old girls had a much better attention span than boys of the same age. Put a bunch of boys on a baseball field or a basketball court, and unless they are very well disciplined, they will be all over the place. If you do succeed in getting their attention, the lull will last about 5 minutes before something sets them off. Girls, on the other hand, will be rambunctious, giggling, laughing, and generally cutting up, but once they are called to stay quiet and listen, they will. Once you have proven to the girls that they can be successful by following your coaching, they will stay with it. Boys will do the same, but it is much harder to get them started.

posted by Howard_T at 11:46 PM on January 20, 2015

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