Passing the Point

We have been working on "passing the point" and I like what I see. The girls started off real shaky, but got better quickly. It takes a lot of concentration to be working on setting up a contract to get the ball from one teammate and give it to another all while the ball is bouncing around you. They just want to watch the ball. It's hypnotic. We have to break that spell with a disciplined effort.

We simplified things by first just passing the point, no ball movement at all. After a few rounds of making sure everyone had both of their contracts, they got better at just this step. Then we had them pass the point and when everyone had their contracts, they passed the ball to complete the contracts. It took several rounds of this to get them in the habit of remembering who to expect to get the from and who they would give the ball to (pardon the poor grammar). After that, we tried getting the ball moving before all the contracts were complete. We still have a way to go. However, we now have a common understanding and a common language to describe this fairly complex topic.