Coaching youth basketball

✍ Scribed by Don Showalter; American Sport Education Program

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 264
• Edition: 5th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Help with organizing practices as you develop your players' fundamental skills. Covers all aspects of player development that you need to know: Preparing for and conducting efficient, age-specific practices; Teaching and developing skills; Providing a safe playing environment; Identifying and correcting errors in performance; Communicating with and encouraging players. You'll also gain court-tested tips on running your team; communicating with players, officials, parents, and other coaches; providing basic first aid; and keeping it all fun. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Foreword --
Welcome from USA basketball --
Acknowledgment --
Drill finder --
Key to diagrams --
Managing: --
Responsibilities --
Preparations --
Game days --
Teaching: --
Offensive skills --
Offensive tactics --
Offensive drills --
Defensive skills --
Defensive tactics --
Defensive drills --
Practicing: --
Practices for ages 5 and 6 --
Practices for ages 7 and 8 --
Practices for ages 9 and 10 --
Practices for ages 11 and 12 --
Practices for ages 13 and 14 --
Appendix: Checklist and forms --
About the authors.
Abstract:

Incorporating a player-centric model which places greater emphasis on the development of players than on coaches, this book also offers key communication and teaching concepts and hands-on advice to assist coaches in all phases of player development including individual skills, team tactics and understanding and enjoyment of the game. Read more...