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@Cohen
no offence to all the new players, but it seems to me that alot of new players seem to want to run before they can walk. I agree that being 'thrown in at the deep end' is good, but actually you won't get many chances to play the ball in a heated match and may well just end up getting in the way of players who are zooming round - i have seen the resulting crashes (and many many close calls). One of the most useful things a newbie could be doing in a game of this type would be sitting in goal and putting up a defense, and yet it seems to me that this vital skill is being bypassed in the search for glory, or trying to emulate players 'from the euros'.
And also, as many people have tried to point on this thread, most of the players you are counting as 'pros', only started playing one year ago. they started off fumbling around with the ball on their own without expert advice. Look where they are now. There is definitely no substitute for time on the court and it is in all the the new players best possible interests to find a court and just play on their own (like west polo are doing now and like what happened last year) . It will help you get better quicker (for sure) and you won't disrupt the normal nights. you don;'t need to always have 3 on 3 to practise playing, but i'm sure you will get those numbers now there are so many new players starting at the same time.
sorry for the rant but yeah..