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[quote=Anonymous]I coach a third-grade rec league basketball team (8-foot rims). My son and one other kid will be playing travel league when they're eligible in fifth-grade; maybe  two other kids are usable for setting picks, grabbing a rebound, staying somewhat near their man on defense, etc. The remaining five have two left feet and are all thumbs when they try to dribble, pass or shoot.

The rule in our league is that each kid has to play one full, uninterrupted quarter in the first half. Each kid has to sit at least one full, uninterrupted quarter sometime during the game. During the second half, you can sub in and out but each kid must play at least half the game total.

Of course I play my kid and the other good kid three quarters each, but that still leaves fourteen quarters of play ((5*4) - (3*2)) across seven players. Only two of those kids have a clue at that but with fourteen quarters remaining I can only play them the same two quarters as everyone else. Nobody seems willing to quit the team to free up playing time so that's off the table.

Other rules are that the kids play man-to-man on defense, with no double-teaming (even on rebounds). Otherwise it's legit basketball: no traveling, no double-dribbling, no back-and-forth across midcourt.

I feel like I need to split my two good kids to compensate for the others, but that means they don't get to learn teamwork with each other. I'd also like to put the two OK kids out there with them so our two good kids can learn how to use a pick, ICE a pick the other way, and whatnot. But leaving our five "try hards" out there together at once would be a [b]disaster[/b].

How do people handle it, so that players can be ready for fourth-grade rec and then hit the next level (5th-grade travel) ready to go?

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