Pre-season stats and training

Team spirit: The boys (minus Nathan and Michael) watch a match at Penrith. Pictured are (l to r) Addam, Anthony, Aaron, Jack S, James, Kurt and Jack G.


Hi all,
Under this little bit of chat are the boys' pre-season statistics.
Every player was the best in at least one category, except for Jackson Gogoll who was second and third in a bunch of categories. Jackson was probably our most consistent player in the pre-season, which is why he ended up with three MVP awards.

Draw and bench duty:
Over the next few days we should get the draw from Basketball NSW. At the same time I will put up the bench duty schedule which will appear at the top right. I have also updated the links (right) so that we can click through to the file for the addresses of each club and also check results and draws.

• The club addresses are on a 1.7M pdf file so they may take a bit to download. If it becomes a problem I will reproduce it in the blog.
• The draw and results link goes to Basketball NSW. Click on the U/12 link at the top of the page for men to get all the information. Dates, draws and standings links appear on the left.

At the moment all I know about our first game is that it will be against one of the North Sydney sides, which look to be the top sides in the competition on early results. It will be a very tough game but if the boys continue to train like they did yesterday we will be in with a real chance.

Training
The training session with John yesterday was one of the best I have seen for under-12s. The top trainers were James Trimble and Anthony Rodriguez. Winners of the knock-out lay-up competition at the end were Addam Stone and Michael Northey.
Now on with the stats for the pre-season.

Red figures = best in team

Stats, averages and highs for pre-season
4. Nathan McOrist
SHOOTING
Field goals: Attempted 119 Made 33 Percentage: 27.7%
Free throws: Attempted 34 Made 13 Percentage: 38.2%
Total points: 78 / 8.6pg Best points in a game: 16 (vs Manly at Sutherland)
REBOUNDS
Total: 27 / 3.7pg Best: 5 (v's Sharks 1 at Wollongong)
STEALS
Total: 13 / 1.4pg Best: 4 (v's Comets at Wollongong)
ASSISTS
Total: 4 / 0.4pg Best: 1 (four times)
TURNOVERS
Total: 29 / 3.2pg Best: 0 (v's Bruins at Bankstown)
BLOCKS: N/A

5. Jackson Suva
SHOOTING
Field goals: Attempted 50 Made 13 Percentage: 26%
Free throws: Attempted 21 Made 12 Percentage: 57%
Total points: 38 / 3.45pg Best points in a game: 5 (three times)
REBOUNDS
Total: 26 / 2.36pg Best: 5 (v's Comets at Wollongong)
STEALS
Total: 28. / 2.54pg Best: 5 (v's Comets at Wollongong)
ASSISTS
Total: 8 / 0.72pg Best: 3 (v's Comets at Wollongong)
TURNOVERS
Total: 44 / 4pg Best: 1 (v's ACT at Sharks)
BLOCKS:
Total: 5 / 0.45 Best: 2 (v's ACT at Sharks)

6. Michael Northey
SHOOTING
Field goals: Attempted 29 Made 4 Percentage: 13%
Free throws: Attempted 4 Made 2 Percentage: 50%
Total points: 10 / 1.6pg Best points in a game: 6 (vs Bruins at Bankstown)
REBOUNDS
Total: 16 / 2.67pg Best: 8 (v's Manly at Sharks)
STEALS
Total: 5 / 0.83pg Best: 1 (5 times)
ASSISTS
Total: N/A
TURNOVERS
Total: 15 / 2.5pg Best: 4 (3 times)
BLOCKS:
N/A

7. Kurt Joyner
SHOOTING
Field goals: Attempted 42 Made 12 Percentage: 28.5%
Free throws: Attempted 2 Made 1 Percentage: 50%
Total points: 48 / 8pg Best points in a game: 13 (three times)
REBOUNDS
Total: 34 / 5.6pg Best: 13 (v's Panthers at Penrith)
STEALS
Total: 34. / 5.6pg. Best: 10 (v's Comets at Bankstown)
ASSISTS
Total: 4 / 0.6pg Best: 2 (v's Bulls at Penrith)
TURNOVERS
Total: 32 / 5.3pg Best: 0 (v's Bulls at Penrith)
BLOCKS:
Total: 9 / 1.5 Best: 3 (2 times)


