Damlaget reste med sponsorn Viking Line igår kväll Onsdag och kommer att spela tre träningsmatcher i Helsingfors Torsdag, Fredag och Lördag.
Coach
Jurgita Kausaite har lovat att skicka skriftliga rapporter från matcherna till hemsidan.
Matchprogram
Torsdag 17/9 18.00 Espoo-Solna Vikings
Fredag 18/9 17.30 THS-Solna Vikings
Lördag 19/9 12.00 Espoo-Solna Vikings
Match rapport
We didnt have control neither on defense or offense. Espoo took a lead from the first minute and never looked back. The end score became 71-50. Espoo was a better team today and a good opponent for us to scrimmage. They came out with aggressive defensive attityde, denied the wings and doubled our inside players. For us it was very good to play against that type of defense and learn from it. We had 20 turnovers which isnt acceptable. Simply we have to take much better care of the ball and create better passing angles.
Offensively our shots were not going in. We had many open shots and that is something we cant control sometimes. I am not worried about that. For me the most important thing is that we understand what we do and find each other. I still want to see high-low game more often, adjust to their defense movement and attack.
We were way to passive in 1X1 game especially when they played up so close. First game after the boat is behind us now. A lot of learning ahead. We start tomorrow with a team meeting and afterwards practise at noon.
Leading scorers Solna: Katta A. 18, Jessica & Mikis 7, Christy 6, Katta M. & Emilie 4, Emma & Maria G. 2 Jossan & Kathleen played but didnt score.
Maria Näsström flew in tonight 20:35 and joined us. I am excited what tomorrow brings to us. I hope we rest properly and are ready to come out like tigers. The Hotel is very nice. All we need to do is to raise our quality. Afterall, we came here to learn.
Friday 18/9
First, we played against highest division team THS who took a foúrth place last year in the league. Competition was very good for us at this point of our
preparation. However, we lost big again 95-76.
Big lesson to be learnd otherwise we are going to have a long year of frustration & disapointment.
First quater 25-23, second 17-18 (our best defensive effort), third 25-19, & fourth 28-16. First of all we were soft. THS had a two big americans inside who powered us around and made us look small. I am not talking about the size, i am talking about
dominance. They were ok players but not skillful to have that typ of dominance. Two factors causing us trouble: man-to-man defense and rotation. The lack of
communication another disapointing factor because i think no matter skills we all can talk equally.
Offensively I am not worried at all. 76 points should be enough to win. We just started to learn our sets and most of the time when we had discipline and structure we had good shots. What worries me the most is our aggressivity defensively on the ball & off the ball.
Third game tomorrow Saturday against Espoo. I hope we are all present with our sharp thinking and heart tomorrow. Learning doesnt exist without 100% of effort.
Best scorers: Jossan 15, Maria N. & Katta A. 13, Christy 10, Jessica 9, Maria G. 6, Mikaela 4, Emma 3, Katta M. 2 & Martina 1. Emelie, Kathleen & Georgia played but didnt scored.
God night & i hope we all have a better taste in our mouth tomorrow.
Saturday 19/9
Match nr tre denna Finlandsresa var ett fall framåt, men vårt försvar är fortfarande inte alls vad det borde vara. Vi spelade mot Espoo igen, fem quarters denna gång och slutresultatet skrevs till 86-98.
Anfallsmässigt gör vi en hyfsad match och vi har sex spelare på 8 poäng eller mer. Jessica gjorde en bra match och visade att hon är ett hot både under korgen och från trepoängslinjen. Michaela gjorde ett par riktigt bra byten, där hon krigade på offensiva returer och petade i några bollar. Hon sköt även i en trea i slutet av matchen, vilket är något vi hoppas få se mer av den här säsongen. Emma spelade med tuffhet och har verkligen bevisat att hon klarar av att lira på den här nivån.
Självklart har vi detaljer att arbeta på i offensiven, men det är framförallt vårt försvar som inte håller måttet just nu. Stundtals när vi håller aggressiviteten uppe ser försvaret helt okej ut och vi lyckas stressa våra motståndare. Men tyvärr är dessa stunder alldeles för korta… Den här helgen har vi fått bevisat för oss vilka brister vi har både i vårt lagförsvar och när det gäller individuella prestationer. Vi är såklart lite nedstämda efter tre torskar, men även sugna på att rätta till det som behövs! Så efter en smaskig middagsbuffé på båten och en ledig söndag är vi redo för ett par veckors stenhård träning med fokus på defense.
Scorers: Marre 18, Michaela 15, Jessica 12, Katta.A 11, Emma 8, Jossan 8, Christy 6, Georgia 3, Maria.G 3, Katta.M 2.
Solna Vikings Damlag
av
Jurgita Kausaite/Maria Näsström -
2009-09-17 kl. 15:29
