This is an article that we’re reposting that was written by Tom Pittman in the year 2010. We think the message is great! Sometimes we youth coaches watch professional basketball so much that we confuse that with what we do. Professional basketball is mostly about winning — and it should be. After all, at […]
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I know what you’re thinking, “Eliminate shooting drills from practice? Joe must have fell off his rocker again.” But please hear me out, because this could help the development of your youth team tremendously. Do I think you should eliminate ALL shooting drills? Absolutely not. Should you eliminate most? Yes! As a youth coach working
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BASKETBALL IN ANGUILLA I have a great interest in helping basketball grow, wherever the seeds are sewn. I made a trip to Anguilla to help some very dedicated people try to realize their goal of making basketball matter here. Anguilla is a very small island, located about 200 miles east of Puerto Rico, in the
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The Drillz and Skillz/Breakthrough Basketball “Atack and Counter” Skills Clinic held in Libertyville, Il (40 minutes outside of Chicago) is history and was a great success.
If you’ve only got five bucks, your best investment is a roll of blue painter’s tape. Like duct tape for a homeowner, blue tape is invaluable for a coach and much easier to use than masking tape. Carry it to practices and games to help your team: 1) Build a better understanding of offensive positions/spacing
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Do you like getting yelled at? I bet you don’t whether it’s at work, home or on the basketball court. But, if you’re like many youth coaches, you yell at your players and criticize their performance. And here’s why: they play better after you do that, don’t they? Let me share a not so secret
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If your team is like most, you’ll have parents willing to help you. Some parents will be able to make every practice and game; others only some. Some will understand basketball; others will be clueless. No matter who they are, how you use them, to a great extent, will determine how well your team performs.
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Here is a short commentary between Jim Bado and one of the girls on his youth team. It discusses the importance of having everybody handle the ball on your youth teams… Before Saturday’s game started, Michele plopped beside me on the bench. “Coach,” she said, “do I have to play guard today?” “Yeah,” I replied,
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Here is a great article from Jim Bado on 10 great guidelines that all adults should follow pertaining to youth sports. 1) You shall support and encourage your child, attend games and cheer for all the players, including the opposition. 2) You shall play the sport with your child outside practices if the child wants
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I came across this article by Jay Bilas. It’s a really good article that I think parents and youth coaches should read. If you want your child and/or players to get better, you should be aware of what Jay Bilas says in this article: http://assets.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/bilas_jay/1488688.html He makes a really good point about the difference between
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