8. Aaron Caldwell
SHOOTING
Field goals: Attempted 18 Made 11 Percentage: 61%
Free throws: Attempted 11 Made 2 Percentage: 18%
Total points: 24 / 3.42pg Best points in a game: 6 (twice)
REBOUNDS
Total: 12 / 1.71pg Best: 3 (twice)
STEALS
Total: 14. / 2pg Best: 5 (v's Bruins at Bankstown)
ASSISTS
Total: 4 / 0.57pg Best: 2 (v's Comets at Bankstown)
TURNOVERS
Total: 31 / 4.42pg Best: 3 (twice)
BLOCKS:
Total: 2 / 0.29 Best: 2 (Sea Eagles at Sutherland)

9. Jackson Gogoll
SHOOTING
Field goals: Attempted 92 Made 25 Percentage: 27.17%
Free throws: Attempted 17 Made 5 Percentage: 29.4%
Total points: 53 / 5.88pg Best points in a game: 14 (vs Comets at Illawarra)
REBOUNDS
Total: 20 / 2.2pg Best: 5 (v's Illawarra at Illawarra)
STEALS
Total: 34. / 3.7pg Best: 5 (twice)
ASSISTS
Total: 6 / 0.6pg Best: 2 (v's Panthers at Penrith)
TURNOVERS
Total: 32 / 3.5pg Best: 1 (v's Comets at Bankstown)
BLOCKS:
N/A

12. James Trimble
SHOOTING
Field goals: Attempted 39 Made 9 Percentage: 23.07%
Free throws: Attempted 8 Made 7 Percentage: 87.5%
Total points: 25 / 2.72pg Best points in a game: 8 (vs Bruins at Bankstown)
REBOUNDS
Total: 55 / 5pg Best: 10 (v's Comets at Illawarra)
STEALS
Total: 11. / 1pg Best: 4 (v's Bruins at Bankstown)
ASSISTS
Total: 7 / 0.63pg Best: 2 (v's Manly at Bankstown)
TURNOVERS
Total: 37 / 3.36pg Best: 1 (four times)
BLOCKS:
Total: 1 / 0.9 Best: 1 (v's Bruins at Bankstown)

13. Addam Stone
SHOOTING
Field goals: Attempted 90 Made 31.Percentage: 34%
Free throws: Attempted 10 Made 7 Percentage: 70%
Total points: 69 / 6.27pg Best points in a game: 13 (v's Comets at Illawarra)
REBOUNDS
Total: 22 / 2pg Best: 5 (v's Illawarra at Illawarra)
STEALS
Total: 13. / 1.18pg Best: 3 (twice)
ASSISTS
Total: 8 / 0.72pg Best: 2 (twice)
TURNOVERS
Total: 20 / 1.81pg Best: 0 (v's Panthers at Penrith)
BLOCKS:
Total: 1 / 0.09 Best: 1 (v's Comets at Illawarra)


31. Anthony Rodriguez
SHOOTING
Field goals: Attempted 64 Made 21 Percentage: 32.81%
Free throws: Attempted 10 Made 3 Percentage: 30%
Total points: 45 / 4.09pg Best points in a game: 10 (v's Panthers at Penrith)
REBOUNDS
Total: 98 / 8.91pg Best: 13 (v's Comets at Illawarra)
STEALS
Total: 16. / 1.45pg Best: 3 (4 times)
ASSISTS
Total: 5 / 0.45pg Best: 1 (5 times)
TURNOVERS
Total: 17 / 1.54pg Best: 0 (v's Comets at Bankstown)
BLOCKS:
Total: 13 / 1.18 Best: 3 (v's Manly at Sutherland)

Best in each category:
FIELD GOALS
Most shots taken: Nathan McOrist (119).
Best field goal %: Aaron Caldwell (61%)
Most points per game: Nathan McOrist (8.6)
Highest points in a single game: Nathan McOrist (16)
FREE THROWS
Most free throws taken: Nathan McOrist (34)
Best free throw %: James Trimble (87.5%)
REBOUNDS:
Most rebounds: Anthony Rodriguez (98).
Most rebounds per game: Anthony Rodriguez (8.1)
Most rebounds in a single game: Anthony Rodriguez, Kurt Joyner (13)
STEALS:
Most steals: Kurt Joyner (34).
Most steals per game: Kurt Joyner (5.6)
Most steals in a single game: Kurt Joyner (10)
ASSISTS:
Most assists: Jackson Suva, Addam Stone (8)
Most assists per game: Jackson Suva, Addam Stone (0.72)
Mosts assists in a single game: Jackson Suva (3)
TURNOVERS
Least turnovers: Michael Northey (15)
Least turnovers per game: Addam Stone (1.81)
BLOCKS
Most blocks: Anthony Rodriguez (13)
Most blocks per game: Kurt Joyner (1.5)
Most blocks in a single game: Kurt Joyner, Anthony Rodriguez (3)