Mary Merg
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Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach at Wauwatosa East High School @TosaEastGBB | School Counselor | All things MKE 414
Joined May 2018
Speechless moments. So emotionally proud of this team. The best teams are player-led and this team embodied that. It was all them! Every player owned their role, put in the work, remained confident & poised. Grateful to be a part of the ride. Humbled by our Tosa community ♥️.
STATE CHAMPIONS!.
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RT @TheHoopHerald: You say you want to be great, but do you do what the great ones do?. "Sometimes I spend an hour straight just working on….
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Organizing my clothes (downsize/donate) before the twins come and the amount of Tosa East GBB gear is unreal. It’ll only get worse (hopefully for many years). Yet I don’t want to part ways. Any coaches have suggestions for organizing? 😅 . XL & 2XL have been clutch this summer 👌🏻.
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14 6-8th graders got better today. Mon/Wed is ball handling & finishing (I run). Tues/Thurs is shooting (Nate runs). Instead of cramming everything into 1 session, this allows more focus on specific aspects. Goal = effective + affordable (less $7/session) summer for Jr. Raiders
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Running our youth basketball skill sessions 7 months pregnant in a no AC gym is no joke 😅 . These twin boys will know the whistle and basketball sound as much as anything else.
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Especially true in youth. Some kids start solid but fizzle out b/c they don’t put in the time. Others start slow, put in work, and excel by 8th grade. In just one year she surpassed a lot of her teammates because she did more and GAVE more. Now she’s one of the best 8th graders.
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A youth player made 6th grade B team. Summer going into 7th, they came to every workout, went game speed in every drill + reps on own. Not only did they make 7A team, they become one of the best players. Game speed reps + consistency over time = development. Truly that simple.
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Svea agreed we will name one of our twin boys Jrue if he comes back to Milwaukee (by Kuzma/Pat trade).
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Can’t wait to host Providence Academy (elite HS team from Minnesota) without a shot clock this year. Welcome to Wisconsin 🫣.
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Reminder, just playing AAU and summer league games won’t cut it 🗣️.
"Great players are made in the offseason. It's not about the games; it's about the work you put in when no one is watching.". -Geno Auriemma
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RT @TosaEastGBB: Season Review 📝. ☑️ Conference Champs.☑️ Regional Champs.☑️ Sectional Champs.☑️ State Champs 🏆.☑️ GMC Player of Year.☑️ 5….
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Who knows what next summer will bring! Maybe tweaks or maybe a new system, that’s the beauty of it. Building a puzzle with the pieces you have.
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2 summers ago I scrapped offense/defense, watched film, listened podcasts, reached out to coaches & designed a system to fit us. Last summer - film, podcasts, reach outs for tweaks. More tweaks ahead! I adjust the system based on players. We wouldn’t have won State w/ 2022 ideas.
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