Categories
- General coaching articles
- Teaching basketball
- Organizing practices
- Putting it all together... selecting offenses, defenses, plays, strategy
- Game-time tips and strategy
- Conditioning, Nutrition
- Coaching forms - stats, planners, scouting, evaluation, court diagrams.
- Basketball history, terminology
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 youth 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
Coaching Youth Basketball... working with kids and their parents. Goals, what to teach, etc.Coaching a Youth Basketball Team... coaching a youth team.
Pre-season Middle School/Youth Practice Plan
Specific Rules for Youth Basketball Games... some suggested rules for your youth league games.
Running, Organizing a Youth Basketball Clinic... getting organized, using drills.
Parent-Coach Relationship... working with and understanding parents.
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.
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.
Teaching Basketball
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.
Selecting Offenses, Defenses, Plays, Strategy
Selecting Your Half-Court Offenses... choose your half-court man-to-man offense(s) and your zone offense(s).Selecting Your Half-Court Defense(s)... choosing your half-court defense(s)... teach man-to-man defense, but if you must, a simple zone defense might help as well.
Choosing Your Plays... selecting plays for attacking man-to-man defenses and zone defenses, out-of-bounds plays (baseline and sideline), special buzzer-beater plays, etc.
Selecting a Press Defense(s)... selecting and installing an effective press defense. Included are a full-court man-to-man pressure defense (recommended for most youth teams), and several zone presses, and a half-court "Viking" press.
Choosing a Press Break Offense... 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.
Seven Major Reasons Why Games Are Lost... turnovers - bad decisions, bad shots, lack of defensive pressure, lack of hustle, not blocking out, not rebounding, not getting back defensively, stupid fouls, failure to play as a team.
Reducing Turnovers... getting a handle on turnovers.
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.
Athletic Development - are we pushing our young athletes too fast?... 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.
The Recovery Snack... what to eat after a hard workout.
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.
Basketball History, Terminology
Basketball History... the history of the game.Professor Blood & the Wonder Teams... more great history.
Basketball's First Wizard... more about the legendary Professor Blood.
Basketball Terminology... the language of basketball.
