Under 15s Squad 2011-2012 Season

Head Coach: Ezran Little
Contact Email: ezranlittle@hotmail.com
Assistant Coach: TBC
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Player and Coach Mentor: TBC
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Team Manager: Jan Bigford
Contact Email: janette.bigford@btinternet.com

Training sessions:

Mondays: 6pm until 7.30pm
Venue: Nechells Community Sports Centre, Rupert Street, Nechells, B7 5DT

Wednesdays: 6pm until 7.30pm
Venue: Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College,Woodbrooke Road, Bournville, B30 1UL

U15s Fixtures and Results 2011/2012

Date & Time	Home Team	Result			Away Team	Venue
Oct 8 2011 12.00pm	Sheffield Saints	61	v	53	City of Birmingham	All Saints RC High School
Oct 15 2011 tbc	Leicester Flame	69	v	106	City of Birmingham	Fullhurst Sports Centre
Oct 22 2011 12.20pm	City of Birmingham	70	v	63	Notts Nova Centurion	Nechells Community Sports Centre
Nov 12 2011 12.20pm	City of Birmingham	64	v	60	Doncaster Danum Eagles	Nechells Community Sports Centre
Nov 19 2011 3.30pm	Derbyshire Arrows	45	v	69	City of Birmingham	Killamarsh SC
Dec 10 2011 1.00pm	Leicester Warriors	60	v	88	City of Birmingham	Gateway College
Dec 18 2011 1.20pm	City of Birmingham	49	v	67	Derby Trailblazers	Dame Elizabeth Cadbury TC
Jan 14 2012 12.20pm	City of Birmingham	72	v	65	Sheffield Saints	Nechells Community Sports Centre
Jan 21 2012 12.20pm	City of Birmingham	84	v	51	Leicester Flame	Nechells Community Sports Centre
Jan 28 2012 12.00pm	Notts Nova Centurion	50	v	48	City of Birmingham	Trinity Upper School
Feb 11 2012 12.00pm	Doncaster Danum Eagles		v		City of Birmingham	Danum School Tech College
Feb 12 2012 12.20pm	City of Birmingham		v		Derbyshire Arrows	Nechells Community Sports Centre
Feb 19 2012 1.00pm	Derby Trailblazers		v		City of Birmingham	Noel Baker School
Feb 25 2012 12.20pm	City of Birmingham		v		Leicester Warriors	Nechells Community Sports Centre

Coach Little Reports:

Mid-season report:

I am excited as the under 15s coach as we are entering the second part of our season. All our boys during the first part of our season have shown vast improvements; as a result two of our players (Saul Dendie and Joshua Foulds) have been recognised at England level.

In terms of our game play during the first part of the season we have had a focus on intensity on defence and making good decisions offensively. The majority of the time we have executed this really well however we have struggled in key moments during games and as a result this has affected our performance. We have entered the Christmas period having won 5 games and lost 2. The midlands division is a very competitive league with 5 teams equally capable of playing intense, well structured basketball and hence week in week out all our games have been very competitive.

The challenge for the under 15s for the second half of the season is delivering good performances during all our games and be able to execute under pressure. If we can do this then we can enter the playoffs with lots of confidence and hence show a good account of ourselves.

Joshua Foulds has made it through a second cut and is part of 17 man England squad. Joshua thoroughly deserves this honour and has earned this through his sheer commitment and hard work on the court and off the court. Well done Josh keep up the hard work!