Category Archives: Girls Basketball Blog
Goal-Setting Through Visualization
Note to coaches & parents: Please check out the MyGoalMine web site and app today to see how your teams can benefit from an integrated goal-setting program that is operated from your phone. For info, CLICK HERE. Note: This post has repurposed from an article published many years ago in Student Sports Magazine written by […]
Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. One of them started out 1-26 while another is a cancer survivor. Here is the rundown for each CIF division (note that Open Division coaches were considered for the CIF divisions their teams would have played in had teams not […]
Can St. Mary’s add to Stockton list?
If the St. Mary’s of Stockton girls can get past Mater Dei of Santa Ana (a huge IF) and win in Saturday’s CIF Open Division state final, the Rams will be the State Team of the Year.
CIF Hoop Predictions: Just Scores
Here are the predicted scores of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state championships that will be played on Friday and Saturday at the University of California’s Haas Pavilion.
Girls BB: Horizon Christian done
We’ve been doing this for 35 years, longer than the CIF has even had a state tournament, and the Horizon Christian girls basketball team having its season end through a series of CIF San Diego Section policies, CIF state/regional criteria and ridiculous power rankings is one of the worst cases of how not to run […]
Girls BB: Abend CIF pairings reaction
Here’s what our main California girls basketball analyst Harold Abend thinks about the CIF Open Division pairings (both north & south) that were announced on Sunday:
Before Goal-Setting Can Begin…..
It’s important to note before embarking on any program of setting goals to help you attain success in school and sports that you should know about four key personal traits that most successful people possess.
BB: CIFSS Open Division Pairings
Here’s a quick overview of both the boys and girls brackets as released Friday by the CIF Southern Section office. How many state champions will be in this field? There were four boys and four girls teams from last season that did just that.
U.S. Olympian’s Goal-Setting Tips
Sheila Hudson of Rio Linda competed at the 1996 Olympic Games and once held the world record in the triple jump. Here are excerpts of a story she once wrote for us when we edited the Student Sports national magazine. The advice still rings true today.
Girls of Summer: Grand Finale
PassThaBall Grand Finale showcases a solid group of Northern California’s most talented girls of all ages The Cal-Hi Sports Girls of Summer caravan came to a rest for the summer after the PassThaBall-produced Grand Finale hosted by Skyline College on a foggy and wet Saturday afternoon in San Bruno.
