I coached 3rd and 4th graders when I was a Junior and Senior in High School. My philosophy was make sure everyone plays two quarters, and after that, the best players dominate the ball. Only certain players of mine were 'allowed' to shoot from outside a certain range, etc. It seems to work itself out as far as the weaker players getting their moments. My biggest beef is that they stopped keeping score in my second year. I think that's one of the biggest mistakes in the new PC society we live in. Winning isn't everything, when I was in 7th grade I was on the same YMCA team as Robb Logtermann. We won every game by at least 30 points, and probably averaged 60 points a game. But Logtermann scored 55 of those points. I'm not exaggerating. Actually we lost one game to a team with Dave Jackson and Jim Jackson. Those twins played for Virginia Tech and Logtermann played for Marquette. My point is, it was probably the lamest season of organized sports I ever was associated with, finishing 14-1 or whatever it was. Not keeping official score actually makes lopsided games even worse. The last game I coached was an unofficial 62-6 victory http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif But there was no scoreboard, so who's running up the score? The kids know better. And if there was a scoreboard, I would have done things differently. Back on point, stress team play in practice, and it seems to carry over in to the games. But I would say have your best players handle the ball regardless of their 'positions.' Quite frankly your best players should be your guards at that age.