Basketball Coaching Guidelines
From the Coach’s Clipboard Basketball Playbook, @ http://www.coachesclipboard.net
There are many facets to coaching basketball. The articles linked below will hopefully give you a good foundation, or the building blocks needed in your becoming a good basketball coach. Becoming a basketball coach is a process, not something static. Good coaches keep an open mind and are constantly learning new things, and are not content to "stand pat" with what they know. This learning is multi-faceted... not just learning new offenses, defenses, plays, etc, but also learning how to better teach fundamentals, how to get along with others, how to deal with players, parents, fans, and how to build your program.
General Coaching Articles
Your Coaching Philosophy... your own style of coaching, style of play and how you teach. Organization, preparation, work ethic and winning effort, setting goals, team concept, belief in the system, rules and discipline, measuring your successes, etc.
Building a Basketball Program... do you really want to take over a program? Outlining your "system". Selecting assistants - creating your organization. Developing talent and instilling work ethic. Changing attitudes and setting goals. Communication. Maintaining balance in your life. The Assistant Coach... what makes a good assistant basketball coach. Off-Season Coaching... basketball coaching in the off-season. How to improve yourself and your team. Coaching Youth Basketball... working with kids and their parents. Goals, what to teach, etc. Running, Organizing a Youth Basketball Clinic... getting organized, using drills. |
Teaching Basketball
Teaching Styles... different players learn in different ways, and have different learning styles. It's important to be aware of this in your teaching approach.
Teaching Basketball Fundamentals... the fundamentals that players need to master to become good players. Teaching Basketball by Drill Progression... teaching basketball offenses and defenses by using breakdown drills (with examples). |
Organizing Practices
Planning Practices... organizing and running good practices, selecting and using drills effectively, etc. Sample practice plans are included.
Selecting and Using Drills... a comprehensive listing of well-proven, established basketball drills. Practice Form... a handy practice form for organizing practices. |
Selecting Offenses, Defenses, Plays, Strategy
Selecting Your Half-Court Offenses... choose your half-court man-to-man offense(s) (from free-lance, motion offenses - or patterned offenses) and your zone offense(s).
Selecting Your Half-Court Defense(s)... choosing your half-court defense(s)... man-to-man defenses, zone defenses, combination "junk" defenses, half-court presses and traps, and how to defend inbounds plays. Selecting Plays... selecting plays for attacking man-to-man defenses and zone defenses, out-of-bounds plays (baseline and sideline), special buzzer-beater plays, etc. An extensive, long list of plays is provided. Selecting a Press Defense(s)... selecting and installing an effective press defense. Included are a full-court man-to-man pressure defense, zone presses, match-up press defenses, half-court presses and traps, and deny presses. Selecting Your Press Offense(s)... selecting and teaching your press offenses... tips on transition offense, attacking the press, specific press breakers and secondary breaks. |
Game-time Tips and Strategy
Pre-game Preparation... develop a consistent pre-game routine.
Game Coaching, Strategy... court-side tips... game plan, tempo, defense, pressing, using time-outs, substituting, yelling at players, dealing with officials, specific game strategies. |
Conditioning, Nutrition
Basketball Conditioning... getting in shape both physically and mentally. Conditioning programs, resources and drills.
Managing Long-Term Player Fatigue... by Thomas Emma, a former Duke player and graduate, with a Masters degree and specialty in sports conditioning. What to Eat Before a Game or Practice... guidelines for what to eat before games and practices, and in general. About Food Supplements - Growth hormone (HCG), Creatine, Andro... should you, or not? |
Coaching Forms, Diagrams
Coaching Forms... stats, planners, scouting, evaluation, etc.
Court Diagrams... half-court, full-court, USA and International. Court Dimensions... court diagram with measurements, dimensions. |
Coaching Aids that you might need
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